http://www.clackamasreview.com/news/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.clackamasreview.com/news/story.php?story_id=121064920156470100 A 33-year-old Clackamas County woman alleged Monday that Republican congressional candidate Mike Erickson got her pregnant in 2000 and then paid for her to have an abortion. The woman and her friend, Kristi Oetken, first attempted to draw attention to the issue in 2006 after receiving a campaign ... http://www.clackamasreview.com/news/story.php?story_id=121028632749777300 Timber payments are back on the table in Washington, D.C. – again. U.S. Senator Ron Wyden announced today that $400 million is included in the Senate's Iraq supplemental spending bill for the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Act, commonly known as the timber payments ... http://www.clackamasreview.com/news/story.php?story_id=121028585109906600 A dismal chinook salmon run has prompted Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Officials to close chinook fishing beneath Willamette Falls effective 12:01 a.m., Monday, May 12. Fishing for steelhead, shad and other species in this area will remain open, as will chinook retention above Willamette ... http://www.clackamasreview.com/news/story.php?story_id=120958043568191100 If light rail is coming through Milwaukie, residents want it extended to Park Avenue. That was the sentiment at a meeting last week at which residents got to voice their preference for a terminus — either Lake Road downtown or Park Avenue in Oak Grove — and for station placements in ... http://www.clackamasreview.com/news/story.php?story_id=121019484087629900 TriMet has pulled out of an agreement with the city of Milwaukie to develop the Southgate Theater site as a park-and-ride and bus layover facility, leading city councilors to question their faith in promises and agreements with the regional transit organization. The developed site would have ... http://www.clackamasreview.com/news/story.php?story_id=121010661123766700 The supplemental draft environmental impact statement for the proposed light-rail line from Portland to Milwaukie has been released on Metro's Web site as the clock starts ticking on public comments. The report contains in-depth analysis of expected costs and impacts, including effects on traffic ... http://www.clackamasreview.com/news/story.php?story_id=121018736948870600 Voters have a veritable smorgasbord of candidates for county commission seat 5, with seven candidates from across the county, from West Linn, Milwaukie, Oregon City, Happy Valley and even out to Estacada. The seat, part of this year’s board expansion from three to five members, only carries ... http://www.clackamasreview.com/news/story.php?story_id=121018742060828900 Robert Marion Christensen Dec. 6, 1942-April 22, 2008 Robert Marion Christensen died on April 22, 2008, at age 65. He was born on Dec. 6, 1942, in Twin Bridges, Mont., and had lived off and on in the Metro area since childhood. For the last six years he had lived in Aloha and Clackamas. He was ... http://www.clackamasreview.com/news/story.php?story_id=121018728620583000 Milwaukie Thursday April 24 12:27 a.m. – Dylan Matthew Dorn, 23, was arrested for DUII along the 2600 block of SE Monroe Street. 5:47 a.m. – A caller reported that he just caught someone breaking into his car while it was parked along the 2500 block of SE Harrison Street. The ... http://www.clackamasreview.com/news/story.php?story_id=121018636085721200 A Gladstone man pleaded guilty last week to federal charges of what essentially amounted to money laundering in a scheme. Investigators said he and at least three others would break into commercial businesses, steal identification and other sensitive materials and then defraud banks and businesses ... http://www.clackamasreview.com/news/story.php?story_id=121018616289929400 Clackamas County Fire District #1 won the international Heart Safe Community Public Access Defibrillation Award, an honor bestowed on only one community worldwide each year. The award, presented by the International Association of Fire Chiefs, is awarded to a community that has worked to create ... http://www.clackamasreview.com/news/story.php?story_id=121018608563195700 Bob and Charlee Moore like to point out that they moved from Redding, California, to Oregon in 1978 to “semi-retire.” Instead, they spent the past three decades building an international company that employs almost 200 people spread out over two Milwaukie locations, and Bob’s ...