One person is dead following a residential fire, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said in a message to News in the Grove. The fire was near the corner of A Street and 26th Ave, according to the PulsePoint app.
"The city is doing due diligence with all of our partners to find out the status of funding for all our projects with federal funds," Forest Grove City Manager Jesse VanderZanden said in a phone call with News in the Grove.
Oregon leaders were scrambling Tuesday morning after an announcement from the Trump administration that it was at least temporarily freezing many federal funds, a move that could hit every level of government.
On Dec. 26, Dr. Robert Pamplin Jr., 83, settled a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Labor to resolve allegations he treated his companys pension fund like a piggy bank, selling overvalued company real estate to unwitting pensioners.
Forest Grove Fire & Rescue Chief Jim Geering will speak to CPO 13, which serves Verboort and other Forest Grove-adjacent rural communities on mutual aid agreements.
