Residents in rural western Washington County remained without power Tuesday afternoon, and at least one road remained closed due to a downed tree and power lines as of Tuesday afternoon.
The Portland office of the National Weather Service issued a Flood Watch for much of Northwest Oregon, including the greater Gales Creek region. The watch is in effect through late Tuesday night. It's just one weather hazard expected.
The U.S. Postal Service Mail Box that was located in Gales Creek near the Rural Fire Station was removed by the Forest Grove Post Office a couple of months agoleaving the residents of the valley with no place to mail letters.
Gales Creek's Zephyr Organics, a community-supported agriculture (CSA) farm on Old Wilson River Road will be a participant at the Pacific Northwest CSA Coalitions CSA Share Fair in Helvetia on Feb. 22.
A winter storm. Wind gusts up to 45 mph. Ice, freezing rain, snow. We've got information from the National Weather Service, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue, PGE, Washington County, the school district, and more on what could be coming Thursday and Friday.
"Weve had a cluster of calls this evening throughout our response area and our crews have noticed that ice has began to form on roadways and walking areas," Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said Sunday evening. One such crash was near downtown Gales Creek.
The Gales Creek, Verboort and Roy CPO 13, which usually meets in Banks, will meet next on January 15, opting to skip their December meeting for the holidays. Those interested in an effort to overhaul the half-century old program can attend a Tuesday meeting for more info.
After Thanksgiving Day, you can sleep off the weight of the festivities. You can go shopping with the masses.
Or, you could go fishing, or hiking, for free.
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