A Hillsboro man died a century ago while working for the Gales Creek Logging company after a two-ton piece of machinery fell on him.
Chas Hundley
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Fire season ends, ‘We are all glad to see it go’
“We are all glad to see it go,” said ODF Forest Grove District Forester Mike Cafferata in an email sent Tuesday as the agency filed the appropriate paperwork to officially close the 2024 fire season.
CPO 13 October 16 2024 meeting notice
A meeting of the Gales Creek, Roy and Verboort CPO 13 will be held in Banks October 16 from 6 to 7 p.m. and online. Attendees will hear a presentation on the OSU Extension Service and other community topics.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County October 9, 1924
A century ago, two acres of orchard could produce three tons of dried prunes in Gales Creek.
Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch issued
The northern lights could be visible starting Thursday, and power and communications systems could see impacts from what could be a severe geomagnetic storm hurtling toward Earth.
Hillside Road barn fire still spewing smoke from burning hazelnuts
“The Hillside Road fire is still putting off a tremendous amount of smoke, and it’s reported to be noticed as far as the north side of the [Forest Grove] city limits, Now that it’s daylight, we are working to remove the building that surrounds the hazelnut dryer, and get to the deeply burning nuts still inside,” FGF&R said in a Friday morning update.
Firefighters respond to barn fire in Hillside
Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said a barn fire on Hillside Road had been upgraded to a two-alarm fire Thursday night.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County October 2, 1924
A century ago, seasonal logging camps, complete with a camp store, opened up to support loggers in the Gales Creek region.
Burn pile ignites four-acre fire between Hillside and Gales Creek
A fire sparked by a burn pile torched four acres between the Hillside and Gales Creek communities Tuesday afternoon. Nine brush rigs, three fire engines, six water tenders, six fire chiefs, and a total of 47 fire personnel responded to the scene.
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