A social media graphic courtesy WCSOFile photo: Storey Burn Road and Highway 6, by Chas Hundley, taken January 27, 2022 The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is seeking public assistance from anyone who may have seen a man considered “missing and endangered,” after his vehicle was found empty near Highway 6[Read More…]
Tillamook State Forest
Citing staffing issues, the Tillamook Forest Center will remain ‘closed until further notice’
The Tillamook Forest Center. Photo: Chas Hundley The Tillamook Forest Center will not open the first weekend in March this year, extending a closure that first began due to the coronavirus pandemic on March 15, 2020. The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) said in an emailed update that staffing issues—[Read More…]
WCSO deputy involved in crash while responding to separate crash on Highway 6
The Tillamook and Washington County lines at the Coast Range summit on Highway 6 on January 27, 2022. Photo: Chas Hundley A Washington County Sheriff’s Office vehicle was struck by another vehicle Thursday evening while a deputy was responding to a separate crash near the summit of the Oregon Coast[Read More…]
Highway 6 blocked near summit by crash
The Tillamook and Washington County lines at the Coast Range summit on Highway 6 on January 27, 2022. Photo: Chas Hundley Updated story here. Original story below. Two crashes were reported Thursday evening, with at least one of them resulting in the closure of the Wilson River Highway near the[Read More…]
Search for possible missing aircraft suspended
Banks Fire District’s Hornshuh Creek Station. Photo: Banks Fire District Update: At 2:30 p.m., the Banks Fire District announced that the Washington County Sheriff’s Office had officially suspended the search for a possible missing aircraft somewhere in the Tillamook Forest. “Ultimately there have been no reports of missing planes/pilots and[Read More…]
Volunteers sought to staff Tillamook Forest Center for 2022 season
The Tillamook Forest Center. Photo: Chas Hundley While the Tillamook Forest Center has yet to reopen following what was initially a temporary shuttering of its doors in the spring of 2020, the facility appears to be on track to reopen for the spring 2022 season. The Oregon Department of Forestry[Read More…]
Gate glued near Gales Creek Campground
Images taken from camera stills, courtesy Washington County Sheriff’s Office Update: The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said that a suspect had been located, but did not yet specify if he had been charged with any crime. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on a person caught on camera[Read More…]
Oregon City resident killed in Highway 6 crash near summit
A Life Flight Network helicopter flies over Gales Creek toward the crash on Sunday, September 12. Photo: Chas Hundley An Oregon City resident is the latest person killed in a vehicle crash on Highway 6 between Banks and Tillamook this summer. According to the Oregon State Police, the crash occurred[Read More…]
Helicopter crashes in Tillamook Forest area
Photo from the scene courtesy Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office A helicopter crashed in a remote area in the Tillamook Forest area in Tillamook County Wednesday morning, the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office said. Responding around 11 a.m. Wednesday, September 8, the sheriff’s office and other agencies found the helicopter in a[Read More…]
Tillamook Forest Center to remain closed through 2021
The Tillamook Forest Center. Photo: Chas Hundley The Tillamook Forest Center will remain closed through the rest of the year, the Oregon Department of Forestry said Tuesday. “The closure is in place to help limit exposure to COVID-19 and to protect our entire community, to comply with state office closures,[Read More…]
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