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Some say well-connected soccer clubs hog taxpayer-funded fields

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:38:37 GMT

Coaches and parents say a soccer club with ties to the Timbers and to a district board member controls the soccer fields

Everyday Hero: Teen takes on malaria with grassroots campaign

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:17:28 GMT

What if you didn't go to the movies for one night or skipped that latte for a few days? That money could actually save a life. That's the message one local teenager wants to get out, which is why she is a KATU "Everyday Hero."

No insurance? No problem: People joining health co-ops

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:40:56 GMT

We found uninsured people are joining health co-ops, which patients and doctors praise for offering affordable primary health care.

Everyday Hero: Dr. Lori Salierno

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:17:40 GMT

A local woman is challenging herself, and others, to be an agent of change. Dr. Lori Salierno is biking 3,000 miles across the U.S. as part of a program called Teach One to Lead One.

Where will these historic steam locomotives go?

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:01:09 GMT

After thousands of volunteer hours and millions of dollars in donations, the effort to save three historic steam locomotives and put them on display is on track. But it hasn't pulled into the station quite yet. KATU's Joe English shows us why the trains are about to be homeless.

How could all the HOA money be gone? One word - embezzlement

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:41:17 GMT

A major embezzlement case has hundreds of local homeowners wondering how one person took millions of dollars of their money.

Serving and volleying on wheels... a look at wheelchair tennis camp

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 23:29:15 GMT

Some kids got some Olympic help to learn the finer points of the forehand, backhand and winners down the baseline at a tennis camp for those in wheelchairs. KATU Photojournalist Monty Orrick was there for all the action.

Everyday Heroes: Babies in Need

Sat, 09 Jun 2012 05:52:55 GMT

Hundreds of babies are born every month in Vancouver. Some of them are born to mothers who can't afford even the most basic of things such as clothes, blankets and diapers.

'We're going to change the world one playground at a time'

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 23:14:15 GMT

Ever since the Goldbergs have spearheaded the Harper's Playground project, the community has really stepped up to the plate in a big way to help get it off the ground.

Everyday Heroes: 100-year-old Vida Trout volunteers at Adventist

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 05:53:01 GMT

Vida Trout has volunteered more than 1200 hours at Adventist Medical Center.