Balm Grove sold, a 1926 map of Washington County, a 10-year fishing ban announced, a man falls off a train near Timber and more in the news of a century ago.
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.
Renewal levies for the county's library system and the Washington County Sheriff's Office were on track to pass in the initial election results released at 8 p.m.
The Washington County Board of Commissioners voted to declare two separate states of emergency in response to federal actions, one over food insecurity and the other over a sharp increase in ICE activity in the county.
The Washington County Open Studios Tour will return to the county on October 18 and 19, with more than 60 artists across 50 locations opening their workspaces to visitors, including in Forest Grove, Hillside, and the Hagg Lake area.
