News in the Grove (Page 3)

Library, sheriff's office levies on track to pass

Renewal levies for the county's library system and the Washington County Sheriff's Office were on track to pass in the initial election results released at 8 p.m.

By Chas Hundley

/ 4 Nov 2025

Library, sheriff's office levies on track to pass

Washington County declares emergency over food insecurity, ICE activity, taps reserves for funds

The Washington County Board of Commissioners voted to declare two separate states of emergency in response to federal actions, one over food insecurity and the other over a sharp increase in ICE activity in the county.

By Chas Hundley

/ 4 Nov 2025

Washington County declares emergency over food insecurity, ICE activity, taps reserves for funds

It's Election Day

Today is Election Day. To be counted, ballots must be turned in by 8 p.m.

By Chas Hundley

/ 4 Nov 2025

Trump administration to pay about half of November SNAP benefits amid shutdown

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will pay about half of November benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, though benefits could take months to flow to recipients, the department said Monday in a brief to a federal court in Rhode Island.

By Oregon Capital Chronicle

/ 3 Nov 2025

Trump administration to pay about half of November SNAP benefits amid shutdown

Column | Forest Grove Police Stats for October 2025

"In the month of October 2025, we serviced 1,194 calls total," writes the Forest Grove Police Department in this month's roundup of stats from September 2025. Read more inside.

By Chas Hundley

/ 3 Nov 2025

Column | Forest Grove Police Stats for October 2025

Forest Grove News: Verboort Sausage Fest, Halloween update fatal crash, vote | October 31, 2025

By Chas Hundley

/ 31 Oct 2025

Forest Grove News: Verboort Sausage Fest, Halloween update fatal crash, vote | October 31, 2025

The Parson Road spiderman has made it to Google Maps

The Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, the neighborhood in this case being the Balm Grove neighborhood in Gales Creek, has been spotted in the area of Parson Road, often on foot or on his Spider-Bike, for much of this year. Now he's on Google Maps.

By Chas Hundley

/ 31 Oct 2025

The Parson Road spiderman has made it to Google Maps

Vote by November 4 at 8 p.m. to be counted

Forest Grove-area voters must cast their ballots, containing just two questions, by Tuesday, Nov 4 before the 8 p.m. deadline.

By Chas Hundley

/ 31 Oct 2025

Vote by November 4 at 8 p.m. to be counted

22-year-old driver killed in Gales Creek crash

A 22-year-old driver died in a single vehicle crash on Gales Creek Road between David Hill Road and Roderick Road on Friday, Oct. 24, the Washington County Sheriff's Office said in an email to News in the Grove.

By Chas Hundley

/ 31 Oct 2025

22-year-old driver killed in Gales Creek crash

Column | 1925 in Forest Grove: Balm Grove features masquerade dance, booze arrest

What were people doing in 1925 at a popular dance hall in Gales Creek around Halloween? Dancing at a masquerade and getting arrested for having booze.

By Chas Hundley

/ 31 Oct 2025

Column | 1925 in Forest Grove: Balm Grove features masquerade dance, booze arrest

Oregon Gov. Kotek sends $5 million to food banks ahead of SNAP cutoff

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday declared a state of emergency over hunger and directed $5 million to food banks across the state, seeking to avert the impending November loss of food stamp benefits for hundreds of thousands of Oregonians under the federal government’s ongoing shutdown.

By Shaanth Nanguneri

/ 29 Oct 2025

Oregon Gov. Kotek sends $5 million to food banks ahead of SNAP cutoff

Oregon Department of Forestry completes Gales Creek stream enhancement project

The Oregon Department of Forestry announced the completion of a stream enhancement project in the upper reaches of Gales Creek in the Tillamook State Forest.

By Chas Hundley

/ 29 Oct 2025

Oregon Department of Forestry completes Gales Creek stream enhancement project