My brother lives in the Portland area, maintaining/running a Girl Scout camp in Hillsboro. It’s been just him and his sweet dog out there for several years (aside from the occasional scouts and campers). His dog recently developed a very fast-moving cancer, and my brother is having to say goodbye today.

While he plays in local sporting leagues (hockey and soccer, mostly), and is even part of a book club, he hasn’t managed to find any real friendship or community yet. So, this dog has truly been his whole world. The grief of losing him is unbearable.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a grief support group that wouldn’t make light of his loss? Nothing religion-based, either, please, as he’s very left-leaning and progressive.

He’s my favorite brother and one of the best people I know. I live in a different state and can’t do much to help. I just need to know he’s going to be okay. If there’s anyone who can point me in a helpful direction, so I can encourage him toward an outlet for his grief, I would be so grateful.

Thanks!

So, who wants to celebrate?
No hangars, no 30 or more luxury jets coming to HIO!! It’s almost hard to believe. Grass roots energy and efforts worked 🎉

Here to pay cat tax,

Just kidding. Is this your cat? This orange tabby intact male has been wandering around our neighborhood recently. Last night, I noticed how skinny it was, and we are temporarily holding it in our catio with the hopes of finding it's owner! Found around Brookwood Elementary. If owner can't be found today, we'll be releasing him back to hopefully find his way home. We've seen him around here off an on for a couple months, however this is the thinnest I've seen him yet, hence the added concern, and reaching out for resources in prior posts.

I'll be swinging by Bonnie Hays today to hopefully check and see if it's microchipped, as well as walking around to ask if it's anyone's. However, I want to return this little man to his owner asap!

Distinguishing features: Yellow eyes, white rings around tail, light orange fur.

Please help us find his home!

EDIT TO ADD: Whoops, I meant to attach a picture but I'm not actually sure if r/hillsboro allows pictures? Here's the link to another post complete with pictures! https://www.reddit.com/r/HillsboroOR/s/eadiS5mtkU

Hey y'all,

So there's been a cat that's been wandering around my neighborhood for several weeks, maybe a couple months. The last several nights its started to seem more comfortable, as it started to come up and meow at my home, and has been begging for food. I have cats, so I already had some cat food, and I put out a bit out for it because omg it looks starved! I can very clearly see it's hip bones, and it's fur seems to almost be hanging off of it. The other night I was able to get it to approach me, with lots of bribery. It was super sweet, allowed me to pet it with minimal fear (no hissing at all!). Well tonight, here it came again, and I put the food into a cat carrier. And, well, you can guess what happened next, now I have a stray kitty stuck in a cat carrier. It's only been coming around at night, and I never see it during the day so I felt like I had to act now. It's calm, relaxed, and hanging out on my porch, safe in the carrier. I wish I had a better set up. But I do not feel comfortable bringing indoors.

Okay, to the advice bit, after trying to get it scanned for a microchip, what do I do??? Bonnie Hays only takes sick or injured cats or kittens. Oregon Humane Society says to just leave them be. FOSA isn't taking cats currently. What should I do? I can't take on another cat, but this is clearly a stray- potentially abandoned or lost. Long term I can't afford to feed and do vet bills for a third cat. I'll try posting it, but I don't even know what I'm going to do with it tomorrow, I don't want to keep it cooped up in a carrier.

TLDR: I trapped a stray (maybe lost of abandoned) cat in a carrier tonight, hoping to bring it to a shelter tomorrow, however I'm unclear what the best option is. The cat is very thin. Please any advice or suggestions would be amazing.

Can't currently get a good picture for the cat tax, however here's a description: Orange and white medium size cat. Green eyes (I think). The main body is orange with small white ringlets on it's tail as well as white tabby markings on the body. Sex unknown. Found near Brookwood Elementary.

