North Clackamas School District to lose 2 administrators

Chief Financial Officer Jim Langstraat recently began a position as Associate Vice President for Finance and Administrative Services at Portland Community College, and longtime Business Operations Director Tim Witcher will soon leave for the Clackamas County Education Service District... Read More

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Don't understand your teen? This parenting event might help

Don't understand your teen? This parenting event might help

What: The Gladstone Youth Coalition and Gladstone School District are putting on an event called 'Celebrating Parents and Families - Parenting in the 21st Century.' Session topics will include bullying, social media, empowering parents, communication, stress management, adolescent addiction and more.

When: Saturday, Feb. 11 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Where: Gladstone High School at 18800 Portland Avenue.

To Register: Call (503) 650-2570 to register.

Crews avert trouble as natural gas fills Milwaukie homes

MILWAUKIE, Ore. – Several Milwaukie families are back in their homes after being evacuated from a potentially explosive situation Tuesday evening.
    
Someone smelled a gas leak in a home on 54th Court and called 9-1-1. The neighborhood is across from Seth Lewelling Elementary School where about 20 people waited in buses while crews from gas utility Northwest Natural checked on the leak.

At least two homes were affected.
    
Firefighters say the concentration of gas inside the leaking home was enough to cause an explosion, but it was shut off and the gas cleared out before any explosion took place.

No injuries were reported and the residents were allowed to return home after the leak was stopped.

NW Natural safety experts say anyone smelling leaking gas, which smells like rotten eggs, should immediately evacuate the home or area affected and only then contact 9-1-1 or Northwest Natural.

They say using any kind of phone, including cell phones, in the proximity of a high concentration of leaking gas could cause an explosion. The same goes for using light switches.

Vacant Black Angus restaurant set on fire, investigators believe

OAK GROVE, Ore. - A fire broke out at a vacant building that used to be the home of a Black Angus restaurant and fire investigators have reason to believe it was intentionally set.

The fire happened around 2:20 p.m. Tuesday at the restaurant's former space at 16323 S.E. McLoughlin Boulevard. The building has been vacant for nearly a year.

When fire crews arrived, the sprinkler system was spraying water and had already extinguished the flames. While the damage was minimal, firefighters spent a fair amount of time clearing the building of smoke.

Fire investigators found multiple spots where the fire had ignited, leading them to believe that arson is to blame.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office tip line at (503) 723-4949 or use the online tip sheet.

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State urges folks to secure their hazardous materials

State urges folks to secure their hazardous materials

It's not something you normally think about when it's raining hard and there's a threat of flooding but state officials want to remind folks about how important it is to secure hazardous materials so they don't make it into our waterways. Here's some information the Oregon State Fire Marshal and DEQ sent out:

'High Rocks' nearly disappears under rising river

'High Rocks' nearly disappears under rising river

GLADSTONE, Ore. - The water is flowing high at a spot on the Clackamas River known as 'High Rocks.'

Heavy rain that moved in on Tuesday is swelling local rivers and we swung by Gladstone on Tuesday to see how high the water has gotten at what is a popular, but dangerous, swimming hole in the summertime.

While the water has certainly been higher in the past at High Rocks (check out this YouNews photo from a year ago), this week's storm is pushing the river level up towards the top of the rocks.

More heavy rain is expected to fall over the next few days in the Northwest and some areas could see freezing rain and snow, KATU Meteorologist Rhonda Shelby said Tuesday morning.

Gladstone High student arrested for carrying a gun and ammunition

GLADSTONE, Ore. - A 14-year-old Gladstone High school student was arrested last week after a search revealed he was carrying a gun and ammunition.

Gladstone High School's principal, Stu Evans, sent out an email to parents Sunday night regarding the incident, which happened last Tuesday.

According to Evans, two boys tipped off school staff that another boy had a handgun. Staff members questioned the student and found a gun and a separate ammunition clip in his backpack. The student was then arrested.

The email from Evans said in part "during our immediate and subsequent investigation through the week, there was no threat of harm discovered toward any Gladstone School District student or employee. I can't say enough about how critical school safety is and the importance of the two boys' timely response with their information."

Despite the email that went out, some parents were annoyed that they had just heard about this Sunday evening.