News and Press Releases

WEST LINN - Take Care of West Linn Day is ready for its fourth year in a row on May 19, 2012 at 9:00 a.m.

The contractor is working in many areas of the project at once.

CHICAGO - The Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting has been awarded to City of West Linn by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States

WEST LINN - The City of West Linn is pleased to introduce the official West Linn Police Station facility project blog.

WEST LINN - The City of West Linn, with SWCA Environmental Consultants, completed a historic resource survey of 250 properties in the Willamette neighborhood built in 1965 or earlier and supplem

The Arbor Day Foundation today announced that West Linn, OR, was named a Tree City USA community for its commitment to urban forestry.

WEST LINN –The City of West Linn has a limited amount of funding available for community organizations’ requests for support for their yearly events, operations, and activities.

Lower interest rates will mean lower payments for residents and will save approximately $2 million over the life of the bond

As outlined below, the South Fork Water Board's ("SFWB") intake facility on the Clackamas River has been temporarily shut down due to storm damage.  The SFWB is the water

WEST LINN - The City of West Linn is currently accepting applications for the 2012 West Linn Leadership Academy.

WEST LINN - The City of West Linn is pleased with the results of Ballot Measure 3-377 which, once certified by the County Elections Office, would authorize the issuance of up to $8.5 million in

This November, the City of West Linn, with SWCA Environmental Consultants, is conducting fieldwork for a historic resource survey.  This work involves photographing the exterior of buildings from the public right-of-way.  SWCA will be surveying nearly 250 properties in the Willamette neighborhood built in 1965 or earlier and supplementing previous surveys of the Willamette Historic District with information on accessory structures.

WEST LINN - Please join Mayor Kovash at his Listening Tour event on October 20, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. at Willamette Primary School.

WEST LINN - On Wed. Sept. 28, 2011 Manuel Vallejo DeJesus reported his car stolen from the Albertson's parking lot by a man with a knife at 9:09 A.M. Mr. DeJesus was not hurt.

WEST LINN - ODOT will add four more trips each weekday starting Monday, Sept. 26 for later night service on the Oregon City-West Linn Bridge Shuttle.

WEST LINN - The West Linn Police Department (WLPD) now offers crime reports from the WLPD web site.

CHICAGO - The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) is pleased to announce that City of West Linn, Oregon has received the GFOA's Distinguished&

February 2012 Update

WEST LINN - The City of West Linn is the top-ranked Oregon city on the CNN/Money magazine 'Best Places to Live 2011' list.  

WEST LINN - The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has given an Award for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Annual Financial Reporting to the City of

WEST LINN – Robin Cody, author of Another Way the River Has: Taut True Tales from the Northwest, will speak at the library on Monday, July 18, at 6:30 pm.

WEST LINN – The City of West Linn received a notice and a check today for $190,474 as restitution in the City of West Linn v. Elma S. Magkamit case.

CHICAGO - The Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting has been awarded to City of West Linn by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United&nb

WEST LINN - The West Linn Mayor and City Councilors

WEST LINN - The West Linn Parks & Recreation Department recently opened a new trail connecting Dollar Street to Fields Bridge Park.

WEST LINN - It's time to get out your dancing shoes - the 4th annual street dance is on July 9, 2011!

WEST LINN – Newport author Michele Longo Eder will speak at the West Linn Public Library on Monday, May 23, at 6:30 PM.

WEST LINN - Making a great place takes the involvement of lots of different people with a variety of viewpoints. Metro needs to hear from you.

WEST LINN - Wetlands, streams, drainage ways and the vegetated areas beside them are protected as Water Resource Areas by the Community Development Code.

WEST LINN - The Oregon Department of Transportation has published a revised schedule for the Oregon City/West Linn Arch Bridge Shuttle.

Bridge Shuttle Service Added

WEST LINN – Flip book artwork from third-graders at Stafford Primary School is on display at the West Linn Public Library. The work will be available for viewing through June 1.

WEST LINN -  The West Linn Public Library will host an exhibit featuring the work of Brad McLemore and Margaret Klement during the month of May.  Ceramics and photography will be the f

Hydroblasting
The hydroblasting inside the arch chambers is complete on the Oregon City and West Linn bridge piers. This work removed all the Gunite using high pressure water at 40,000 pounds per square inch (psi). This is difficult and dangerous work. The workers had to wear protective gear and the blasting created huge amounts of steam making it impossible to see. 

WEST LINN - Please join the City of West Linn at a special meeting on March 28, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. to hear from Patrick Condon.

