The planned detour for the B Street Naylor Creek bridge replacement project beginning July 6. Photo: Washington Co. LUT FOREST GROVE – Gales Creek area commuters may be impacted by a planned closure of B Street between Stringtown Road and the Gales Creek bridge near Forest Grove beginning Monday, July[Read More…]
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Hundreds gather in Forest Grove to protest police brutality against black Americans
Protesters line 19th Way in Forest Grove on Tuesday, June 2. Photo: Chas Hundley FOREST GROVE – Around three hundred people gathered at the base of Forest Grove’s famed large flag just east of Safeway between Maple and Laurel Streets to protest police brutality against black Americans Tuesday afternoon. The[Read More…]
Forest Grove declares emergency as COVID-19 lockdown ramps up
PMG PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER OERTELL – Forest Grove Mayor Peter Truax speaks during the annual Forest Grove/Cornelius State of the City address at the Cornelius Public Library on Feb. 24 Coronavirus resources: CDC on the coronavirus, Oregon Health Authority resources, Washington County resources, Oregonian reporting on the coronavirus, OPB glossary of coronavirus terms, NYTimes free reporting on[Read More…]
Gov. Brown directs Oregon school districts to close schools starting Monday, March 16
The Forest Grove High School. Photo: Brenda Schaffer Coronavirus resources: CDC on the coronavirus, Oregon Health Authority resources, Washington County resources, Oregonian reporting on the coronavirus, OPB glossary of coronavirus terms, NYTimes free reporting on the coronavirus. SALEM – Starting Monday, March 16, Governor Kate Brown will direct all Oregon school districts to close K-12 schools[Read More…]
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…]
Two Oregon Department of Forestry committees meeting soon in Forest Grove
ODF offices in Forest Grove. Photo: Chas Hundley FOREST GROVE – Two different advisory groups to the Oregon Department of Forestry are holding public meetings close to home this week. The State Forests Advisory Committee will meet at the ODF offices in Forest Grove on Friday, October 25 at 8:30[Read More…]
‘Great Grains’ event returns to Forest Grove-area farm
Grain at the Spiesschaert farm. Photo: Chas Hundley FOREST GROVE – On Saturday, September 14 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Spiesschaert Farms, located at 3150 NW Thatcher Road on the outskirts of Forest Grove, is hosting a free, family-friendly event exploring the reintroduction of locally-raised whole grains, and introducing[Read More…]
Saturday Academy launches classes at Forest Grove’s Pacific University
Marsh Hall at Pacific University. Photo courtesy of Pacific University FOREST GROVE – Saturday Academy, a Portland-based supplemental science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) program formed in 1983 that’s aimed at students in grades 2-12, is holding classes for the first time at Forest Grove’s Pacific University this summer.[Read More…]