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Emergency Preparedness: Winter Weather is Back
Winter weather in the Pacific Northwest can bring Tigard residents a variety of hazards lasting from a few hours to several days. These can...
From Hungry to Hopeful
Bethlehem House of Bread serves up a sense of community and hope for area residents
Nestled in an ordinary part of Tigard is an extraordinary...
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Citizens group takes on City Hall over senior apartments
Danice Tombleson has lived in the original Omara house overlooking the Tigard Senior Center since 1972. While she is supportive of the center’s programs...
Recycle Your Holiday Tree with Scouts!
Turn Your Tree into a Gift for the Community
Join Tigard’s Scouts in a sustainable effort to transform holiday greenery into rich compost for our...
2023 Individual Health Insurance Update and Reminders
Open Enrollment for the purchase of qualified individual/family health insurance will run from November 1, 2022 to January 15, 2023. If you enroll in...
WRC Rally Cup
New season, new color for Main Street’s hazelnut sculptures
The weather is changing and with the leaves turning colors the well-known hazelnut bud sculptures on Main Street have transformed from pink to green....
Golf around the world at Infinity Golf
Golfers, want to play the course at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin without leaving Tigard (and at a fraction of the cost)? Or maybe you...
Talented troupe keeps the music alive in King City
Muriel Dresser’s career revolved around music and performing, and when she moved into the King City Civic Association 10 years ago, she was amazed...
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Tigard News in Brief: March 2021
Committee for Community Engagement Members Appointed
The Tigard City Council has appointed three members to a City committee dedicated to getting local residents involved in...
Writers Get Inspiration Living in Renowned Author’s Fairy-Tale Log House
Tucked away beyond a small forest in Tigard is a sprawling log cabin with octagon-shaped windows that overlook nine acres of rolling grass, a...
Local Family Farm Brings Thoughtfully-raised Meat from the Pasture to the Plate
Jeff and Lory Jensen only started raising beef to fill their table, but a couple of cows led to a couple more, and then...
Fate of High School Sports Remains Unclear
As student-athletes throughout the Tigard-Tualatin School District (TTSD) attend practices and workouts through the winter, the fate of high-school sports remains unclear and many...
Acupuncture for All
In my recent article, “when everything is normal, but you don’t feel right,” I explained how naturopathic philosophies can be applied. In my practice,...
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Mask & Mirror Opens 9th Season with Family Fun Musical ‘You’re...
Mask & Mirror Community Theatre brings a family-friendly and fun musical adaptation of the Peanuts comic strip to Tigard with the opening of “You’re...
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Pet food is big business
Pet food is big business. So big that food companies are spending a lot of marketing dollars trying to make their brand stand out...
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LATEST ARTICLES
Voters weigh Tigard’s $150M joint campus bond as interest rates drive up price tag
Tigard’s proposed $150 million bond levy to build a joint campus for the city’s police and public works departments has produced a modestly favorable...
Washington Square pivots to ‘experience retail’
Heavy machinery is chipping away at the former shell of an original landmark anchor department store at Washington Square shopping center, Sears, to make...
Mayor’s Corner: Investing in Tigard’s Future Safety and Resilience
On February 17, the City Council voted to refer a bond measure to Tigard voters this May. This measure would fund a modern, integrated...
Celebration of Creativity Returns
Come join us for the 47th annual Celebration of Creativity Fine Art Exhibit and Sale, celebrating emerging and established Pacific Northwest artists.
What began 47...
Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Makes Its Tigard Debut
The bustling energy of Fogo de Chão is apparent the moment you walk through the door. We were greeted by enthusiastic and attentive hosts,...
2026 Retirement Planning Highlights
If you’re nearing retirement—or already there—2026 isn’t just another year on the calendar. It’s a pivotal moment when the decisions you make about taxes,...
King City Mayor’s Corner: March 2026
As 2026 gets underway, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on how far King City has come in the past year. I...
Tualatin Native’s Debut Novel Tackles Colorism and Identity
Josuee Hernández, a Tualatin native, has been writing most of his life. That work bore fruit when his debut novel, “What We Did To...
Approaching a place to call home: Tigard council greenlights phase two of HOME project
At their meeting on Feb. 10, Tigard City Councilors were briefed on the status of the city’s long-term “Housing Opportunity Mobility and Enterprise (HOME)...
King City Council indefinitely withdraws annexation application
“It does make sense to annex 137th someday, just not today.”
After hearing testimony from neighborhood opposition and noting a recommendation for rejection from the...
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Tigard’s Early German Community
Many of early Tigard’s pioneers had come across the Oregon Trail to settle in East Butte, Tigard’s original name dating from the 1850s, and...