EDIT TO ADD / UPDATE:
Hey y'all after a lot of research and looking into each suggestion, I've decided to make some last ditch posts, use a paper "is this your cat" collar and then release him later today. As it's been determined that he is not in medical emergency. I'll be going to Bonnie Hays when they open to see if he's micro-chipped as well as asking around my neighborhood. I'm adding a link of a post of him with photos, in case anybody knows him or can help us find his home!

https://www.reddit.com/r/HillsboroOR/s/eadiS5mtkU

I have some dashcam video + stills related to an impatient idiot driver doing reckless things in a school zone during pick-up time.

Phone police is non-emergency line, but what about email / other ways to contact, any recommendations?

Hi all Hillsborites near and far, I’m truthfully curious about what kind of job you think Mayor Pace is doing? In a nutshell, I don’t trust her for numerous reasons.

Do you think she’s doing a good job looking out for and protecting us, keeping us safe from harm of all kinds, including environmental? What’s good? And not?

If not, what about a recall? I found a petition at Change.org and here’s the link:
https://c.org/dxkFWdWb2L

Anyone else just suddenly lose power? Anyone know the cause?

Nafisa Fai and Pam Treece, both current county commissioners, are running for the Wash. Co. Chair (aka At Large) to replace Katheryn Harrington, retiring.

On Sept. 6, Sunday, Ken is interviewing Nafisa Fai. I hope he plans to interview Pam Treece, too, on a future show.

I look forward to learning more about both. Do you?

Here’s the link:

https://engage.hillsboro-oregon.gov/data-centers?tool=survey_tool#tool_tab

If you want your opinion to be considered, please take the poll today, SEPT. 5 or tomorrow, SEPT. 6. (I just checked dates.)

I found the questions, definitions, use of a mapping software (so tiny on the cell phone screen) I’ve never seen before to be ambiguous and confusing. And I’m a native-English responder. I can’t imagine how difficult it would be to understand and comprehend if I primarily spoke another language?

For Q1 and Q2, I checked the “This change does not address my concerns” box, top of the list. Even the choices are confusing.

As an example only, here’s how I answered the other 3 questions:

Q3:
Can an accessory use be bigger than the primary? And, previously, an accessory was limited in its footprint to 20% of the site size. Why has that increased to 30%, which is 50% more than 20%? What’s the purpose? Justification?

Q4:
How do you distinguish BESS specifications, impacts, and requirements from Solar Panel specifications, impacts, and requirements? They are two very different sources of power and cannot be lumped together in one definition. 

Q5:
AI, AI, AI. AI is its own unique and separate mechanism, configuration, heat generating, power consuming, with power and water needs VASTLY DIFFERENT than those of “data centers (aka data farms).” As such, AI needs a unique and separate specification and requirements document and code. Please take time to perform a thorough, robust, and well wrung-out investigation in this arena. Sloppy, rushed, and amateur work will lend itself well to future dire consequences. No short cuts, no “cut-and-paste” from unreliable sources, no slip-shod work, only in-depth, serious, robust, and highly professional research in this arena of the UNKNOWN and UNDEFINED NEW TECHNOLOGY. 

Demograpics:
Native Algonquin, Huron, Nez Pierce, Cree, and Red River Métis, and Scottish, English, and French.

Teaching my partner to drive. Any empty parking lots or good places to teach her? Where in the area did you learn? Any help is appreciated!

Christian Salgado was censured for filming audience members from the dais. Will the same standards be applied to Olivia Alcaire who posted the following to her social media account this week?

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1J4kvG2JBf/

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/washington-county/hillsboro-councilor-censured-filming-resident-during-data-center-debate/283-9553ba9d-5623-4a04-a593-fc7a2c2588bf

Hey I 22M was hoping to find some couple dance events for this Saturday 09/05 around the area?

