Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said that Gales Creek Road is closed following a single vehicle crash between Sargent Road and Old Wilson Road in downtown Gales Creek. A detour exists around the crash via Sargent Road.
Highway 6 is closed in Gales Creek near mile post 42, just west of the Gales Creek Road and Wilson River Highway junction after a tree fell across the highway and a tanker truck hit the downed tree. 279 homes are also without power.
The Oregon Department of Forestry sent a strike team of 16 firefighters and five engines to Amarillo, Texas Friday to aid the state's firefighters as they grapple with massive wildfires, including one crew member who works out of the local Forest Grove District.
There's live music at the Gales Creek Tavern, the Smokehouse, and Carpenter Creek Winery this weekend and more in local live events and music this weekend and beyond.
For residents in the Forest Grove Rural Fire Protection District, backyard burning opens Friday, March 1. The season will last through June 15, barring any emergency burn bans and daily closures due to low air quality.
Area anglers should be aware that in the coming weeks, three local bodies of water that are in or near this newspaper's territory will be stocked with varying amounts of trout.
Before Highway 6 existed as it does today, leaders in Washington, Tillamook, and Yamhill County debated two routes for a connection to Tillamook, one along the Wilson River, and one along the Trask River. This and more in the news of 1924.
A Winter Weather Advisory for higher elevations in the northern Coast Range issued by the Portland office of the National Weather Service goes into effect at 10 p.m. Wednesday night due to high winds and in higher elevation areas, snow.
That 60's "Nashville Country" sound is coming to Gales Creek, there's line dancing coming soon and more in local live events and music this weekend and beyond.
