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Driving a Bus for a Career
TriMet
recruiting with
hiring event
TriMet has put out the word
that it expects to hire 20 bus op-
erators every three weeks for the
foreseeable future to keep up
with service expansions, promo-
tions and retirements.
To help fill the demand, TriMet
is hosting a hiring event on Satur-
day, Sept. 17, at the Oregon Con-
vention Center at 777 N.E. Mar-
tin Luther King Jr. Blvd., from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. You’ll be able to
apply for a job, as well as talk to
staff throughout the agency about
working for TriMet, the benefits
and career opportunities.
When you join TriMet, you get
Springwater Sweep Begins
Portland’s sweep of homeless
camps on the Springwater Cor-
ridor in southeast Portland has
begun. A combination of private
contractors, city crews and po-
lice officers began the process of
taking down the encampments
at 8 a.m. Thursday after a month
of warnings, saying clearance of
the entire trail could take several
weeks.
and testing for the necessary
Commercial Driver’s License.
After a six-week training period
and six-month probationary pe-
riod, there are several career op-
portunities available throughout
the transit agency, including full
time bus operators.
Student bus operators earn
$14.25 per hour during the train-
ing period (40 hours/week). Once
training is complete, bus oper-
ators work part time and earn
$15.63 an hour for the first six
months. Pay increases occur ev-
ery four months until the top rate
of pay $28.39 is reached at 35
months.
TriMet is recruiting bus drivers with a special hiring event on Satur-
Part-time operators get the
day, Sept. 17 at the Oregon Convention Center
same medical, dental and vision
more than a job, you get a career. ator ranks, with more opportuni- benefits full-time employees re-
Most jobs within the agency are ties opening up after that.
ceive after 30 days of employ-
hired from within the bus oper-
TriMet provides the training ment.
The
due to the damage, officials said.
after the U.S. Department of Ed-
ucation banned the institute from
enrolling new students that re-
ceived federal financial aid.
Fireball in the Sky
Pokemon Safety Campaign
in
Week Review
at Mary Jane’s House of Grass
marijuana dispensary locations
in Portland and Washington state
last week, including a stop at the
Mary Jane’s southeast Division
location on Thursday. The “Shop
with Snoop” events were ticketed,
private and included a walk down
a red carpet.
Almost 150 reports from all across
western Oregon and southern
Washington came in to the Amer-
ican Meteor Society Friday night
and Saturday morning in regards
to a large fireball flying across
the sky. All reports say the ball of
Convenience Store Arson
light was blue in color and travel
A 7-Eleven store in a “left to right” path. It is unde-
the St. Johns neigh- termined what exactly caused this
borhood of north strange light.
Portland was hit by
multiple arson fires ITT Schools Closed
Monday,
leading For-profit and commercially fa-
police to arrest and mous ITT Technical Institute an-
charge Kevin Mitchell Jr., 25, with nounced Tuesday that all of their
Snoop Smokes Portland
first degree arson and criminal mis- campuses will be closed immedi-
Snoop Dogg made a series of stops chief. The store was forced to close ately. The news comes just days
The Oregon Department of Trans-
portation ushered in a new safe-
ty campaign last week based off
the popular game Pokémon Go.
Safétymon Go features Pokémon
characters done up in safety attire
to represent the different angles of
being safe and alert while on the
road.
Church Shooter Arrested
Police arrested Kevin Michael
Farmer, 21, on Wednesday for
the recent shooting of Jonathan
Pierce, 29, outside of Sanctuary
Church in Gresham. Farmer was
apprehended when he was pulled
over for a routine traffic stop, po-
lice said.