Tigard News

Welcome to the weekend, Washington County . We've got concerts from the Oregon Chorale and The Bylines, woodworking and car swap meets in Beaverton and Hillsboro, and the Friends of Historic Forest Grove Garden Tour.

Thursday afternoon, Tigard police detectives were conducting a criminal investigation that led them to 9470 SW 88th Avenue in the community of Metzger.

Husband and wife, Andrew Smith and Jennifer Jungenberg from Tigard, walk by the property where Walmart will be built along Dartmouth Street and 72nd Avenue.

King City Police are alerting the public after an 8-year-old girl said a man approached her and offered to give her a ride on May 22 near Deer Creek Elementary School.

Metro has scheduled two public open houses this week to help design the Westside Trail, a 25-mile continuous pedestrian and bike path from Forest Park in Portland through Washington County to the Tualatin River near King City.

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

Potted plants need a platform to keep water off floors and decks. It takes no time at all for water -- or even the moisture from the bottom of a pot -- to mar the surface permanently.

Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue crews have pulled one person out a burning Tigard apartment, according to the fire district.

CGC Enterprises has leased 1,065 square feet of retail space at Northrup Medical Building, 1211 N.W. 23rd Ave., Portland, from TMP Northrup.

John Tapogna, president of ECONorthwest, will lead a discussion on the topic "Portland or Seattle: Which city is greener?" at a Westside Economic Alliance breakfast forum on Thursday, May 24, from 7:30 to 9 a.m., at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 9000 S.W. Washington Square Road in Tigard.

It will come as no surprise to frequent users of Pacific Highway, but the road has a tendency to get crowded.

Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue firefighters mop up following a late-night fire May 16 at the Woodspring Apartments 55-plus complex in Tigard.

Alfredo Bautista-Garcia, 29, was arrested Tuesday afternoon after a man called police at about 11:12 a.m. saying he and another man had been stabbed at a TriMet bus stop at the corner of Pacific Highway and Southwest Walnut Place in Tigard.

Running unopposed for a seat at Metro, Tigard Mayor Craig Dirksen easily won Tuesday night's primary election, claiming the job of term-limited councilor Carl Hosticka.

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.

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TIGARD, Ore - A two alarm fire in the Tigard area had residents evacuated at the Wood Springs apartments at 16082 SW 133th.

A suspect has been taken into custody in connection with a morning stabbing that injured two people on Southwest Pacific Highway, according to the Tigard Police Department .

Oregon Children's Theatre production of "Sideways Stories From Wayside School," included several performers still in their early teens who've been trained in the company's Young Professionals Program on of many educational features the group offers.

A 17 year-old boy called 9-1-1 at approximately 6:25 p.m. Friday evening to report being robbed.