Gales Creek's Zephyr Farm will hold an open farm event Thursday, August 10, featuring free fresh veggies from the farm, shave ice, and tours of the organic farm in the Gales Creek Valley. Attendees were asked to RSVP.
"I'm gonna be learning a lot in the first year for sure," Fischer said shortly after being sworn in for her first term on the Forest Grove Rural Fire Protection District Board Wednesday evening.
Clapshaw, Love, and Hundley are just a handful of the family names scattered throughout this week's edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales creek, Buxton, and beyond from August 2, 1923.
Banks Fire District is among several Washington County fire agencies that headed to central Oregon Friday morning in preparation for what could be a dangerous wildfire weekend for that region.
The Oregon Department of Forestry said fire danger would be raised to High (yellow) in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association (NWOFPA) region Friday morning.
On August 1, Washington County will transition from longtime emergency 9-1-1 medical transportation provider Metro West Ambulance to American Medical Response.
Bees sent a woman and her horse hurtling down a ravine at least 50 feet deep on a trail near the Gales Creek Trail Thursday, July 20, with horse and rider somehow escaping with minor injuries after a rescue by the Washington County Sheriff's Office.
1933 technology for wildfire prevention? A platform built 70 feet up a tree and "strong field glasses." That and more in this week's edition of Dispatches from History.
The 16th Annual Gales Creek Community National Night Out is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, August 1, marking the return of one of the largest community events in Gales Creek since the onset of the pandemic.
