The Wilson River Highway is closed between mileposts 27 and 42 after a landslide and sunken grade made the roadway impassable. No reopening estimate has been made yet.
A windstorm swept through the region overnight, knocking out power for thousands, littering roadways with debris, and closing schools in Gales Creek and Dilley.
1925: Moonshiners roamed the hills outside Forest Grove. Oil in Buxton. Now-lost silent films played at the Star Theater. Step into Forest Grove and Banks-area history from the lens of
Before there was a Hagg Lake, there was a Scoggins Valley, and five denizens from there were arrested on charges of "reckless driving and possession of booze" in 1925.
The Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, the neighborhood in this case being the Balm Grove neighborhood in Gales Creek, has been spotted in the area of Parson Road, often on foot or on his Spider-Bike, for much of this year. Now he's on Google Maps.
A 22-year-old driver died in a single vehicle crash on Gales Creek Road between David Hill Road and Roderick Road on Friday, Oct. 24, the Washington County Sheriff's Office said in an email to News in the Grove.
The Oregon Department of Forestry announced the completion of a stream enhancement project in the upper reaches of Gales Creek in the Tillamook State Forest.
