http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132806770223688600 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132806770223688600 en-us Beaverton Democrat Suzanne Bonamici is headed to Congress after taking a commanding lead in the 1st Congressional District special election. About 50 percent of the district’s registered voters cast ballots, according to the Oregon secretary of state’s office. She defeated Republican ... http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132761977330056700 2012-01-26 00:00:00 http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132761977330056700 en-us Strangely, bicycles, including children's, keep turning up around King City and are hardly ever claimed, and now the surplus two-wheelers are being donated to a grateful non-profit organization. At the Jan. 4 City Council meeting, City Manager Dave Wells introduced a resolution declaring 26 bikes ... http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132761948203905700 2012-01-26 00:00:00 http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132761948203905700 en-us Dr. Greg Williams has a big dream - to get dental services to residents of assisted-living facilities across the state. When patients are wheelchair-bound or have other mobility or health issues, making the trip to a dentist becomes an added burden. Williams, who has a longtime practice in King ... http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132761707103545400 2012-01-26 14:31:11 http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132761707103545400 en-us Jennifer Fair never lets an opportunity to pack some boxes for overseas troops go to waste, and so she invited a few people over to her King City home Jan. 7 to do just that. Mission Mahalo, formerly Operation Christmas Glory, sent hundreds of boxes of toiletries and treats to troops in ... http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132744017350188300 2012-01-24 00:00:00 http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132744017350188300 en-us SALEM — One by one, seniors testifying at the Capitol on Jan. 20 before the House Interim Committee on Revenue shared their stories, which all had a common thread - they will likely lose their homes since they were eliminated from the state's property tax deferral program last year because ... http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132743976021775000 2012-01-24 00:00:00 http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132743976021775000 en-us A man with a knife robbed the Lil’ Brick Deli on Pacific Highway near King City on Tuesday, Jan. 17, around 3:15 p.m., according to Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies. They responded to the Lil’ Brick Deli, located at 16735 S.W. Pacific Highway after the clerk at the ... http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132657843782480900 2012-01-14 14:00:37 http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132657843782480900 en-us A group of Oregon homeowners — alarmed over changes in the state’s Senior Property Tax Deferral Program that were adopted last year — announced Jan. 13 the formation of a statewide consumer organization to fight for reinstatement of low-income residents who had been disqualified ... http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132612350667551500 2012-01-09 00:00:00 http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132612350667551500 en-us Starting today, the news-gathering staffs of Pamplin Media Group and KOIN Local 6 TV are combining their resources to bring readers, listeners and viewers a more comprehensive and timely local news report. The Pamplin group – which includes the Portland Tribune and Community Newspapers and ... http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132548981866511600 2012-01-02 00:00:00 http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132548981866511600 en-us A little bit of good news to start the year: electrical power costs are going down for some residential customers. Oregon’s Public Utility Commission approved new electricity rates that went into effect Sunday, Jan. 1. The rates will drop for some Portland General Electric residential ... http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132520318235951800 2011-12-29 15:59:42 http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132520318235951800 en-us Discovery Shops around the country turn donated clothes into cash for cancer research, and local residents are lucky to have one of them right in the Willowbrook Center at the intersection of Pacific Highway and Durham Road. Discovery Shops operate as a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, ... http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132520286893405700 2011-12-29 15:54:28 http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132520286893405700 en-us King City Lions Club members are continually helping people in the community in various ways, and they recently made the holidays a little brighter for a lot of people. The Lions donated $400 to West Coast Bank's food drive and used the money to purchase as much food as they could at the King City ... http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132520268244447800 2011-12-29 15:51:22 http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132520268244447800 en-us Johnny "Mickey" Brown, the infamous Tigard-based door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman turned Ponzi-schemer, was sentenced by a judge Dec. 21 to 11 years in federal prison and ordered to turn himself in the next afternoon. On May 11, 2011, a federal jury in Portland convicted Brown, then ... http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132519760254941200 2011-12-29 14:26:42 http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132519760254941200 en-us Washington County Commissioner Roy Rogers discussed growth, traffic and other issues affecting the southwest Bull Mountain area at the November meeting of Citizen Participation Organization 4K (King City). He pointed out that Beef Bend, Bull Mountain and Roy Rogers roads are all county owned, but ... http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132519636308415900 2011-12-29 14:06:03 http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=132519636308415900 en-us Don't get your feathers all ruffled when you read this, but the King City City Council has approved an ordinance regulating chickens within the city limits. The issue of chickens on the loose was brought to City Hall's attention last fall when a resident complained about the nuisance the next-door ...