Thousands of Oregonians submitted letters opposing a Republican senator’s long-shot attempt to ask voters whether to repeal the state’s decades-old mail voting law, swamping the Legislature’s website on Monday. More than 60 people listed Forest Grove as their location in testimony.
The Forest Grove Police Department is throwing open the doors of their 48-year-old building Saturday and in April and May to answer questions from the public in advance of a May ballot measure asking voters to pay to build a new station.
A state senator visited Forest Grove in 1925 and "literally picked the flesh from the bones" of the governor and the head of the Oregon Anti-Saloon league in a fiery Prohibition-era speech to the Forest Grove Chamber of Commerce.
A man living in rural Washington County was arrested on rape charges near Banks, and detectives say he allegedly assaulted victims in and near Banks, Forest Grove, and Beaverton.
Ten of the 26 Oregon firefighters deployed this weekend to assist with wildfires in North Carolina are from the Northwest Oregon Area, headquartered in Forest Grove.
Pelagic Brewing Public House will hold its grand opening March 22–23 at its new location on 21st Avenue. The weekend includes drink specials and food trucks FG Amore on Saturday and Comida KIN Sunday.
The Ark of the Covenant Church, previously located near Scottie's Drive-In, is reopening at 2036 Pacific Ave., the former site of The Lazy Eye, a pool hall that closed at the end of 2024.
A famed fire chief quits Forest Grove for Washington, the famed Mazamas trek from Dilley to find fossils, and the city plans to enclose Council Creek in the news of a century ago.
It was standing room only at the Forest Grove Community Auditorium Monday evening as residents, city staff, volunteers, students from the Forest Grove High School, and visiting dignitaries from other cities and governments gathered to hear Forest Grove's State of the City address.
