Gales Creek

Heat wave expected starting Sunday

A heat advisory has been issued for much of the Willamette Valley beginning Sunday at 10 a.m. With temperatures expected to reach between 92 and 96 degrees throughout the region, the Portland office of the National Weather Service is urging local residents to prepare for the first early heat wave[Read More…]

1925 in Gales Creek: Two Gales Creek pioneers pass within day of each other

“Twenty-eight great great grand children survive Mrs. Mary S. Jenkins Lilly who had lived at Gales Creek from 1814 until the time of her death,” was the obituary for a pioneering Gales Creek woman. Today, her descendants include this newspaper publisher, the president of the Gales Creek Cemetery Association, the Gales Creek Strawberry Festival event coordinator and others who remain active in the Gales Creek Valley.

Outbuilding burns in Gales Creek

An outbuilding at a Gales Creek home on Soda Springs Road near Old Wilson River Road ignited in flames Saturday afternoon after a burn pile escaped, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said. According to FGF&R spokesperson Matt Johnston, a homeowner was working on a burn pile roughly 20 feet away[Read More…]

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