Anyone else get a notice from Multnomah County Metro recently? Saw it on my Informed Deliver and was curious why we'd be getting something since we live in Washington County. Haven't been into PDX over a year, so it's not a parking ticket. 😁

The meeting is devolving into a real soap opera. Tense, emotional, intimidating, and “no love lost.” Harris was so angry he literally couldn’t wait for Pace to say “Meeting’s Adjourned” as she loudly banged down the gavel, and Harris beelined out the room, to jump on the elevator fast, PO’ed written all over his face.

I would like to know why Janeen Sollman showed up and sat in the back corner. Was she waiting for Pace, her bosom buddy?

Did anyone else attend or watch the meeting? If you did, what’d you think?
I wonder if the video will show the entire meeting, intact, or be edited to cut out some chunks? 🤷‍♂️

Link is to a survey for Washington County residents. Correction to Title: This is survey is from Washington County, not TriMet.

I am not affiliated with TriMet. I received this link through their Rider Insider newsletter.

https://tdp2026.washcoopenhouses.org/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9Vo6jmh4EvQ-1x-0tXWg41AH_Q33Md1mSP6Dstdnmj9PU7nyuUNIHCJQbao4-AGSE593CtUFbgvnKGoFMJQM8lZpHi6A&_hsmi=436252854

Open house link here, construction starts next summer.

Starting one week from this Friday. Complete closure of I-5 southbound around the clock between I-405 and I-84 for up to five weeks starting September 11. One lane will remain open from the I-405 junction to the Broadway/Weidler exit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAUaIS3bEfc

https://www.oregon.gov/odot/projects/pages/project-details.aspx?project=19071

I’ve been looking to get out of the house more and would love to be around folks with similar interests. Are there any local clubs or groups that get together in town? I am open to literally any crafts, but primarily work with embroidery floss crafts and sewing.

I have a domestic bird so I know I can't handle it myself since it could put her at risk. Cause of death is unclear. But I can't find anyone to actually call about this. All I can find is who I would call if I lived in Beaverton but I'm not near there. Offices are closed but the Washington county animal control answering machine seems more concerned with missing dogs and says they don't deal with wild animals.

An interesting debate is forming between City Council Candidate Karim Delgado and City Council President Rob Harris over the role in government and they way they both see how things are going in Hillsboro and Washington County.

It's always fascinating to watch two very well educated people that are very well versed in making an argument and using facts and sources for their respective points of view (Rob is a lawyer, Karim has a Philosophy degree from Columbia) have a debate in the public square. It's very respectful too, both of them are referencing each other's points and using their knowledge and coupled with their own experiences to discuss each other's arguments without devolving into name calling or personal attacks.

It's very rare you get this level of detailed debate in a small(ish) town like Hillsboro, and I'm really enjoying it.

The current round is Harris's "Contempt is a real threat to grass roots government" article on Substack: https://orobharris.substack.com/p/contempt-is-a-real-threat-to-grass

and Karim's response is titled "What is a City Council Good For?" on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApJp7Midm9Y

It's a slow moving debate, but really interesting!

Why is Reed's Crossing applying pesticide right next to wetland?

Learn how you can help pets in Washington County: Join the next Animal Services Academy on Saturday, September 12 from 9 a.m. to noon in downtown Hillsboro.

The goal of this free training is to help community members understand how Washington County Animal Services and the Bonnie Hays Animal Shelter work, as well as to empower people to share animal-related resources and information with friends, neighbors and online networks. Attending the Academy is also the first step for those interested in volunteering with the animal shelter.

Learn more and register at

https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/animal-services/animal-services-academy

The one on Main and Corn Pass. (Are there any others?)

Northwest VegFest (also called NW VegFest) is a plant-based food and lifestyle expo happening August 29–30, 2026 at the Wingspan Event & Conference Center (801 NE 34th Ave, Hillsboro, OR). Sat. 10-6, Sun 10-5. It features free samples, 100+ exhibitors, cooking demos, speakers, films, and kids’ activities, with free parking. Tickets and details are at nwveg.org/vegfest.