The Tillamook Forest Center is home to a replica fire lookout tower. Photo: Chas Hundley TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST – The Tillamook Forest Heritage Trust, an Oregon nonprofit organization that has spearheaded projects and initiatives in the Tillamook State Forest such as the Tillamook Forest Center, the Salmonberry Trail, and the[Read More…]
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Gales Creek Elementary School classmates gather for reunion
Attendees of the Gales Creek Elementary School 2019 Reunion gather in the history room in the Jennie Raines building. Photo: Chas Hundley GALES CREEK – On a warm August day, more than 50 people gathered in the heart of Gales Creek to reminisce over a bond that fewer and fewer[Read More…]
Column | True friendships last a lifetime: A bond made at the Gales Creek Elementary School
Former classmates from the Gales Creek Elementary School pose for a photo. Credit: Joyce Sauber This summer, a reunion put together in two weeks brought 19 out of a class of 27 students, along with parents, teachers, and former staff from Gales Creek Elementary School. Among those who attended were[Read More…]
River cleanup comes to the Wilson River on September 21
The Wilson River near the Tillamook Forest Center. Photo: Chas Hundley TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST – The Tillamook-based nonprofit Wilson River Cleanup Group (WRCG) is holding its annual river cleanup September 21, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The group wants to make sure the river may be enjoyed by[Read More…]
Column | The Diaries of Esther Lilly Hundley: September 1 – 7, 1930
Esther Lilly Hundley 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, Esther and Charles’ second-born and Ted’s wife. Gladys and Roy Bills[Read More…]
ODF looking for more lightning caused wildfires in Columbia Co., asks for public assistance
A Douglas-fir tree struck by lightning in Columbia County. Photo: Oregon Department of Forestry VERNONIA – Oregon Department of Forestry officials now say that the number of confirmed fires from lightning strikes early Thursday morning has grown to six, with crews investigating reports of three more smoke plumes. A storm[Read More…]
Fire danger on the rise first part of this week
A burned area in a field at Finegan Farms. Photo: Forest Grove Fire & Rescue NW OREGON – While the fire season has been mild for most of the northwestern portion of Oregon, the next few days — including today — will bring heightened danger as temperatures spike into the[Read More…]
Suspect in shooting of two Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies booked into jail
Dante James Halling. Photo: MCSO PORTLAND – Dante James Halling, 55, the suspected shooter involved in a gunfight that left Halling and two deputies with gunshot wounds was booked into the Multnomah County Jail on Friday, August 23, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Halling was arrested on warrants from[Read More…]
Tillamook State Forest road closures coming during hunting season
The Tillamook State Forest near Storey Burn Road. Photo: Chas Hundley TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST – The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) announced it will resume road restrictions this fall in the western part of the Tillamook State Forest to improve deer and elk escapement during hunting season. The 15-year-old program[Read More…]
Banks American Legion Post renamed in honor of former Gales Creek resident
John Kalmbach BANKS – The Banks American Legion officially changed its name to John Kalmbach Post 90, Banks, in memory of the longtime member who passed away April 21, 2019 at his home at age 83. John Kalmbach American Legion Post 90 Second Vice Commander Jack Holland said Kalmbach forever[Read More…]
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