Two boilermakers killed enroute to Gales Creek, Gales Creek's Thornburgh property to host "extensive plantings" of narcissus bulbs to avoid European embargo of bulbs and more in this week's dispatched from history.
Gales Creek resident Neal Hammond was set to take his seat on the Forest Grove Rural Fire Protection District Board Wednesday night. Instead, he was on wildfire duty near Hermiston called away at the last minute. Forest Grove Fire & Rescue also sent two personnel to the fire.
Gales Creek resident Neal Hammond was set to take his seat on the Forest Grove Rural Fire Protection District Board Wednesday night. Instead, he was on wildfire duty near Hermiston.
In advance of Independence Day, the Oregon Department of Forestry is raising fire danger from low to moderate in areas in and around the Tillamook Forest and near Forest Grove.
During a short Forest Grove School Board meeting held Tuesday afternoon, three new members of the Forest Grove School Board—Brisa Franco, Peter Truax, and Alma Lozano—were sworn into office.
"As the saying goes, police officers and firefighters have one thing in common, they both want to be firefighters," said Forest Grove Fire & Rescue after police put out a fence fire before fire crews could arrive.
Smoke rising into a hot summer day in the general vicinity of Thatcher Park was from a field fire, now extinguished, near Plum Hill Lane on the city's northwestern border.
Bluegrass, theatre, indigenous-focused jazz, barbershop music, art and more are on tap for the third round of the Forest Grove Festival of the Arts. Open the story for a full schedule and an interactive view of what to expect!
Forest Grove American Legion Post 2 will offer what they have a dubbed a "PTSD Sanctuary" to veterans affected by fireworks in the group's Legion Hall at 21st Avenue and Main Street.