WEST LINN - The City of West Linn is currently recruiting volunteers for vacancies on five Citizen Advisory Groups: Clackamas Cable Access Board; Economic Development Committee (representing the

WEST LINN - Friday night, February 18th, at the historic McLean House, eight West Linn 8th grade girls - arms intertwined - eagerly awaited the news to find our which four would represent their

WEST LINN - Due to the possibility of inclement weather this evening, the West Linn Public Library has rescheduled Ursula Le Guin's appearance. The new date is:

WEST LINN - The West Linn Parks and Recreation Department is now accepting volunteer applications for the popular 'Safety Town' program, schedule for June 2011.

WEST LINN ─ Glen Andresen, Metro’s natural gardening educator since 1994, will present a slide show talk on Edible Landscapes on Thursday, February 10, 2011 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

WEST LINN – To assist in the City of West Linn’s continuing efforts to streamline operations, the City will be reducing City Hall operations from four customer service counters to tw

WEST LINN – Applications for the 2011 Old Time Fair Court are currently being accepted from any eighth-grade girl residing within the West Linn-Wilsonville School District. The deadli

WEST LINN - The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has scheduled an additional open house in West Linn on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 for the Arch Bridge rehabilitation project, at We

WEST LINN - Newly elected City of West Linn officials will be sworn in at a ceremony at 6:00 p.m. on January 3, 2011.

The date is set for the closure of the bridge for the major rehabilitation to start.

WEST LINN - Two family friendly activities, the Ugly Holiday Sweater Dash and the Holiday Parade, will result in a brief Willamette Falls Drive closure on Saturday, December 11, 2010.

WEST LINN - In the course of the investigation of the home invasion robbery/kidnapping additional arrests have been made.

The below West Linn/Oregon City Arch Bridge update was provided by the Oregon Department of Transportation on November 8, 2010:

WEST LINN: Police were dispatched to the 1700 block of Gallery Way Monday, October 25th at 12:45pm to a burglary in progress.

Mollusky Brings Municipal and Administrative Experience to Recorder’s Role

Washington State pair arrested for possession of heroin, methamphetamine, several forged credit cards, and identity information for several hundred people.

WEST LINN – The concert series known as “Music in the Stacks” kicks off at the West Linn Public Library on Monday, September 27, 6:30 p.m.

WEST LINN - The City of West Linn Transportation Division recently completed 14 repair patches on Skyline Drive, totaling 64 tons of asphalt.

WEST LINN - TVF&R firefighters stopped a fast moving roof fire from destroying a home in West Linn. Neighbors called 9-1-1 just after 7:30 p.m.

WEST LINN - The speed zone on Rosemont Road from Oppenlander Sports Field to Furlong Drive in the City of West Linn will decrease from 35 MPH to 25 MPH on August 25, 2010.

Brian Keith CHARLESWORTH, age 54, of Fairview, was arrested Monday near City Hall after an officer observed him driving erratically in a road construction area.

WEST LINN - Rosemont Road paving work will result in construction detours on Thursday, August 12; Friday, August 13; and Monday, August 16.

WEST LINN – Construction work on Marylhurst Park is scheduled to begin on August 10, 2010. Marylhurst Park is West Linn’s newest community park.

WEST LINN – Standard & Poor’s Rating Services raised the City’s credit rating on its General Obligation (GO) and Full Faith and Credit (FFCO) bonds one level from “AA

WEST LINN - The West  Linn Police are partnering with 7-Eleven's Cool Promotion By Handing Out Free Slurpee "Tickets" for Good Deeds.

WEST LINN - Music in the Park is West Linn's premier summer concert series, held in Tanne

WEST LINN - On Friday, July 16, 2010, West Linn officers were dispatched to the I-205 south off ramp at Willamette Drive (Hwy 43) regarding a crash.

The latest edition of the Old Time Fair Court poster is brought to you by many sponsors in West Linn and surrounding areas.

By Chris Kerr

The West Linn Police were dispatched to a bank robbery that had just occurred at the Bank of the West, 18900 Willamette Drive, West Linn this morning. A lone male robber entered the bank displaying a pistol.

WEST LINN - Major street subgrade stabilization, grinding and paving along Salamo Road begins on Thursday, July 8, 2010.  Residents should expect traffic delays on Salamo Road during this project.

WEST LINN - The City of West Linn has commenced work on the permanent fix to the Broadway water line break.

WEST LINN - After years of success in Lake Oswego, the Neighbors Helping Neighbors program is arriving in West Linn.  Neighbors Helping Neighbors is a clean-up event scheduled for June 5, 2

On Saturday, May 15, 2010, at 12:39am, officers from the West Linn Police Department responded to the 2700 block of Beacon Hill Drive regarding a DUII driver crashing into a parked car.

WEST LINN - The City of West Linn will host an emergency preparedness forum featuring experts from the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI), Clackamas County Emergency Management, and the American Red Cross.

WEST LINN - The City of West Linn is pleased to offer online payment opportunities for utility bills, municipal court payments, and business licenses.