The 2025 fire season is projected to be more intense than the 2024 season fire leaders said, but emergency response agencies have begun preparing early
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Prescribed burn to send smoke into sky west of Hagg Lake
No, it’s not a wildfire spewing smoke into the air west of Hagg Lake Thursday, May 8. It’s a prescribed burn, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said.
Forest Grove Farmers Market will open for season Wednesday, feature Gales Creek-area booths
On Wednesday, Main Street in Forest Grove will close to vehicle traffic between Pacific Avenue and 21st Avenue. Stalls and booths will go up, and the first Forest Grove Farmers Market of the season will begin. Find several Gales Creek-area booths at the market on opening day and beyond!
University of Portland strips Robert Pamplin Jr.’s name from its business school
The move comes after labor officials found Pamplin, who owned the Forest Grove News-Times and other area newspapers until last June, violated federal pension laws in his management of retirees’ money.
County plans for summer culvert replacements in Gales Creek
Washington County is closing in on a years-long quest to replace two culverts on White Creek, a small tributary to Gales Creek that enters the stream near the junction of highways 6 and 8.
After more than two years, Timber Road has reopened
Timber Road has reopened more than two years after a landslide closed the route linking Highway 6, Timber, and Highway 26.
Voter registration deadline is April 29
The May 20 Special District Elections will determine who sits on school, fire, and other local boards for the next few years, and the Washington County Elections Division is reminding would-be voters to register to vote in advance of the April 29 voter registration deadline.
Oregon DMV discloses discovery of an additional 118 noncitizens in voter file
In a report released April 11, DMV said all but one of the new discoveries are people who were erroneously put into the voter registration system between 2010 and 2023.
The new discoveries are in effect “legacy” errors.
CPO 13 meeting notice April 16, 2025
Hear from Washington County District 4 County Commissioner Jerry Willey and the Tualatin Valley Irrigation District at a Wednesday, April 16 event for the Gales Creek, Verboort, and Roy CPO 13.
Gales Creek’s Dorman Pond will be stocked with 1,000 trout next week
1,000 legal-size rainbow trout are scheduled to be deposited into the pond just west of the junction of Highway 6 and 8 sometime between April 14 and 18.
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