Go fly a kite (and meet other kite fliers) at Point Robinson

For free fun this Saturday, head for the annual Kite Day on Maury Island.

Oly Training Center trip boosts record-breaking performance

On the way from their desert campus to the San Diego Section Division II swim prelims, El Centro Southwest High sophomore Brandon Crabtree and his teammates stopped for a tour of the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista.

Clackamas County events roundup: concerts, festivals, farmers markets

Good morning Clackamas County. Welcome to a brand new week and my roundup of events in Happy Valley, Milwaukie, Lake Oswego, Oregon City, West Linn, Wilsonville, on Mount Hood, and in other locales in Clackamas County, as well as Southwest Portland.

Outdoors Calendar

Anja Fuller and her daughter Alex, 11, cross the finish line together at the Ramble Run 5K at Biltmore Park Town Square last Saturday.

20 ways to save on your summer vacation

Your summer vacation doesn't have to break the bank.  By being flexible in your travel plans, checking multiple sites for deals, and dining out less, you can save a bundle on your getaway.

People Power 2.0

How civilians helped win the Libyan information war. After weeks of skirmishes in the Nafusa Mountains southwest of Tripoli, Sifaw Twawa and his brigade of freedom fighters are at a standstill. It's a mid-April night in 2011, and Twawa's men are frightened. Lightly armed and hidden only by trees, they are a stone's throw from one of four Grad 122-millimeter multiple-rocket launchers laying down ...