Posted in Uncategorized on February 20, 2008 | No Comments »
After nearly seven years serving on the Molalla River School District Board of Education, Molalla Youth Sports operations manager Deneen Munson tendered her resignation on Feb. 4.
At last Thursday’s MRSD board meeting, the board accepted Munson’s resignation and opened the position to the public.
Posted in Uncategorized on February 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Accounts of incident vary wildly; police still investigating
A contentious youth basketball game in Estacada led to the arrest of a Molalla Youth Sports coach over the weekend.
After an altercation with a 17-year-old referee, Molalla coach Jeffery Larsen, 34, was cited by the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office on a charge of criminal trespassing of a sporting [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Ron Lister will face hearing stemming from Oregon State Police investigation
Molalla Police Department Officer Ron Lister, the cop who can’t write a ticket, is finally due to have his day in court.
After several years of remaining on the city’s payroll while being unable to perform many of the normal duties of an officer, including writing [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 20, 2008 | No Comments »
For the first time, two recipients chosen for high school fundraiser
Since doctors discovered cancer in the bones of her spine in August of 2007, 5-year-old Faith Marr has been through more than most people 10 times her age.
Faith has the only documented case of osteosarcoma, or malignant bone cancer, affecting the vertebrae on a child [...]
Posted in Breaking News, Crime news on February 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
ASTORIA–Four families sat in silence punctuated by whispers for two hours in the Clatsop County Circuit Court this morning, while attorneys and defendants conferred in private.
The five former Molalla High School basketball players facing sex abuse charges in a hazing incident heard a plea bargain offer today that could remove the threat of lengthy prison [...]
Posted in Fires and accidents, Public safety on February 18, 2008 | No Comments »
The intersection of Highway 211 and South Vaughan Road, known as a frequent site of vehicle wrecks, saw one this afternoon that sent a Harley Davidson rider to OHSU by Life Flight helicopter.
Posted in Crime news, Public safety on February 18, 2008 | No Comments »
A contentious youth basketball game in Estacada led to the arrest of a Molalla Youth Sports coach over the weekend. After an altercation with a 17-year-old referee, Molalla coach Jeffery Larsen, 34, was cited by the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office on a charge of criminal trespassing of a sporting event.
Posted in Community News on February 17, 2008 | Comments Off
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Posted in Uncategorized on February 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Spring cleaning can be a rejuvenating experience, and so can redesigning a newspaper. Spring just seems to be the best time to make changes.
There are some exciting improvements in the works at the Molalla Pioneer in the coming weeks. For about a month you’ll see small changes appearing throughout the paper — better organized pages, [...]
Posted in Crime news, Public safety on February 13, 2008 | No Comments »
The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office today named Dpty. Brian Lister, a former Molalla Police Department reserve officer, as the deputy who fatally shot 31-year-old Aaron Damien Ganon after an armed confrontation in Clackamas last Saturday.
Witnesses called at about 11 p.m. to report that Ganon was armed with a gun at his estranged wife’s apartment in [...]
Posted in Politics on February 6, 2008 | 4 Comments »
About 200 Oregonians, including some from Molalla, rallied on the steps of the state capitol in Salem today, in an attempt to sway Gov. Ted Kulongoski on the issue of the three liquefied natural gas terminals and more than 550 miles of natural gas pipeline currently proposed for construction in Oregon.
Posted in Breaking News, Crime news on February 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Molalla resident Virginia Winter, who was ordered Jan. 3 by the Clackamas County Circuit Court to have all horses removed from her property, told a judge today that the snow prevented her from doing so.
Posted in Fires and accidents on February 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Fire officials determined that a smoldering candle sparked a fire that caused about $60,000 in damages to a home south of Molalla on Friday.
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