Gales Creek resident Joyce Sauber was honored by the Friends of Historic Forest Grove as the nonprofit's October Volunteer of the Month. "It was an honor to be selected," Sauber said in a phone call with the Gales Creek Journal. "It's a wonderful group, so it's very wonderful to be selected," she sa
Ballots for the Nov. 5 election were mailed to Washington County Voters Wednesday, Oct. 16, the Washington County Elections Division said in a press release.
A Halloween Party for Gales Creek kids on Saturday, live music near Dilley, and a community gathering for people who want to see Gales Creek thrive are all in store for the valley this week.
"We are all glad to see it go," said ODF Forest Grove District Forester Mike Cafferata in an email sent Tuesday as the agency filed the appropriate paperwork to officially close the 2024 fire season.
A meeting of the Gales Creek, Roy and Verboort CPO 13 will be held in Banks October 16 from 6 to 7 p.m. and online. Attendees will hear a presentation on the OSU Extension Service and other community topics.
The northern lights could be visible starting Thursday, and power and communications systems could see impacts from what could be a severe geomagnetic storm hurtling toward Earth.
"The Hillside Road fire is still putting off a tremendous amount of smoke, and its reported to be noticed as far as the north side of the [Forest Grove] city limits, Now that its daylight, we are working to remove the building that surrounds the hazelnut dryer, and get to the deeply burning nuts s
A partial list from the Oregon Department of Forestry shows it has collected $86,000 of $24 million it paid to fight several dozen wildfires that were maliciously or negligently ignited over the last two decades.
