3+ hour, 1+ min ago  (301+ words) Published 3:33 pm Friday, July 17, 2026 Stargazers can head to Buxton this summer to explore the night sky during a series of free evening events hosted by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry and the Rose City Astronomers. The 2026 OMSI Star…...

5+ hour, 33+ min ago  (378+ words) Published 1:00 pm Friday, July 17, 2026 Lauren Bishop is an Oxford comma slashing, lede refining, fact checking machine, and if there’s one thing she wants you to take from reading your community newspaper, it’s that the stories within it impact you. Bishop…...

12+ hour, 8+ min ago  (333+ words) Published 4:30 am Friday, July 17, 2026 While the third weekend of July is usually the time to stroll downtown Hillsboro and admire chalk artwork, Main Street will remain open to traffic this year. Tualatin Valley Creates announced that the La Strada dei…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (467+ words) Published 1:00 pm Thursday, July 16, 2026 Nick LaMora is as Hillsboro as Hillsboro gets. The 25-year-old was born and raised in western Washington County, attending Brookwood Elementary, South Meadows Middle School and later graduating from Hillsboro High School in 2019. This has been…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (250+ words) Published 5:30 am Thursday, July 9, 2026 The world’s first mariachi opera is coming to Hillsboro later this month for its Oregon premiere. A free outdoor performance of “Cruzar la Cara de la Luna” will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, July…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (406+ words) Published 5:00 am Wednesday, July 8, 2026 Hillsboro’s seniors are painting the town with a colorful new graffiti mural. About 15 residents of MorningStar Senior Living in Hillsboro collaborated on a collection of artwork where each piece tells a story of the artist’s life…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (518+ words) Published 4:30 am Wednesday, July 8, 2026 “BFF” now stands for “Big Fair Fun,” which could only mean the annual county fair in Hillsboro is back to feed and entertain families, community members and best friends forever. Ten days of big fair food,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (285+ words) Published 5:34 pm Wednesday, July 1, 2026 Looking to showcase and sell your handmade artwork during the holiday season? Applications for the Walters Cultural Arts Center’s 2026 Artisan Pop-up Shop are open until 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2, the downtown Hillsboro arts venue announced. The annual…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (809+ words) Published 5:00 am Saturday, June 27, 2026 For more than 40 years, the annual Tigard Festival of Balloons showcases, at its core, visually stunning hot air balloons at Cook Family Park. The festival, this year June 26-28, also brings together pilots and their crews who…...

3+ week, 13+ hour ago  (791+ words) Published 5:00 am Friday, June 26, 2026 A small group of longtime Forest Grove residents meets over coffee and muffins once a week to share stories of the town’s history. What began with three guys chatting around town in 2013 is now a larger…...