Twenty years of growth and great journalism February 10 2021
Our Opinion: Over the next 20 years, we will continue our commitment to being Oregon s best and largest source of local news.
When the Portland Tribune launched to much fanfare 20 years ago this week, very few people outside our organization thought we d be around for more than a year or two. Negativity abounded, especially among media competitors and journalism pundits, who gave us little chance for success.
Now, two decades later, we haven t just succeeded in surviving for 20 tumultuous years, we also have grown the Tribune and its sister newspapers collectively into the largest disseminator of local news in Oregon. If you have any doubt about that assertion, please visit our homepage at PortlandTribune.com and look at each of Pamplin Media Group s 29 websites. You will find an abundance of stories about each of the communities we cover.
One dead in Highway 219 crash February 10 2021
An Aurora man involved in a collision left a Dayton woman dead, and a passenger hospitalized Tuesday evening.
A Dayton woman died in a two-vehicle collision that involved an Aurora man Tuesday evening on Highway 219 near milepost 22.
According to Oregon State Police, Alexander Lewis, 20, of Aurora, was traveling southbound when he moved into the northbound lane to pass a tow truck hooking up a trailer on the southbound shoulder.
Lewis Nissan Frontier collided with a northbound Kia operated by Erika Wanmer, 22, of Dayton. Wanmer sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead. A passenger in the Kia was transported by air to Legacy Emanuel. Lewis was transported by ambulance to OHSU.
The Colorado Springs Fire Department responded to a fire at approximately 9 a.m. Feb. 5 at The Reserve apartment complex near the intersection of Monterey Road and Carmel Drive. The
Two dead, four hospitalized in 99E bus crash near Salem February 04 2021
Three Woodburn residents were transported to Salem Hospital with injuries, drivers of each vehicle pronounced dead
Two Salem residents died following a collision on Highway 99E north of Gervais that involved a Cherriots mini bus on Wednesday night.
At 8:09 p.m., emergency personnel responded to a two vehicle crash near Boones Ferry Road. Oregon State Police troopers determined that a Ford Fusion operated by Jordan Chandler, 26, of Salem was traveling south on Highway 99E when his vehicle entered the northbound lane and collided with a Cherriots mini bus operated by Rachel Bunting, 51, of Salem.
City Club of Portland examines impact of pandemic on schools
The program will address disparities in education, which have grown worse during the COVID-19 crisis.
Eleven months ago, the closure of Oregon K-12 schools launched what for many parents and children has been a bizarre and incredibly disruptive, difficult experience, one that some call tragic.
Already significant, disparities in school achievement based on race, ethnicity and wealth have grown. Many parents, those with the financial means, have set up pods of self-funded learning for their children, paying tutors or even full-time teachers.
Other parents have had to cut back on work hours to help their child learn remotely, thus increasing inequities.