Ansu Drammeh, R.N., a cardiovascular intensive care nurse at OHSU, is given the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Wednesday, December 16 by Ryan Thrower, D.M.D., who, according to OHSU, is the first dental resident in the United States to administer a COVID-19 vaccine. As the state approaches the anniversary of the first[Read More…]
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Washington County Farm Bureau seeks high school, college applicants for 2021 scholarships
Grain at the Spiesschaert farm outside of Forest Grove. 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 three scholarships offered by the Washington County Farm Bureau this[Read More…]
Tillamook man killed in crash west of Glenwood
Flames engulfed two vehicles after a deadly crash west of Glenwood on Feb. 3, 2021. No one was in either truck when the fire engulfed the vehicles. Photo: Forest Grove Fire & Rescue A Tillamook man died in a head-on collision between a log truck and a pickup truck about[Read More…]
Highway 6 closed after fatal crash
Photo from the scene courtesy Forest Grove Fire & Rescue A fatal crash closed Highway 6 one mile west of the Timber Rd. junction, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said that flames had engulfed two vehicles involved in the crash near milepost 37,[Read More…]
FGSD rolls out tentative schedule for a return to in-person learning
The Forest Grove School District central office. Photo: Chas Hundley In a letter to district parents, Forest Grove School District Superintendent Dave Parker laid out the district’s timeline for a possible reopening of in-person learning, but the superintendent cited a number of unknowns — the virus, the vaccine rollout, guidance[Read More…]
Oregon State Police seek public assistance in Washington County deer poaching case
A deer near Hagg Lake on August 3, 2020. File photo: Chas Hundley The Oregon State Police are seeking information in a case involving a poached antlerless deer left in front of a gate on Stimson Lumber property north of Mountaindale in Washington County. A graphic photo of the deer[Read More…]
Gales Creek, Hillside churches weather the pandemic
The Gales Creek Church of God. File photo taken Sept. 10, 2019 by Chas Hundley More than ten months have passed since Governor Kate Brown signed the first executive order limiting residents and businesses in Oregon from a number of activities in hopes of limiting the spread of the novel[Read More…]
Snow’s in, power’s out, and cars are crashing
A snow-covered Half Mile Lane on Tuesday, December 26. Photo: Chas Hundley Gales Creek and other locales, especially at higher elevations are seeing anywhere from three to six inches of snow this afternoon, with all the joys and problems that come with it. While this reporter saw children and dogs[Read More…]
President Donald Trump impeached a historic second time
`The White House on Sunday, Sept. 30 2018. Photo: Chas Hundley President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives, a second time for the president, and a first for the nation. No other president has been impeached twice. Several House Republicans joined their Democratic Party colleagues in[Read More…]
2020: The year that was
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 What a year. At times, 2020 felt like a decade crammed into one 366 days (it was a leap year, after all) with an astounding[Read More…]
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