Ritchie Young & Leo Moon, Leah Hueser, and The Nash Brothers Band are all playing in local venues this weekend.
Chas Hundley
Local firefighters still helping at Texas wildfires
Fire crews from the Oregon Department of Forestry, including one local firefighter based out of the Forest Grove District, are still in Texas as of Monday, helping other fire agencies battle deadly wildfires that have wracked the state.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County March 13, 1924
Three men in the Washington County Jail on various charges related to moonshine and Prohibition escaped via the roof, “swinging to trees” in 1924. This and more in the news of a century ago.
What’s going on in Gales Creek this weekend, March 8
This weekend, catch live music at the Smokehouse in Gales Creek and more.
One year ago, Timber Road closed between Glenwood and Timber due to a landslide
Exactly one year ago, Washington County Land Use and Transportation made the decision to close Timber Road indefinitely due to a slow-moving landslide collapsing the roadway between Glenwood and Timber. Here’s where the project to repair and reopen the road stands (Story is free; please consider a subscription to support original reporting in our rural community).
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County March 6, 1924
Forest Grove solves a problem with the help of Gales Creek, a Banks man establishes a hospital in Forest Grove and more from a century ago in the news.
Fern Hill Road is open again
Fern Hill Road reopened Monday to traffic following a March 1 closure due to flooding.
Gales Creek Road closed for crash in downtown Gales Creek
Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said that Gales Creek Road is closed following a single vehicle crash between Sargent Road and Old Wilson Road in downtown Gales Creek. A detour exists around the crash via Sargent Road.
Downed tree causes tanker truck crash, Highway 6 closure, power outage
Highway 6 is closed in Gales Creek near mile post 42, just west of the Gales Creek Road and Wilson River Highway junction after a tree fell across the highway and a tanker truck hit the downed tree. 279 homes are also without power.
ODF sends fire crews to aid Texas wildfire fight
The Oregon Department of Forestry sent a strike team of 16 firefighters and five engines to Amarillo, Texas Friday to aid the state’s firefighters as they grapple with massive wildfires, including one crew member who works out of the local Forest Grove District.