Tigard Life

With the pandemic still upon us, and regulations on dining dampening an industry, albeit keeping Oregonians safe by reducing the spread of COVID 19, many restaurateurs have had to make dire decisions to keep...

Did you know that Oregon has been at the center of hops production almost as long as it’s been a state?  The crop was first introduced in the 1850s, and by the late 1860s, it...

Tigard-based Cascade Organic is a specialty food business that supplies some of the region’s finest restaurants.  But when the COVID-19 pandemic struck last year, company owner and founder Jeff Michels was faced with an existential...

Football athletes and coaches grew increasingly tense after having their start date postponed once to Feb. 8 and their season shortened to five regular season games. As that start date approached, high school football had...

Building a new city hall, police station and public works facility in Tigard will save the City significant money in the long run, according to a feasibility study released in January.  A City plan to...

Be careful what you wish for.  Theresa Thornton was hired 14 ½ years ago to be the kitchen coordinator at the then brand-new Tigard Senior Center, and over the years worked under three different center...

The large winter storm that swept across northwest Oregon over the weekend of Feb. 11-14 not only dumped over a foot of snow in some areas it brought a damaging layer of ice that...

When Tigard Police shot and killed a man suffering from a mental health crisis in January, it set off a chain of events, the repercussions of which are likely to be felt for quite...

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Oregon a year ago, it struck the leisure and hospitality sector harder than the rest.  That included live music venues, restaurants and bars, and, in Tigard, the Mask and Mirror...

With the recent lifting of some COVID-19 restrictions on businesses in Oregon, owners and patrons of gyms and indoor fitness facilities can breathe a little easier.  When Governor Kate Brown gyms, movie theaters, zoos and...