Posted in Crime news on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
The five former Molalla High School basketball players charged with assaulting a freshman teammate in December of 2006 were convicted on Monday afternoon by a Deschutes County judge.
John Berokoff, 19 and Joshua Haqq, 17, were convicted on menacing charges and third and fourth degree assault charges.
They were sentenced to 30 days in jail, 150 hours [...]
Posted in Crime news on April 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Four of the five former Molalla High School basketball players charged with a 2006 hazing against a teammate pleaded no contest to third degree assault charges in Clatsop County this morning.
The fifth player, Onisefor Kutsev, had a schedule conflict and will appear for his plea hearing on May 12, the same day the other four [...]
Posted in Breaking News on April 15, 2008 | No Comments »
The five former Molalla High School basketball players facing felony sex abuse charges in Clatsop and Deschutes Counties are still awaiting final hearings, but a resolution to their case may come by the end of this month.
Joshua Haqq, John Berokoff, Cody Anderson and brothers Onisefor and Vlasy Kutsev are being charged for hazing incidents against [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in Politics on April 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Group will advise commissioners on urban, rural reserves
Twenty-one people, including two Molalla-area governmental leaders, have been named to the Clackamas County Urban and Rural Reserves Policy Advisory Committee.
Deb Leighton, a councilor for the city of Molalla and Joanne Rigutto, webmaster and registrar for the Hamlet of Mulino will be among the volunteers who will be [...]
Posted in Health & Wellness on April 12, 2008 | No Comments »
County makes plans to close all three of its health clinics
Announcement causes local confusion, fear about which clinics are actually closing
Clackamas County Community Health Division announced Tuesday that it will be closing its Molalla Health Center on June 30.
The Molalla clinic will be the first of three county clinic closures, followed by the Sandy Health [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 11, 2008 | No Comments »
By John Atkins
Molalla City Manager
On April 16, the Molalla Planning Commission and City Council will meet in joint session to hear your comments on the draft Molalla Comprehensive Plan and a proposal for 50-year “urban reserve area.”
The hearing will be held at 6 p.m. at the Molalla Adult Center located at 315 Kennel Avenue. Your [...]
Posted in Politics on April 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Five members of the Molalla City Council violated Oregon’s open meetings law which considers a gathering of a majority of councilors a quorum and therefore an official meeting. However, no votes were taken at the meeting and the violation was unintentional, according to City Manager John Atkins.
“Apparently no one knew until the meeting began how [...]
Posted in Opinion on April 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We couldn’t help but notice the KATU television news van that drove past the front door of our newspaper office earlier today. “What are they doing in town this time?” we wondered aloud. Nothing has been happening with the ongoing basketball player trial, the never-ending tome about Snowball the deer hasn’t been on the front [...]
Posted in Breaking News, Fires and accidents on April 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Just after 7 a.m. on Thursday, Clackamas County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a fully-loaded log truck that had overturned and spilled its load of logs onto the highway at 32000 South Barlow Rd., just north of State Highway 211.
When they arrived, the deputies discovered that a 1999 Kenworth tractor, with an 80,000-pound [...]
Posted in Crime news, Public safety on April 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Local computer guy gives disk to police; information
could have aided identity theft
A Molalla man accidentally stumbled upon what appears to be the driver’s license information of thousands of Oregonians.
Darryl Howe, owner of CompUSmart in Molalla, found a zip drive while doing some spring cleaning on Wednesday at his other job, McFarlane’s Bark Inc. in Milwaukie, [...]
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