An emergency vehicle heads east on Gales Creek Road toward a police scene at Dorman Pond Sunday, January 30, 2022. Photo: Chas Hundley Several Gales Creek residents noticed police activity near Dorman Pond on Highway 6 on Jan. 30. The Gales Creek Journal obtained a report written by an Oregon[Read More…]
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Tillamook resident killed in crash on Highway 6
A K-9 unit aided in locating Bradley Harris. Photo from Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office video A Tillamook resident died in a crash Sunday morning near milepost 8 on the Wilson River Highway. The driver of one vehicle involved in the crash fled the scene, according to Oregon State Police, but[Read More…]
Two people die over weekend on Highway 6
The junction of Highways 6 and 8 in Gales Creek on February 24, 2021. Photo: Chas Hundley Two people are the latest killed in a crash on the Wilson River Highway stretching from Banks to Tillamook after a collision on Saturday. The two-vehicle crash was located in Tillamook County near[Read More…]
Tractor driver rescued after being trapped overnight near Timmerman Road
A Life Flight helicopter lands on Highway 6 near Timmerman Road to transport the driver of a tractor involved in a rollover crash on June 8. Photo: Forest Grove Fire & Rescue Emergency crews were dispatched to reports of a fall patient on Timmerman Road Tuesday after 9 a.m., but[Read More…]
Road camera in Gales Creek now live
A photo taken by Washington County’s, now ODOT’s, first traffic camera in Gales Creek. It’s no April Fool’s Day joke. After several weeks of anticipation, the first road camera in Gales Creek, located at the Junction of Highway 6 and 8 went live Thursday. The camera, facing east with views[Read More…]
Gales Creek’s first traffic camera will soon go live
The new traffic camera and weather station at the Highways 6 and 8 junction. Photo: Chas Hundley An eagle-eyed Gales Creek local may notice, perched atop a pole on the Wilson River Highway/Highway 6 near the junction with Highway 8/Gales Creek Road a small, spinning windmill device, and a camera. [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…]
Friday crash near Glenwood results in rescue for driver after 5 hours
Photo: Forest Grove Fire & Rescue Editor’s note: Due to human error, this update to an earlier story was not published to our website over the weekend, so here it is now! Power went out for some residents in Glenwood and Gales Creek on Friday, November 6 around 3 a.m.,[Read More…]
Crash closes Highway 6 east of Glenwood
Photo from the scene courtesy WCSO Update, 9:55 a.m.: The Washington County Sheriff’s Office says that the truck has been removed and that ODOT flaggers are starting to direct traffic through the scene. A crash involving one vehicle and a tree has closed Highway 6 roughly one mile east of[Read More…]
Glenwood store opens under new owners
The Glenwood Food Mart. Photo: Chas Hundley The Glenwood Store is open. Dubbed the “Glenwood Food Mart” by owners Robin and Kamal, the spot on the side of the Wilson River Highway in Glenwood has sat empty for a few years after an effort by the previous owner to launch[Read More…]
