Daily Newsletter - News in the Grove (Page 43)

Four seats up for election on Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District Board

Four positions on the Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Directors are up for election this year, and there will be several familiar names to western Washington County readers on the ballot on November 8.�

By Chas Hundley

/ 22 Sep 2022

Four seats up for election on Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District Board

Find out how Washington County budgets taxpayer funds at Sept. 28 Town Hall

The Washington County Board of Commissioners will host the third of four planned county Town Halls this year Thursday, September 28 at 6 p.m., focusing on county budgeting, or how taxpayer money is spent at the county level.�

By Chas Hundley

/ 21 Sep 2022

Find out how Washington County budgets taxpayer funds at Sept. 28 Town Hall

Lawsuit by 13 counties against state over logging practices ends at Oregon Supreme Court

The Oregon Supreme Court has ended a six-year legal battle between the state and 13 western Oregon counties over logging practices by declining to hear the case.

By Alex Baumhardt - Oregon Capital Chronicle

/ 20 Sep 2022

Lawsuit by 13 counties against state over logging practices ends at Oregon Supreme Court

Dispatches from history: Western Washington County September 14, 1922

In this column, we take a look back one hundred years ago in western Washington County. This week, Vernonia becomes a boom town, a baby clinic is held in Banks, and more.

By Chas Hundley

/ 20 Sep 2022

Dispatches from history: Western Washington County September 14, 1922

Wildfire prompts level two evacuations at Hagg Lake-area SW Stepien Road

The Washington County Sheriff's Office said that a Level 2 ("BE SET") evacuation had been issued for anyone living on SW Stepien Road near Hagg Lake after a wildfire sparked in the area.

By Chas Hundley

/ 9 Sep 2022

Wildfire prompts level two evacuations at Hagg Lake-area SW Stepien Road

PGE opens community resource center at Jim's Market in Banks for charging, ice, info

Portland General Electric has established one community resource center in Washington County, located inside Jim's Market in Banks, to charge phones, get ice, and find info about power shutoffs in the face of critical wildfire risk.

By Chas Hundley

/ 9 Sep 2022

PGE opens community resource center at Jim's Market in Banks for charging, ice, info

PGE will shut power off in Gales Creek and surrounding areas beginning Friday morning

Power will be shut off in an effort to reduce wildfire risk in ten areas across PGE's service territory starting Friday. In Gales Creek, power will be cut sometime between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Friday, and may be restored starting Saturday evening.

By Chas Hundley

/ 8 Sep 2022

PGE will shut power off in Gales Creek and surrounding areas beginning Friday morning

PGE: 'increasingly likely' chance of power shutoffs in Gales Creek starting Friday over wildfire risk

Portland General Electric said that the likelihood of intentional power shutoffsknown as a Public Safety Power Shutoff or PSPSis high in ten areas in their service territory, including most of Gales Creek, Glenwood, and Hillside in the next 24 to 48 hours.�

By Chas Hundley

/ 8 Sep 2022

PGE: 'increasingly likely' chance of power shutoffs in Gales Creek starting Friday over wildfire risk

Weather, fire officials warn of extreme fire danger over weekend

These conditions are the worst so far for 2022.�Dangerous conditions will start Friday morning, peak Friday night, and remain on Saturday, Oregon Department of Forestry officials said. A Fire Weather Watch begins Friday, and fire danger will rise to Extreme in the Tillamook Forest and surrounding

By Chas Hundley

/ 7 Sep 2022

Weather, fire officials warn of extreme fire danger over weekend

Oregon groups get $11 million boost from feds to protect threatened species, support reforestation

The Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District was awarded nearly $1.5 million to remove dams and culverts in the Gales Creek Watershed and reestablish native plants along stream banks to shade threatened fish species and improve water quality.

By Alex Baumhardt - Oregon Capital Chronicle

/ 31 Aug 2022

Oregon groups get $11 million boost from feds to protect threatened species, support reforestation

Gov. Brown declares statewide emergency over wildfire risk

Oregon Governor Kate Brown declared a state of emergency Saturday night, citing imminent threat of wildfire across the state.�

By Chas Hundley

/ 29 Aug 2022

Gov. Brown declares statewide emergency over wildfire risk

Dispatches from history: Western Washington County August 17, 1922

In this column, we take a look back one hundred years ago in western Washington County. This week, a logging camp opens near Glenwood, a new bridge over Gales Creek in Watts, and more!

By Chas Hundley

/ 23 Aug 2022

Dispatches from history: Western Washington County August 17, 1922