Already gripped in frozen temperatures and an icy winter storm, Oregon could now be on for round two, the Portland office of the National Weather Service said in an Ice Storm Warning issued Monday morning.
Close to 800 customers including the Forest Grove School District's Oak Grove facility at the Gales Creek School are without power, but because the outage happened so close to the program's release time, students were expected to end the school day at the regular time.
Washington County has a new circuit court judge as of last week. Hafez Daraee has been a mayor, an Oregon State Bar member for 31 years, and served on the board of the foundation that operates Gales Creek Camp.
The Washington County Department of Land Use and Transportation is still trying to fund the replacement of two culverts in the Gales Creek area on White Creek, a small tributary that empties into Gales Creek near the junction of Highways 6 and 8.
After a four-year absence, the Gales Creek Holiday Bazaar returned to the Gales Creek School gym Saturday, November 18, drawing somewhere in the vicinity of 500 or more shoppers to the event.
Blink and you'll miss it: Gales Creek's Lone Fir Tree Farm opened Friday for business, and it'll close for the season on Saturday. This year, you can get a tree, a wreath, and a burger.
Starting near Dilley, then travelling up the Gales Creek Valley, and into the heart of the Tillamook Forest, here's a four-stop Saturday with two bazaars, live music, and a salmon fry release.
It's that special time of year when families gather, eat a lot, take a moment to be grateful for what they have, and then, the next morning, spend an incredible amount of money on consumer goods and electronics they don't have, but really, really want. Or, you could go fishing, or hiking, for free.
