Veterans ‘Stand Down’ event will connect veterans to housing, job, and health resources
November 11, 2024
A one-day resource and connection fair for Washington County veterans will be held in Hillsboro Friday, Nov. 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. On the docket: help with housing, employment, health care, COVID-19 and flu shots, haircuts, clothing, pet food, legal help, and advocates for state and federal benefits.
A vehicle crashed into the old Bateman store along Highway 6, leaving a gaping hole in the commercial building west of Lyda Drive. “Thankfully the occupants were not injured,” Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said in a social media post. “The Highway remains open at this time. This is our[Read More…]
A century ago: A century ago: Gales Creek children enjoyed a Halloween party. That and more in this week’s dispatches from history.
Oregon voters had their say in the 2024 election, and from top to bottom, change is on the way. Locally, more than 100,000 voters supported a Gales Creek resident.
As of 8 p.m. Tuesday, the question of who will hold the Oval Office for the next four years remained unanswered. In Oregon, however, the choice was clear: the state’s eight electoral votes will go to Vice President Kamala Harris.
See initial results for five state measures before Oregon voters, from making ranked choice voting the norm to sending checks to residents by increasing corporate taxes.
For three of Oregon’s top elected offices, the leaders in initial results are: Secretary of State: Democrat Tobias Read, Attorney General: Democrat Dan Rayfield, and State Treasurer: Democrat Elizabeth Steiner.
Representing Oregon’s 1st Congressional District, Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici is headed to another two year’s representing Oregon’s northwest corner in Washington D.C.
The race for House District 31 may yield a western Washington County resident representing Gales Creek and Banks constituents in Oregon’s House of Representatives for the first time in years if Buxton-area resident Darcey Edwards significant lead holds.
The only contested race in the Tualatin Soil and Water District, Zone 1, between Jerry Ward and Elaine M Stewart, shows Stewart winning with 64.8% to Ward’s 34.4%. Meanwhile, Gales Creek’s own Eldon Jossi has the support of 108,223 voters (so far) in his uncontested reelection bid.