Washington County residents will have the opportunity to hear from and provide input to Oregons Senator Jeff Merkley at a Washington County-specific digital town hall scheduled for Wednesday, April 6 starting at 4:30 p.m.� Hearing from Oregonians across the state is critical to doing my job. In these uncertain times, its more important than ever to hear directly from folks, Merkley said in a press release with details of the town hall. The ideas and priorities I hear about in town halls inform the solutions that I fight to get into federal law, like the projects for Oregon passing into law this weekend to fight wildfire smoke, invest in infrastructure and jobs, and address housing shortages. I look forward to these discussionswhether theyre in person, online, on mobile devices, or on the telephoneabout how we can strengthen our state and our nation. This will be Merkleys 501st town hall since taking office in 2009, and his 33rd this year.�To join the town hall via Zoom, click here to join the Zoom meeting.On the phone: Dial: 669-254-5252Meeting ID: 160 499 7842#Participant ID: #Passcode: 47698325#Merkley was reelected to his seat in 2020, and will be up for reelection again in 2026.
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.
State Representative Susan McLain, representing Forest Grove and other western Washington County locales, will host her first town hall of the post-2025 legislative session Tuesday, July 22 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Cornelius Public Library.
During Wednesday's Forest Grove Rural Fire Protection District meeting, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue Chief Jim Geering said he would be encouraging the board to take additional ownership of their own agenda.
A proposed toll road linking Forest Grove and Tillamook faced opposition, but Gales Creek residents would take any road they could get, according to a 1925 newspaper article.
"County Jail Filled to Overflow With Arrests Made" including Ernest Narver, Frank Kearns, Thomas Young, and Roy Kearns, all arrested at Balm Grove on liquor possession charges in Prohibition-era Gales Creek.
People are shooting exploding targets and firing hot lead into dry vegetation in the Tillamook Forest with predictable results: Five wildfires since May. These fires are all preventable, said Acting Forest Grove District Forester Stephanie Beall.
