Stimson Lumber, as seen from the Scoggins Dam at Hagg Lake on August 3, 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley Have you ridden a bike down the same road you often drive? Have you then walked down that same road? If you do this, you will learn the same place can become[Read More…]
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Cpl. Jeremy Braun looks toward returning to work after being shot in line of duty
Joy Braun, Jeremy Braun, and Sheriff Pat Garrett. Photo: Chas Hundley//Gales Creek Journal HILLSBORO – “The valley of the shadow of death is very small, very narrow, and you have to go through it alone,” said Corporal Jeremy Braun of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. After being shot at close[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…]
Suspect in shooting of two Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies booked into jail
Dante James Halling. Photo: MCSO PORTLAND – Dante James Halling, 55, the suspected shooter involved in a gunfight that left Halling and two deputies with gunshot wounds was booked into the Multnomah County Jail on Friday, August 23, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Halling was arrested on warrants from[Read More…]
Free Fishing Weekend to be held Saturday and Sunday August 17 & 18
Dorman Pond in Gales Creek. Photo: Chas Hundley SALEM – A free fishing weekend will return to Oregon this weekend on Saturday and Sunday, August 17 & 18. On those days, fishing, crabbing, and clamming is free to all residents and non-residents, meaning no fishing licenses or tags, including a[Read More…]
Names released of officers involved in Aug. 8 shooting near Hagg Lake
Deputy Chris Iverson, left, and Corporal Jeremy Braun, right, were both injured during a shootout with a theft suspect on Thursday, August 8. Photo: WCSO HAGG LAKE – The Washington County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of those injured and involved in the shootout with a suspect near Hagg[Read More…]
Suspect named in Hagg Lake shooting of two sheriff’s deputies
56-year-old Dante James Halling. Booking photo from a 2018 arrest at Multnomah County HAGG LAKE – While responding to reports of the theft of a long gun at a Hagg Lake area home at 2:16 p.m. on Thursday, August 8, two members of the Washington County Tactical Negotiation Team (TNT)[Read More…]
First free fishing weekend of year February 16 & 17
Dorman Pond on a fall day in 2014. Chas Hundley//Gales Creek Journal SALEM – A free fishing weekend will return to Oregon this President’s Day weekend on Saturday and Sunday, February 16 & 17. On those days, fishing, crabbing, and clamming is free to all residents and non-residents, meaning no[Read More…]
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