Lake Oswego News

Champions were crowned in 26 competition categories in the third annual cross-country mountain bike race, staged on a mainly singletrack course on the Peterson Ridge Trail system south of Sisters.

Cook Park: Cook Park stretches along the Tualatin River in Tigard , where Jake Linnman, four years of age, feeds ducks.

Some interesting news out of Milwaukie to start your pre-Memorial Day Clackamas County Roundup : Milwaukie: It's time for Milwaukie to pony up a first payment to TriMet for Portland-Milwaukie light rail.

I am so sick of this Ras "fill in the blank." We grew up together in Lake Oswego and somehow you found commonality in the Rastafarian.

A new Burgerville on Pacific Highway is expected to draw big crowds next week, although the restaurant won't officially open its doors for another two months.

Bob Ervin of Lake Oswego stands near his two active beehives. He keeps a third one empty in case he's called to catch a honeybee swarm in the area.

Last week the shelves at the new Walmart will filling up with groceries. The store will hold its grand opening tomorrow at 8 a.m. The week before Walmart was slated to open it was all hands on deck.

The city of Lake Oswego has backed off on a request to bring almost 100 acres of Luscher Farm and surrounding properties into the urban growth boundary.

This fall, Walmart will open its new neighborhood market in Lake Oswego at 17711 Jean Way, just off Boones Ferry Road in Lake Grove.

Who: Eric Johnson, 58, Lake Oswego; 6 feet, 3 inches; 190 pounds. Johnson is a forensic and clinical psychologist with the Oregon Forensic Institute.

Lake Oswego Farmers Market Concerts: Weekly 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sat. Lineup includes world-music infected folk-rock by Sky in the Road, May 26; music sponsored by the Lake Oswego School District Foundation, June 2; jazz standards by pianist and composer Sally Harmon and bass player Frank Gruner, June 9; a percussion group from Sweden comprised of ... (more)

From left, Maj. Gen. Fred Rees, Kiss guitarist Tommy Thayer, his father James Thayer, whose name will be on the renovated Oregon Military Museum, and Blazers' personality Bill Schonely.

The Lake Oswego School Board appears ready to commit to an elementary school language immersion program that continues through the fifth grade.

In a possible Clackamas County Roundup first, a peacock makes an appearance: North Clackamas School District: Superintendent Tim Mills is one of three finalists for the top spot at the Bellevue School District in Washington.

On May 29, the council is scheduled to discuss selling park property to the Lake Oswego Corporation, which has deeds to the lake bed and controls the water and most of the surrounding rim of land.

"We have gone to quite a few of the track events," said Sue Howell, a Duck fan from Lake Oswego.

Reece Hallock, 6, of Vancouver runs to her parents after learning to drive an excavator during Dozer Days, a fundraiser for the Nutter Foundation which aids children's charities, on Saturday, May 21, 2011, at the Cemex/Fisher Quarry in Vancouver, WA.

Tryon Creek State Park is a great place to run ... just bring a pair of shoes to change into, and maybe a towel! It's time for this highly anticipated group run series to get rolling! Join Foot Traffic in Lake Oswego, every Thursday at 6pm for a run/walk through the beautiful Tryon Creek State Park.

Norm Smith and classmates attend a morning seminar Thursday at Pacific University College of Optometry.

CLACKAMAS, Ore. You see the stories on the news about predators on the Internet luring kids and teens away, but how do they do it? We spoke to a young woman from Clackamas to reveal the strategies that predators use so you can protect your family.