Ribbon cut on new $313M Clackamas County Courthouse

OREGON CITY, Ore. (KOIN) -- After years of construction - and more time debating whether it was affordable - the ribbon was cut on the new Clackamas County Courthouse in Oregon City on Saturday.

The old courthouse was built nearly 100 years ago. As the population of the county grew from 50,000 to 400,000, they ran out of courtroom space, space for judges and space to safely move people.

"The (Clackamas) County Commission had already recognized in the 1960s that our current...