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After 20 years behind the wheel of a TriMet bus, Martin McLendon knows how a sudden burst of summery weather will affect the sights and sounds along his route.

A Washington County Circuit Court order sending a man to the state hospital indefinitely has been vacated after the hospital filed a motion this month asking for its dismissal.

ALOHA, Ore. -- Police investigating a murder in Aloha said that processing the scene took significantly longer than usual due to hoarding conditions in the house.

Lt. Michael Rouches, Hillsboro police spokesman, said a Ford SUV and an Acura were stopped at a red light northbound on Northwest 185th Avenue, south of Walker Road , around 6:30 p.m., when a Plymouth minivan rear-ended the Acura, sending it into the back of the SUV.

ALOHA, Ore. Washington County deputies arrested a man they said killed his roommate then dismembered his body and put it in a garage freezer at their Aloha home.

Washington County detectives executing a search warrant at an Aloha home have found the body of a man they say is a victim in a homicide, the sheriff's office reported.

Aloha artist Barbara Mason and Oregon Poet Laureate Paulann Petersen , whose work is being shown in the governor's office, flank calligraphy artist Laurie Weiss, with whom they recently collaborated on a book project called "Dark River of Stars." Aloha artist Barbara Mason 's exhibit "Bilingual Light II" opened in the governor's office at the state ... (more)

Good morning, Washington County. Time to catch up on news from the west side. Portland Community College: Bill Graves looks at the evolution of the largest college in Oregon as it celebrates its 50th year.

An Aloha woman was arrested twice in as many days after her 2-year-old daughter was twice found walking alone on a busy roadway, the Washington County Sheriff's Office reported.

ALOHA, Ore. An Aloha mom was arrested after her two-year-old daughter was found wandering alone four times last week.

A Dick Schouten is running for re-election as Washington County Commissioner for District 1 against Betty Bode.A This is a non-partisan position.

A 49-year-old woman was killed on Mother's Day after the vehicle her daughter was driving crashed down an embankment off a rural road in Northwestern Washington County.

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A horse was struck on Southwest Farmington Road near Aloha this afternoon and both the animal and rider were injured, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office .

Paulann Petersen, Oregon's poet laureate, has collaborated with Barbara Mason, an Oregon artist, for the latest show in the Governor's Office.

Good morning, Washington County. Time to catch up on westside headlines. Beaverton: After seven Beaverton girls on a soccer team became violently ill in 2010, scientific sleuths linked the highly contagious norovirus to a reusable grocery bag.

Good morning, Washington County. Let's start the day with a spin through westside headlines.

Good morning, Washington County. Let's catch up on news from the west side, where a drug bust, business and birding made the headlines.

Washington County investigators arrested three people and seized a half pound of methamphetamine and a quarter pound of marijuana during an early morning search warrant at an Aloha home, the sheriff's office reported.