Master Sergeant Tom Baker turned 100 on Monday, and the World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War veteran was honored by Forest Grove American Legion Post 2 with a ceremony in front of friends, family, fellow residents, and staff of the Marquis Assisted Living Center.
Ninety-two years ago on Aug. 14, 1933 a logging crew at the end of a railroad spur in the upper reaches of the Gales Creek Watershed sparked a wildfire. That spark became the Tillamook Burn.
A recent rulemaking process from the Department of Land and Conservation Development could have limited what can be sold at farm stands, but an outsized public response to the potential rules put the process on an indefinite pause.
A Forest Grove businessmen was doing so well in 1875 he simply scrawled his signature on an ad space and bragged about how many customers he had. Then his horse killed himself.
Oregon State Senator Janeen Sollman and Representatives Susan McLain and Nathan Sosa will host their first joint town hall meeting since the end of Oregon’s 2025 legislative session on Monday, Aug. 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Hillsboro Civic Center.
A 2-alarm brush fire, which also burned a shipping container and a junk pile, drew a multiagency response to the Gales Creek Valley on Monday afternoon, including a hazmat team, law enforcement and state fire resources Monday afternoon.
Forest Grove’s annual UnCorked festival will close part of Main Street on Saturday, Aug. 16, for an evening full of wine tasting, carefully crafted food and local musical talent, with proceeds going directly to a veteran-focused organization.
