Heading to Banks from Gales Creek? Take a different route while a fallen tree is cleared from Highway 6 west of Banks. Check Tripcheck for live traffic updates.
Chas Hundley
Free fishing in Oregon, parking fees waived at state parks after Thanksgiving
After Thanksgiving Day, you can sleep off the weight of the festivities. You can go shopping with the masses. Or, you could go fishing, or hiking, for free. That’s right, the final free fishing weekend of the year is the day after Thanksgiving, and the state parks that regularly charge[Read More…]
Photos: The 2024 Gales Creek Holiday Bazaar
The 2024 Gales Creek Holiday Bazaar, held Saturday Nov. 16, packed the Gales Creek School with more than three dozen vendors — many of whom had purchased multiple tables — in the school gym and hallways. Miss the event? Here’s some photos!
Tillamook Forest Center to close for the season Dec. 2
The Tillamook Forest Center will close for the winter season December 2, after one last holiday event. It’s not expected to reopen until March of 2024.
The last day to visit the site is Dec. 1.
Gales Creek bridge on Highway 6 gets guardrail repairs after crash
Oregon Department of Transportation workers and vehicles briefly clogged bridge traffic Friday morning on Highway 6 in Gales Creek to repair a damaged guardrail (This story also details the current state of the bridge, built in 1956).
Highway 6 back to one lane after initial repairs fail to stop sinking westbound lane
Highway 6 was back down to one lane Thursday morning. “With similar and further sinking this morning, we expect to flag traffic until the lane can be stabilized, and the surface repaired,” ODOT said in a statement. “This means the lane closure may last beyond today.”
November 20 CPO 13 meeting notice
The Gales Creek, Roy and Verboort CPO 13 will meet Wednesday night from 6 to 7 p.m. in Banks. On the agenda: A presentation on the American Legion by Dale Thaler.
Highway 6 fully reopened after sunken grade repaired
Both lanes of Highway 6 at milepost 35 are fully open, a spokesperson for the Oregon Department of Transportation said in an email to this newspaper at 3:45 p.m.
Highway 6 lane closure expected to last into Wednesday afternoon
Highway 6, down to one lane since early Wednesday morning after the westbound lane at milepost 35 dropped several inches is expected to be fully reopened by 2 p.m. Wednesday, an ODOT spokesperson said.
Dispatches from history: Gales Creek, Hillside, and more on November 20, 1924
A century ago, Timber had a hotel, and it lit on fire. “Bridge gang is heroic,” read the headline, crediting the heroic work of a small crew using fire extinguishers for keeping the fire from spreading to the rest of the town.
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