Prunes. Explosives. Scarlet Fever. 1924 in rural Washington County wasn't as quiet as you might think. This and more in this week's history column. No subscription required - Happy Thanksgiving!
Heading to Banks from Gales Creek? Take a different route while a fallen tree is cleared from Highway 6 west of Banks. Check Tripcheck for live traffic updates.
After Thanksgiving Day, you can sleep off the weight of the festivities. You can go shopping with the masses.
Or, you could go fishing, or hiking, for free.
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The 2024 Gales Creek Holiday Bazaar, held Saturday Nov. 16, packed the Gales Creek School with more than three dozen vendors many of whom had purchased multiple tables in the school gym and hallways. Miss the event? Here's some photos!
The Tillamook Forest Center will close for the winter season December 2, after one last holiday event. Its not expected to reopen until March of 2024. The last day to visit the site is Dec. 1.
Oregon Department of Transportation workers and vehicles briefly clogged bridge traffic Friday morning on Highway 6 in Gales Creek to repair a damaged guardrail (This story also details the current state of the bridge, built in 1956).
Highway 6 was back down to one lane Thursday morning. "With similar and further sinking this morning, we expect to flag traffic until the lane can be stabilized, and the surface repaired," ODOT said in a statement. "This means the lane closure may last beyond today."
The Gales Creek, Roy and Verboort CPO 13 will meet Wednesday night from 6 to 7 p.m. in Banks. On the agenda: A presentation on the American Legion by Dale Thaler.
Both lanes of Highway 6 at milepost 35 are fully open, a spokesperson for the Oregon Department of Transportation said in an email to this newspaper at 3:45 p.m.
