This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Credit: Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM HILLSBORO – In a bid to ensure that Washington County personnel can act quickly to contain the further spread of the novel coronavirus causing the[Read More…]
Author: Chas Hundley - Gales Creek Journal
FGSD: No plans yet to close or cancel school or activities during coronavirus outbreak
This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Credit: Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM OREGON – Have you heard? The coronavirus, COVID-19, is in Oregon. In fact, people who have are presumed to have the coronavirus have been in[Read More…]
Tillamook Forest Center reopens Wednesday, March 4
A replica fire lookout tower greets forest center visitors. Photo: Chas Hundley TILLAMOK STATE FOREST – The Tillamook Forest Center will open for the 2020 season on Wednesday, March 4, according to the center’s website. The facility will receive a final winter cleaning from a volunteer crew on Saturday, February[Read More…]
Gales Creek Chamber learns about moles, voles, and gopher holes
Lanny Gower (center) demonstrates how to set a trap, while attendees (left to right) watch: Dallas Boge, Sheryl Olander, Sharon Hundley, and Joyce Sauber. Photo: Chas Hundley GALES CREEK – The Gales Creek Chamber of Commerce met on Tuesday, Feb. 18 for the first time in 2020 to discuss the[Read More…]
County News Dispatch: ICE, Metro parks, equity resolution adopted, Human remains found in county
A rendering of the Chehalem Ridge nature park, courtesy of Metro This week’s installment of the County Dispatch – Quick hits that you should read, that we want to write about, but don’t have the staff and time to fully dive into. Human remains found — twice — in Washington[Read More…]
Cpl. Jeremy Braun looks toward returning to work after being shot in line of duty
Joy Braun, Jeremy Braun, and Sheriff Pat Garrett. Photo: Chas Hundley//Gales Creek Journal HILLSBORO – “The valley of the shadow of death is very small, very narrow, and you have to go through it alone,” said Corporal Jeremy Braun of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. After being shot at close[Read More…]
PHOTOS: Local fire agencies conduct training burn in Gales Creek
The little white house burns. Photo: Chas Hundley//Gales Creek Journal GALES CREEK – Forest Grove Fire & Rescue, Banks Fire District 13, Gaston Rural Fire Protection District, and the Cornelius Fire District all participated in a training burn in Gales Creek on Saturday, February 1 at a building located on[Read More…]
Timber Unity convoys from throughout Oregon expected to descend on Salem on Thursday
A log truck parks in front of Oregon’s capitol in June 2019 at a Timber Unity protest. Photo: Kevin Magwood SALEM – In the wee hours of the morning on Thursday, February 6, semi-trucks from around the state will form convoys and head to Salem for a Timber Unity rally[Read More…]
Kansas City man struck in hit-and-run near Forest Grove
Photo from the scene: Washington County Sheriff’s Office KANSAS CITY – An 81-year-old resident of the Kansas City community north of Forest Grove was struck by a blue car while checking his mailbox Saturday afternoon, deputies with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office say. According to a press release from the[Read More…]
Washington County Farm Bureau seeks high school, college applicants for scholarship
Roy-area farms, taken in 2015. Photo: Chas Hundley WASHINGTON COUNTY – Local students in high school and college who are pursuing an education in the fields of agriculture, education, nursing or vocational training are eligible for two scholarships offered by the Washington County Farm Bureau this year. The awarded amounts[Read More…]
