A Forest Grove man was found guilty on November 14 on several charges stemming from his 2023 sexual assault of a child, the Washington County District Attorney's office said.
A vehicle stolen out of Forest Grove was recovered in Hillsboro and the vehicle returned to its owners after a dog and drone search turned up four youth, the Washington County Sheriff's Office said.
A woman was shot Sunday and remains in the hospital. "It does not appear to be self inflicted," Forest Grove Police Department Sergeant Andrew Colasurdo said in an email to News in the Grove Monday morning.
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.
