The farm that Esther Lilly Hundley and her family lived on in Gales Creek Cast of characters –Esther Lilly Hundley & Charles Hundley (written as Charley/Chas), the author of the diaries and her husband. –Bill (written as Billie) and Elsie, Esther and Charles’ firstborn and his wife. –Ted and Thelma,[Read More…]
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DMV launches, then relaunches system for in-person appointments
Photo courtesy of ODOT OREGON – It was a bumpy road to get there, but the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is accepting appointments for certain DMV services at 40 of their 60 statewide locations. Included in that list of locations taking appointments are the DMV offices in Hillsboro,[Read More…]
Washington Co. deputy charged with official misconduct from 2018 use of force incident
Rian Alden booking photo from Washington County Sheriff’s Office HILLSBORO – The Washington County Sheriff’s Office says that a deputy under investigation for allegedly sending a racist email 16 years ago has been charged with official misconduct stemming from a use of force while booking an arrestee in the Washington[Read More…]
Free fishing weekend returns Saturday & Sunday
Dorman Pond in Gales Creek. Photo: Chas Hundley Free Fishing Weekend will return to Oregon this Saturday & Sunday, June 6 & 7. On those days, fishing, crabbing, and clamming is free to all residents and non-residents, meaning no fishing licenses or tags, including a Combined Angling Tag or Columbia[Read More…]
Gov. Brown announces phase two reopening guidelines
A face mask. File photo: Chas Hundley OREGON – Washington County was approved for reopening under Oregon Governor Kate Brown’s phase one reopening plan in late May, and businesses in western Washington County began taking tentative steps into a different world on June 1. Slimmer hours, social distancing, and more[Read More…]
Hundreds gather in Forest Grove to protest police brutality against black Americans
Protesters line 19th Way in Forest Grove on Tuesday, June 2. Photo: Chas Hundley FOREST GROVE – Around three hundred people gathered at the base of Forest Grove’s famed large flag just east of Safeway between Maple and Laurel Streets to protest police brutality against black Americans Tuesday afternoon. The[Read More…]
Column | The Diaries of Esther Lilly Hundley: June 4- June 10, 1931
The farm that Esther Lilly Hundley and her family lived on in Gales Creek Cast of characters –Esther Lilly Hundley & Charles Hundley (written as Charley/Chas), the author of the diaries and her husband. –Bill (written as Billie) and Elsie, Esther and Charles’ firstborn and his wife. –Ted and Thelma,[Read More…]
Washington County deputy under investigation after allegation of ’email with racial epithets’ surfaces
A table with Washington County Sheriff’s Office memorabilia and information in Banks. File photo: Chas Hundley WASHINGTON COUNTY – A Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been placed on administrative leave after an allegation surfaced that the deputy sent an “inappropriate email with racial epithets” before being employed by the[Read More…]
Gov. Kate Brown fires director of Oregon Employment Department over delays in delivering jobless benefits
The Oregon Capitol building in Salem. Photo: Chas Hundley Coronavirus resources: CDC on the coronavirus, Oregon Health Authority resources, Washington County resources, Oregonian reporting on the coronavirus, OPB glossary of coronavirus terms, NYTimes free reporting on the coronavirus. This article was originally published by the Oregonian/OregonLive, one of more than a dozen news organizations throughout the[Read More…]
Column | The Diaries of Esther Lilly Hundley: May 28- June 3, 1931
The farm that Esther Lilly Hundley and her family lived on in Gales Creek Cast of characters –Esther Lilly Hundley & Charles Hundley (written as Charley/Chas), the author of the diaries and her husband. –Bill (written as Billie) and Elsie, Esther and Charles’ firstborn and his wife. –Ted and Thelma,[Read More…]
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