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Design Day Coming to Cook Park: Help Design the New Playground
Cook Park is the oldest, and most well-known park in the City of Tigard. The park has a rich history and a variety of...
How the Pandemic has Increased Demand for Outdoor Recreation
Literally every business sector, including indoor public and private recreational facilities and gyms have been required to socially distance and take protective actions against...
WORD CUP 2016
New Opportunity Cafe Resident Chilita’s bringing Bubble Waffles to Tigard
The new young face behind the counter at Chilita’s near the entry of the Tigard...
Cooper Mountain Ale Works collecting holiday donations, raffling local prizes
Cooper Mountain Ale Works is getting into the “Season of Giving” this month with a...
New Tigard Municipal Court Judge Brings Defense Experience
As a law student, Tigard’s new Municipal Court Presiding Judge may have wanted to apply...
WRC Rally Cup
Tigers Narrowly Fall to Sunset in Season Opener
Tigard boys’ basketball take close 71-67 loss 14 months after previous season
Let’s cut right to...
Mayor’s Corner: Walkable. Healthy. Inclusive
In 2014, the Ice Bucket Challenge swept the globe, Frozen became the highest-grossing animated movie...
Emergency Preparedness: Red Cross First Aid App
This article is part 1 in a series of 3. Part 2, Part 3
In this...
CYCLING TOUR
Come Celebrate the Past and the Future of McCann’s King City Pharmacy
In 1974 my father, Joe McCann, started McCann’s King City Pharmacy. With hard work and creativity, Joe McCann built an essential business for the...
Tigard Police to Continue School Resource Officer Role
The Tigard-Tualatin School District has inked a new contract with the cities of Tigard and Tualatin to ensure that police officers continue patrolling the...
Tips to Reduce OR Eliminate Heel Pain
By Dr. William F. Faddock, DPM and Sylvia Doctor, Board Certified Pedorthist
If you wake up in the morning, step out of bed and feel...
Unleashing Imagination and Learning: Creative Hands Preschool in Tigard
Nestled in the heart of Tigard, Oregon, Creative Hands Preschool is redefining early childhood education through its innovative and artistic approach. With its commitment...
Macduff Family Reaches $3.8 Million Settlement with City of Tigard
The City of Tigard has reached a $3.8 million settlement with the family of Jacob Macduff stemming from the 26-year-old’s Jan. 2021 shooting death,...
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Tigard American Legion Resumes Honoring First-responders and Students
Tigard American Legion Post 158 has a long and proud annual tradition of honoring a Police Officer of the Year and a Firefighter of...
Everyday Heroes: Ricky Downs
Editors Note: The following article originally ran in Tigard Life's third issue, back in May 2017. It is with a heavy heart that we...
LATEST ARTICLES
Unique boutique offers chocolates and more with a Renaissance flair
Now Tigard residents (and candy lovers everywhere) can experience for themselves what it is like to be on a Hallmark movie set, because a new downtown store is like the set of one of...
New food carts will tempt Tigard’s taste buds
Get ready to lick your chops, Tigard! Two new food carts are holding grand openings in Universal Plaza on April 6 with “soft” openings set for March 30-31.
Wow Cow, featuring Korean cuisine, and Nunny...
Weber’s Canyon Opens Hidden Delights for Neighborhood Hikers
The hidden gem affectionately dubbed “Weber’s Canyon” by neighbors who know this beautiful, not-so-secret little trail isn’t your average retirement project.
But then again, its namesake trailblazing architect is not your average retiree.
At 75, Ron...
Retiring Superintendent feels positive about her time with TTSD, district’s future
After six years of leading the Tigard-Tualatin School District (TTSD) through an era of unprecedented challenges in American public education, Dr. Susan Rieke-Smith announced in February that this year will be her last as...
King City City Council carries on with three members, elects new mayor
Shawna Thompson is King City’s new mayor, and while she plans to only stay in office through this year, her influence on the city will be felt for years to come. Due to the...
Tigard American Legion Auxiliary celebrates students and first responders
The Tigard American Legion Post 158 Auxiliary held its annual Americanism dinner Feb. 20 to honor the Police Officer of the Year and Firefighter of the Year along with two Boys State participants.
A Tualatin...
Mi Pisco Brings Traditional Peruvian Cuisine to Tigard
“Peruvian food is more about the experience – the textures, the flavors, the different salsas,” says Sheyla Veloz, co-owner of Mi Pisco Peruvian Restaurant in Tigard. Veloz and co-owner/chef José Palma both have years...
Tigard Council approves purchase of land for new city building
It’s been years in the making, but the Tigard City Council voted unanimously at its Feb. 27 meeting to purchase 9.5 acres on Wall Street for facilities to house both Tigard’s police department and...
What’s the ‘Lock In’ Effect? Break Free Using Home Equity
If you’re shopping for a home, you’ve felt the freeze – unfortunately, interest rates don’t follow the mercury bulb. In fact, with rates still high, you may wonder if you’ll ever have the chance...
Mayor’s Corner: April 2024
I’ve spoken about the importance of public safety for our community since the beginning of my term as Mayor and during my service as a City Councilor.
As elected officials, we have a responsibility to...