The Oregon Department of Justice concluded that no criminal charges are warranted for the six former Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission employees who set aside bottles of in-demand bourbon for their personal use.
A cleanup at the Gales Creek Church, Live music at the Smokehouse and a Mother's Day concert at Carpenter Creek are all on tap for this weekend in the Gales Creek area.
Over the last few days, a series of coronal mass ejections (CME) have erupted from the Sun, and are likely to merge and reach Earth starting Friday or Saturday, said the Space Weather Prediction Center. The aurora could be visible as far south as northern California.
The Washington County Sheriff's Office said that construction equipment stolen from North Plains was tracked down to a Gales Creek-area home and arrested Shaun Billman, 40 on May 2 over the theft.
A cleanup day at the Gales Creek Church originally planned for Saturday, May 4 has been postponed to May 11 due to expected adverse weather, the Gales Creek Garden Club said.
In this column, we take a look back one hundred years ago in western Washington County. This week, the clips come from the Washington County News-Times published May 1, 1924.
