In 1925, the city center of Santa Barbara was destroyed in an earthquake. One Dilley man studying law there survived to tell the tale.
Also in this week's column: Bulbs, berries, and baseball.
The Civics Academy is a new, free program designed to give Forest Grove residents an understanding of the behind the scenes of how their local government operates, according to a post on the City of Forest Grove’s website.
The Forest Grove community will celebrate and recognize the LGBTQ+ community with the Forest Grove Pride Celebration 2025, three events scheduled for July 12 and 13.
During Wednesday's Forest Grove Rural Fire Protection District meeting, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue Chief Jim Geering said he would be encouraging the board to take additional ownership of their own agenda.
The U.S. Department of Labor hauled Pamplin—the former owner of the Forest Grove News-Times—back into U.S. District Court in Portland, alleging he had failed to comply with two key conditions of the agreement he signed in December to settle a federal civil lawsuit against him.
Gales Creek resident Neal Hammond was set to take his seat on the Forest Grove Rural Fire Protection District Board Wednesday night. Instead, he was on wildfire duty near Hermiston called away at the last minute. Forest Grove Fire & Rescue also sent two personnel to the fire.
In advance of Independence Day, the Oregon Department of Forestry is raising fire danger from low to moderate in areas in and around the Tillamook Forest and near Forest Grove.
During a short Forest Grove School Board meeting held Tuesday afternoon, three new members of the Forest Grove School Board—Brisa Franco, Peter Truax, and Alma Lozano—were sworn into office.
"As the saying goes, police officers and firefighters have one thing in common, they both want to be firefighters," said Forest Grove Fire & Rescue after police put out a fence fire before fire crews could arrive.
Smoke rising into a hot summer day in the general vicinity of Thatcher Park was from a field fire, now extinguished, near Plum Hill Lane on the city's northwestern border.
