Exactly one year ago, Washington County Land Use and Transportation made the decision to close Timber Road indefinitely due to a slow-moving landslide collapsing the roadway between Glenwood and Timber. Here's where the project to repair and reopen the road stands (Story is free; please consider a s
Forest Grove solves a problem with the help of Gales Creek, a Banks man establishes a hospital in Forest Grove and more from a century ago in the news.
Sen. Janeen Sollman, D-Hillsboro (and a former Gales Creek resident), has tried since 2021 to get the Oregon Legislature to pass a right to repair bill giving individuals more options to fix their own electronic gear. This time, it finally happened, and the bill now awaits the governor's signature
Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said that Gales Creek Road is closed following a single vehicle crash between Sargent Road and Old Wilson Road in downtown Gales Creek. A detour exists around the crash via Sargent Road.
Highway 6 is closed in Gales Creek near mile post 42, just west of the Gales Creek Road and Wilson River Highway junction after a tree fell across the highway and a tanker truck hit the downed tree. 279 homes are also without power.
The Oregon Department of Forestry sent a strike team of 16 firefighters and five engines to Amarillo, Texas Friday to aid the state's firefighters as they grapple with massive wildfires, including one crew member who works out of the local Forest Grove District.
There's live music at the Gales Creek Tavern, the Smokehouse, and Carpenter Creek Winery this weekend and more in local live events and music this weekend and beyond.
For residents in the Forest Grove Rural Fire Protection District, backyard burning opens Friday, March 1. The season will last through June 15, barring any emergency burn bans and daily closures due to low air quality.
Area anglers should be aware that in the coming weeks, three local bodies of water that are in or near this newspaper's territory will be stocked with varying amounts of trout.
Before Highway 6 existed as it does today, leaders in Washington, Tillamook, and Yamhill County debated two routes for a connection to Tillamook, one along the Wilson River, and one along the Trask River. This and more in the news of 1924.
