The New Importance of ‘Close to Home’
Ellie Emery never expected to spend her summer at Cook Park. Yet, a few weeks from the end of summer, Cook Park is where...
Tigard Breaks Ground on Affordable Housing Development
Ground has been broken – but, this time, without the ceremonial shovels.
Tigard Mayor Jason Snider and development partners joined together on July 15 in...
Family Auto Repair: For the Community
In 2017, Jonathon Peloquin and his family packed up and moved to the green and lush Pacific Northwest. They had visited close family friends...
New Public Safety Commission to Start Selecting Members
The city aims to start selecting community members this month for a new commission that will be tasked with reviewing public safety issues in...
Social Games with a Safe Twist and You are Invited!
Keeping any type of social interaction during this time has been a challenge for the average social butterfly. Who would have thought that a...
Tigard Essential Needs Donation Drive
Tigard CERT and the City of Tigard will hold their second donation drive on Sept. 26, 2020 at the Tigard Public Works building to...
Rosh Hashanah Celebration in the COVID-19 Era
For centuries, Jews have celebrated Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, by gathering as a community for services in synagogues around the world, praying...
2020 Tigard Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Recipients
The Tigard Chamber of Commerce (TCC) is pleased to announce the 2020 recipients of the Tigard Shining Stars Scholarship Awards. The scholarships are made...
Leadership Tigard: Your Backstage Pass to Community and Opportunity
The Tigard Chamber of Commerce is seeking curious, collaborative, constructive, compassionate and connected adults who are: business owners, government, non-profit, or academic professionals and...
New Stores ‘Pop-Up’ at Bridgeport Village
Outdoor, Open-Air Center
To every shopper, family, fashionista and foodie-lover… we are excited to welcome you back safely, thoughtfully and responsibly. “One of the...
Spiritual Corner: Energy Forecast for September 2020
Overall Energy
For September, I see some challenges regarding “connections” that you may need to make peace with and potentially even walk away from. There...
Three Tigard Suspects nabbed on $50,000 Drug Bust
On Wednesday, August 5, 2020, Washington County Sheriff’s Office Westside Interagency Narcotics (WIN) investigators executed a search warrant at the Williamsburg Townhomes at 12265 SW Hall...
Tigard Cobbler Calls it Quits, Looks to Pass on Legacy
Don Myers has been living the dream for the past 35 years, and now he hopes that it will become someone else’s dream.
Myers has...
Tigard WWII Veteran Turns 100
A World War II veteran and Tigard resident for some 70 years, Paul Herberholz marked his 100th birthday on June 25. To celebrate, his...
City Adopts $189 Million Budget
The City Council in late June adopted a more than $189 million budget for fiscal year 2020-21, which began on July 1. However, councilors...
Police Chief Outlines Use of Force Policies
In light of increased scrutiny throughout the United States on use of force by police, Tigard Police Chief Kathy McAlpine on June 9 briefed...
Longtime McCann’s Postal Clerk Dies
The passing of McCann’s Medical’s beloved postal clerk Nancy Norton was devastating news to everyone who knew her.
Mat McCann, owner of the King City...
Mayor’s Corner: July 2020
I learned a lot in June.
I learned from Abdi Mohamoud, Matt Brown and Sarah Gentry – the organizers of the Student March for Black...
Dairy Queen Opens King City Store
Long before the new King City Dairy Queen officially opened at 3 p.m. on June 24, a line of vehicles was waiting at the...
Gary and Pat Romans announce retirement from Mask & Mirror
This Fall, Mask & Mirror Community Theatre celebrates the beginning of its Tenth season of presenting quality live theatre productions in the communities of...
