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Facing closure, families of Portland online school students consider their options
Families of students in Portland's Online Learning Academy, which is scheduled to cease operations, met to discuss possibly keeping the school open and virtual learning opportunities in other districts.
Washington County will buy Tigard apartments to preserve low-income rents
Washington County is stepping in to purchase a low-income Tigard apartment complex to safeguard its tenants from a looming rent hike.
Independent review finds Tigard police at fault for fatal 2021 shooting
The Tigard police officer who shot and killed Jacob Macduff on Jan. 6, 2021, had no reason to fear for his life, according to an independent report released this week.

A few Oregon elementary schools target reading skills with virtual tutors
Students at a Tigard elementary school are part of a new pilot program to help children who are behind in reading.

Tigard to pay $3.8 million in police shooting settlement
Officer Gabriel Maldonado killed Jacob Macduff on Jan. 6, 2021, as Macduff sat in his pickup truck parked outside the apartment complex where he lived, according to one of the attorneys representing Macduff’s mother. City leaders have pledged to make changes within the police department.
Grand jury declines to indict Tigard officer who killed Jacob Macduff
The Oregon Department of Justice announced Thursday its investigation into a deadly Tigard police shooting has concluded. A grand jury declined to indict officer Gabriel Maldonado for shooting and killing Jacob Macduff on Jan. 6.
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Cottage Grove, Beaverton, Hillsboro and Tigard adopt enhanced mask policies
Cottage Grove joins Beaverton, Hillsboro and Tigard in requiring employees to follow an enhanced mask policy.
A Portland suburb is poised to lose one-fifth of its affordable housing. Experts say it’s the tip of the iceberg.
Over the next decade, officials warn that hundreds of Oregonians who depend on affordable housing could be priced out as a host of buildings like Woodspring in Tigard become unaffordable for the people living there.
Officer under investigation for fatal Tigard shooting fired from new job
The former Tigard police officer who shot and killed Jacob Macduff on Jan. 6 has been terminated from his new job with the Port of Portland Police.
Tigard officer who killed man has started new job amid criminal investigation
The Tigard police officer who shot and killed Jacob MacDuff on Jan. 6 was hired by the Port of Portland Police Department despite an ongoing criminal investigation. He started work at the agency April 19, but was put on leave after OPB's reporting on the investigation.