A spokeswoman for Oregon Housing and Community Services said a low risk tolerance and inexperience in major disaster recovery by the agency has slowed the rollout of federal aid following the 2020 Labor Day wildfires.
The OLCC ratified changes to the Bottle Bill enacted by SB 992, which Gov. Kotek signed into law last week. Most changes apply only to Portland. Locally, retailers must accept returns only from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. On July 1, saké, canned wine, mead & some cider will have a 10 cent deposit statewide.
Jill and Jerod Verboort took over the Forest Grove watering hole under the Jesse Quinn Apartments June 1. To celebrate, an open house with live music, drinks, and giveaways is planned Sunday from 12 p.m. to close.
With temperatures expected to reach between 92 and 96 degrees throughout the region, the Portland office of the National Weather Service is urging local residents to prepare for the first early heat wave of the year.
Gales Creek Journal Weekly Newsletter | June 7, 2025
�Volume 1, issue #5
Good evening, Gales Creek Journal readers! This newsletter contains this week's news, and an important notice
The Gales Creek Strawberry Festival is back for its 55th year—featuring strawberries, live music, 50+ vendors, and new this year, a giant chess set.
Numerous Forest Grove outfits will join the festival, including Franko's Hot Dogs and the Tualatin Valley Harmony Masters.
"Twenty-eight great great grand children survive Mrs. Mary S. Jenkins Lilly who had lived at Gales Creek from 1814 until the time of her death," was the obituary for a pioneering Gales Creek woman. Today, her descendants include this newspaper publisher, the president of the Gales Creek Cemetery Ass
A farmer near Cornelius is killed in a ditch accident, controversy over a city sewer, and, well, feet are in this week's news from a century ago in Forest Grove!
Fishing, crabbing, clamming are free this weekend, and a free Hagg Lake—freshly stocked with trophy-size trout—event will present an opportunity to learn how to fish.
