The 2017 Gales Creek Holiday Bazaar. Photo: Chas Hundley GALES CREEK – The Gales Creek Church of God and Gales Creek Chamber of Commerce are joining forces once again to host the annual Gales Creek Holiday Bazaar, held in the gym of the Gales Creek School on Saturday, November 16[Read More…]
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State news dispatch: Who’s running for office, ODOT traffic safety, and Metro dollars for trails
The Oregon Capitol building in Salem. Photo: Chas Hundley Election results: Metro bond passes With no terms up for fire and school board positions, no county-wide measures or levies, and nothing on the city docket within Banks, this newspaper had no elections to cover on Tuesday, November 5. However, in[Read More…]
School bus driver involved in earlier crash arrested on DUI charge
Photo: Washington County Sheriff’s Office. HAGG LAKE AREA – After a school bus with ten Forest Grove School District students on board crashed near Hagg Lake today, deputies from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office have arrested the bus driver and charged him with a DUI. According to a press release[Read More…]
Forest Grove School District bus crashes between Dilley and Gaston
The bus’ front end was impacted by an untimely meeting with a ditch. Photo: WCSO GASTON – No one was injured after a bus transporting Forest Grove School District students left the road and crashed between Gaston and Dilley on Wednesday morning. As first reported by the Forest Grove News[Read More…]
Vehicle registration fees going up in 2020
A vehicle drives near Gales Creek on Highway 6. Photo: Brenda Schaffer SALEM – Starting January 1, 2020, some fees to register a new vehicle, title a vehicle and purchase a trip permit will increase. According to an Oregon Department of Transportation press release, the fee increases were passed by[Read More…]
National news dispatch: Impeachment proceedings to be televised, Wyden denounces Turkish government, diabetes awareness month
United States Capitol. Photo: Chas Hundley WASHINGTON D.C. – While we are a hyperlocal news source dedicated to covering the day-to-day happenings in our little corner of the world, we’ve been asked by many readers to include more news from a larger stage as it pertains to us. In our[Read More…]
Highway 6 closed at summit for crash
The semi overturned on Highway 6, spilling lumber onto the highway. Photo: Forest Grove Fire & Rescue TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST – According to the Oregon Department of Transportation, the Wilson River Highway — signed as Highway 6 — was closed at the summit of the coast range on the Tillamook[Read More…]
Some Washington County fire crews still assisting at California wildfires
A Forest Grove Fire & Rescue vehicle at the Ranch Fire in California. Photo: FGF&R. CALIFORNIA – While some of the 15 Oregon teams comprised of more than 60 fire & rescue agencies sent to aid during a series of wildfires in California have returned home, crews from Washington County[Read More…]
National Weather Service warns of high winds Monday night, Tuesday morning
Power lines on NW Clapshaw Hill Road. photo: Chas Hundley Update, 2:19 p.m. Tuesday Oct 29: The Portland NWS has extended the wind advisory to 1 a.m. Wednesday morning. “Most frequent gusts up to 45 mph will occur in the east Metro nearer the Gorge, but can’t rule out periodic[Read More…]
Forest Grove Fire & Rescue members join almost 300 Oregon firefighters to fight California wildfires
Banks Fire District Brush Rig 13 and a crew of three prepare to head to California. Photo: Banks Fire District CALIFORNIA – As more than 200,000 people flee the path of wildfires in Northern California, 15 crews from Oregon, including staff and equipment from Banks Fire District, Forest Grove Fire[Read More…]
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