Woman's Remains ID'd After Almost 20 Years; Police Probe Homicide

Hello, neighbors! It's me again, Colin Miner, your host of the Gresham Daily.

First, today's weather:

Possible light rain until evening. High: 63 Low: 47.

Here are the top stories today in Gresham:

1. Remains of woman found on road in Nt. Hood Forest identified after almost 20 years (Gresham Patch)
2. Gresham police investigating homicide; one person killed (KPTV.com)
3. Gresham PD mourns death of veteran K9 dog officer (Pamplin Media Group)
4. Mt. Hood Community College Gets $100K Grant For Job Training Work (Gresham Patch)
5. Gresham Body Found Along Road Friday Ruled A Homicide (Gresham Patch)

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Today in Gresham:

Gresham Patch Notebook

• City of Gresham - Government: "Our thoughts are with Gresham Police as they mourn the loss of one of their own--a true public servant. Thank you Basco for your years of service to the people of Gresham." (Facebook)
• City of Gresham: "Rest In Peace, Basco. 💙🖤 News Release from Gresham Police Dept. • With heavy hearts we announce the passing of one the Gresham Police Department’s beloved K9s, Basco. Experiencing a rapidly progressing illness, 11-year-old Basco ende..." (Instagram)
• City of Gresham - Government: "Summer Burn Ban Lifted The Multnomah County summer burn ban has been lifted due to the cooler temperatures, increase in nighttime moisture, and the return of rainfall, which has improved the moisture content of the local ground cover. Ke..." (Facebook)
• City of Gresham: "Gresham's City Council is made up of 6 positions and each January a new Council President is nominated and voted on within Council. 2021's Council President is Eddy Morales. Meet Council President Morales! Did you know he wakes up a..." (Instagram)
• Gresham-Barlow School District: "Learning in Action! Students in Mrs. Caputo’s class at East Gresham Elementary are exploring volume and the formula for finding volume- length, width, height. They had 12 base ten cubes and had to build a prism using all 12 blocks. Then ..." (Facebook)
• Gresham-Barlow School District: "“Where are we Wednesday” continues! Who can tell us where this amazing display on the importance of attendance is located? #InspireEmpowerTHRIVE" (Facebook)

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— Colin Miner

About me: I've been at Patch for almost 6 years after a career that had stops at The New York Times, Oregonian, Washington Post, as well as KATU, KOIN, and KGW. For the past three years I've been Patch's Manager News and Content Partnerships as well as a National Writer.

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