Clackamas News

As a kid growing up on the river banks of West Linn, Jerry Herrmann remembers grabbing his fishing pole and heading to the Willamette River with his friends.

Charlie Troop, 1-82 Cavalry awaits aerial transport via CH-47 Chinook aircraft for the first leg of a complex insertion and extraction mission out of a landing zone near Boise Sunday.

Beaverton School District has named three new elementary principals, a middle school assistant principal, an alternative school administrator and an administrator for licensed staff.

By Pat Boyle A three year old girl is in critical condition at Doernbecher Children's Hospital after she fell into a crawl space that was six feet deep.

The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office responded to the call of a swimmer gone under the water just below the High Rocks area on the Clackamas River.

Rescue crews are investigating a report of swimmer who dove into the Clackamas River near Gladstone and didn't surface.

A crash near Redland on Sunday sent four people to area hospitals, including a five-year-old boy who was taken by LifeFlight helicopter.

A group calling itself the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility is collecting signatures for an initiative that would ensure universal background checks for all gun sales in that state.

We're fresh out of ideas - not that this ever stopped us before - so we're grateful we have this from reader Michelle Lequin of Clackamas.

Clackamas Repertory Theatre opens its ninth season Friday, June 28, with Mary Chase's classic American play "Harvey."

Firefighters temporarily evacuated The Home Depot's Clackamas-area store Friday after a strong smell of natural gas was detected.

Clackamas County is updating their Transportation System Plan and the time is now to make sure key projects make it into the final version.

The Oregon Army Guard put some of its equipment on display for employers visiting Camp Withycombe Friday morning.

The Regional Arts and Culture Council invites nonprofit organizations and individual artists in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties to submit proposals for artistic projects and cultural events planned for calendar year 2014.

Had Jerry Sandusky not been indicted for child sex abuse, Paul Martin Maglecic might not be headed to prison today.

The Export Council of Oregon , an official US District Export Council, presented the Clackamas County business and economic development team with an achievement certificate for their leadership and innovation in organizing the Clackamas County Export Initiative and hosting a training program which has benefitted local companies.

If the Oregon Department of Revenue wins its appeal before the Oregon Supreme Court, Lane County could get $7.2 million from communications giant Comcast in taxes.

Wednesday afternoons this year have seen several Clackamas Community College students put behind bars.

Fawn Haase and Ericka Johnson from Oregon City win first place in the showboat division of the annual Dairy Farmers of Oregon Milk Carton Boat Race with their boat, Wave Bus-ter.

OK, June, what? Thunderstorms? Seriously? Yep, Mother Nature says: Chance of t-storms today, with highs in the mid-60s, according to forecasts .