Hillsboro News

Neighbors were credited with rescuing an elderly couple - one of whom was confined to a wheelchair - after their Hillsboro home caught fire Sunday afternoon.

A 22-year-old Portland man was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of breaking into an apartment in Hillsboro and kidnapping a 17-year-old girl who was his former girlfriend.

Coulomb Technologies ChargePointEnlarge PhotoThe city of Hillsboro, Oregon recently signed onto a deal to install 16 ChargePoint charging stations made by Coulomb Technologies.

A new principal has taken the helm at East Valley High School. Dorthea "Dottie" Say of Umatilla, Ore., starts work this month, heading up the ninth- through 12th-grade school.

J.B. Thomas Middle School is scheduled to be torn down this year, 80 years after it opened at 645 N.E. Lincoln St.

The Greater Hillsboro Area Chamber of Commerce will hold enhanced Job Seekers Support and Networking workshops every Tuesday in July.

The City of Hillsboro, Oregon plans to deploy 16 Coulomb Technologies ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for plug-in and electric vehicles.

A new Washington County recycling center caters to everyone from homeowners lugging plastics numbered 1 through 7 to builders trying to recycle drywall, concrete and carpet in compliance with a new law that kicks in today.

Demolition plans for J.B. Thomas Middle School remain in limbo, after a Washington County judge decided this morning that a lawsuit aimed at saving the building will go to trial on Thursday.

J.B. Thomas Middle School has plagued the Hillsboro School District for years. The 81-year-old steam-heated school has asbestos, seismic and, some say, mildew problems.

Associated Press A June 26, 2009 A HILLSBORO, Ore. -- Four more suspects have been arrested in the burglary at the home of former Portland Trail Blazer Cliff Robinson.

Hillsboro Fire and Rescue reminds all homeowners who plan to use open flame devices to always have a fire extinguisher within reach.

Firefighters used thermal imaging cameras to search the area looking for any additional patients who might have been ejected from the heavily damaged cars, but found none.

A collision early this morning has closed a section of Tualatin Valley Highway. Both directions of the highway are closed between Brookwood and Imlay.

State Sen. Bruce Starr and about a dozen lawmakers are racing the clock to pass a bill that would increase the penalty for killing a pregnant woman.

A current of reflection, interaction and response between human beings and their environment runs through an exhibit next month at the Glenn & Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center.

Police say the investigation dismantled a midlevel Heroin Drug Trafficking Organization that was distributing Heroin throughout the area while carrying firearms.

The blond female hit & run suspect is in a black Jeep liberty with unknown Oregon plates, with damage on the right side.

A family of six was displaced from their Hillsboro home Tuesday morning by fire.

Heather Snively was eight months' pregnant when she was murdered June 5. It's very late in this Oregon Legislative Assembly, and it would be easy for Senate and House leaders to glance at Republican Sen.