For residents in the Forest Grove Rural Fire Protection District, backyard burning opens Friday, March 1. The season will last through June 15, barring any emergency burn bans and daily closures due to low air quality.
A Winter Weather Advisory for higher elevations in the northern Coast Range issued by the Portland office of the National Weather Service goes into effect at 10 p.m. Wednesday night due to high winds and in higher elevation areas, snow.
It's snowing again at higher elevations in western Washington County, and the Portland office of the National Weather Service issued a 'Winter Weather Advisory' for Wednesday starting at 8 p.m. and extending to 4 p.m. Thursday.
Late Thursday, Gov. Tina Kotek declared a state of emergency over the fatal storm that has iced sidewalks and roads around the state, caused widespread power outages and damaged scores of homes and vehicles.
Students in the Forest Grove District left school early on Friday and have yet to return to the classroom because of icy weather and dangerous driving conditions. There's no school Thursday, district staff confirmed Wednesday evening.
The Washington County Board of Commissioners declared a state of emergency Tuesday over the winter storm, saying the move would allow the county to have "greater flexibility and support for the multi-agency response to the snow, wind and ice storms over the last several days and the coming freezing
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An already longer than anticipated long weekend just got even longer for Gales Creek students and everyone else in the Forest Grove School District. There will be no school Tuesday, the FGSD said.
