The Portland office of the National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory for lower elevations in the region, including in Gales Creek.
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Oregon Senator Wyden to host town hall for Washington Co. residents
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden will host a Washington County town hall Saturday, February 15 at 12 p.m. in Hillsboro.
Roads are frozen in Gales Creek
“We’ve had a cluster of calls this evening throughout our response area and our crews have noticed that ice has began to form on roadways and walking areas,” Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said Sunday evening. One such crash was near downtown Gales Creek.
Oregon joins lawsuit while state officials scramble to respond to Trump order freezing federal funds
Oregon leaders were scrambling Tuesday morning after an announcement from the Trump administration that it was at least temporarily freezing many federal funds.
State budgets rely heavily on federal funding: In Oregon, they make up about 30% of the two-year budget — nearly $40 billion — with certain big-ticket programs, like Medicaid, receiving the biggest chunks of the funding.
Dr. Robert Pamplin concedes he raided his employees’ pension fund
On Dec. 26, Dr. Robert Pamplin Jr., 83, settled a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Labor to resolve allegations he treated his company’s pension fund like a piggy bank, selling overvalued company real estate to unwitting pensioners.
CPO 13 meeting notice Jan. 15, 2025
The Gales Creek, Roy and Verboort CPO will meet in Banks Wednesday to hear from Forest Grove Fire & Rescue on how mutual aid agreements work.
Oregon State Forester Cal Mukumoto gives his two-week notice
Cal Mukumoto, the head of the Oregon Department of Forestry announced his resignation in a brief letter Thursday during a Board of Forestry meeting, noting his last day would be Jan. 23.
Dispatches from History: Debate over ‘road to sea’ continues on January 8, 1925
A century ago, an early version of what we know as Highway 6 today was slowly taking shape, but first: debates over the route took place.
Oregon Department of Forestry sends crews to California fires, OSFM adds three strike teams
The Oregon Department of Forestry is sending six strike teams of firefighters and equipment to California, on the heels of 12, then 15, strike teams dispatched by the Oregon State Fire Marshal Wednesday morning
Forest Grove, Banks firefighters head to California to aid Los Angeles firefighters
Wildfires burning near Los Angeles, Calif. have burned hundreds of homes, killed at least two people, and prompted thousands of evacuations. Now, Oregon is sending twelve strike teams to help, including a five-person crew from Forest Grove Fire & Rescue.