Powell Butte News

It's been an exciting year for bikes - and 2010 is shaping up to be even more so.

After receiving more than a half-million dollars from the Oregon Department on Education, the Powell Butte Elementary charter school is closer to becoming a reality.

The Powell Butte Community Charter School Development Committee has received its $505,000 three-year incentive grant from the Oregon Department of Education.

Nick Scovill's Triad relies on government work. View Larger Portland-area governments will spend tens of millions on capital construction projects in coming months.

Residents in Oregon and the entire Pacific NW are seeing some of the coldest winter temperatures of the year so far, with some areas receiving snow and nearly every region experiencing frost and ice.

POSTED: Friday, December 11, 2009 at 12:56 PM PT BY: Justin Carinci Tags: Job Creation and Stimulus Package , Portland Water Bureau , Randy Leonard Commissioner Randy Leonard discusses the Portland Water Bureaua s stimulus efforts in his office last week.

Research into a new process for producing mint oil could lower farmers' costs and breathe new life into the state's mint industry.

After more than two years of clearing hazardous waste from a Powell Butte ranch, tests are being conducted to determine whether the site can be deemed safe Published: December 11.

County schools were hamstrung by a series of optimistic budget projections that dissolved into a flood of red ink.

The Fairview Rockwood Wilkes Historical Society is hosting a Christmas party starting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec.

A spiritual oasis has sprung up in the high desert with the opening of the Catholic Diocese of Baker's new retreat center in the rural community of Powell Butte.

A bicyclist tries out new lights on the bicycle and footpath along Interstate 205 - the lights were a rare East Portland improvement made possible with federal stimulus dollars.The money came via the Oregon Department of Transportation, not the city.

Parents at the Powell Butte Elementary school are moving forward with plans to try and change it into a charter school.

Mary F. Meireis A A Mary Fern Meireis, formerly of Newberg, died Nov. 8, 2009, at her Redmond home.

While plans to take Portland's old open reservoirs out of service have attracted the most attention and opposition, the story doesn't end there.

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"Take a ton of food and volunteers - mix" order photo Bill Penhollow, left, carries two sacks of barbecued meat while his uncle, Carroll Penhollow, lifts another sack out of the barbecue pit Saturday at the Lord's Acre Day celebration at Powell Butte Christian Church.

The federal government issued an ultimatum Monday to the former Powell Butte rancher charged with dumping hazardous waste on his property: Clean up the ranch or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will - and it could cost triple.

Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife troopers are asking for the public's help to identify the person responsible for unlawfully depositing a partially processed elk carcass and hides on private property in the Powell Butte area.

More toxic waste must be removed from this Powell Butte Ranch,former owner Dennis Beetham and his company DB Western have 30 days to submit a plan before the US Environmental Protection Agency steps in, at his expense.