The Washington County Fair opened Friday evening, drawing crowds to Hillsboro from all over the county and beyond. We captured 25 photos, including some familiar local faces at the fair, which runs through July 28.
Planes were grounded, hospitals cancelled surgeries, Starbucks mobile ordering was hit, and Washington County is dealing with the fallout. A global tech outage hit everyone on Friday.
After years of delays, and after more than tripling in estimated costs, a bridge project that will result in a four month road closure of Stringtown Road is scheduled to begin July 29.
One hundred years ago, the Wilson, Nehalem and Salmonberry Rivers were examined as potential power sources. This and more in the news of a century ago.
A Red Flag Warning issued Tuesday afternoon will be effective starting 5 p.m. Tuesday and extending through 8 a.m. Wednesday due to a chance of thunderstorms in much of Oregon east of the Coast Range.
The Portland office of the National Weather Service issued a Fire Weather Watch for much of the Willamette Valley and Portland area over concerns of a possible thunderstorm starting Tuesday afternoon.
The heat wave may be ending, but wildfire danger in northwest Oregon is increasing, prompting the Oregon Department of Forestry to move much of the region they protect in northwest Oregon to "high" fire danger starting Wednesday morning.
