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Business

La Strada dei Pastelli Chalk Art Festival shades Hillsboro sidewalks this weekend

La Strada dei Pastelli Chalk Art Festival returns to downtown Hillsboro July 19-20, drawing top artists from across ... Read more

Business

Intel layoffs swell from hundreds to thousands across Oregon campuses

Within days of Intel announcing plans to lay off hundreds of Washington County employees, that number has shot ... Read more

Crime & Justice

New grant helps Washington County reopen 1994 cold case homicide of Gaston woman

More than three decades after an 85-year-old woman was killed at her Gaston farm, authorities are heating up ... Read more

News

Estranged husband sentenced to life for 1988 murder of Deborah Atrops

One of Washington County’s longest-standing cold cases came to a close this week as Robert Elmer Atrops was ... Read more

Features

Country artists, tribute bands and ‘A Minecraft Movie’ coming to Washington County Fair main stage

The Washington County Fair is plugging in and cranking up the volume with a 10-day lineup of live ... Read more

Business

Intel will lay off over 500 workers across Washington County campuses

The anticipated cuts to Intel’s workforce appear to be coming down the pike as the company braces to ... Read more

Sports

Portland Timbers lock in $25M, 13-acre deal for Beaverton performance center expansion

Portland’s professional soccer club is expanding its training footprint in Beaverton. The Portland Timbers have signed the dotted ... Read more

Local News

Forest Grove man killed in single-vehicle rollover crash

A single-vehicle crash resulted in the death of a 62-year-old Forest Grove man over the weekend. Forest Grove ... Read more

Business

Intel plans to lay off thousands of factory workers. Will Washington County be affected?

Rumor has it that Oregon’s largest chipmaker plans to trim a chunk of its global factory workforce next ... Read more

Crime & Justice

Hillsboro caretaker pleads guilty to trafficking man, forcing him to sell snacks at local shopping center

A Hillsboro caretaker will spend two years in prison after forcing a man with intellectual disabilities to sell ... Read more