Following steep declines in school attendance in the immediate aftermath of the pandemic, Oregon students are slowly beginning to show up more regularly to class and a growing number of ninth graders are on track to graduate on time.
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Highway 6 back to one lane after initial repairs fail to stop sinking westbound lane
Highway 6 was back down to one lane Thursday morning. “With similar and further sinking this morning, we expect to flag traffic until the lane can be stabilized, and the surface repaired,” ODOT said in a statement. “This means the lane closure may last beyond today.”
November 20 CPO 13 meeting notice
The Gales Creek, Roy and Verboort CPO 13 will meet Wednesday night from 6 to 7 p.m. in Banks. On the agenda: A presentation on the American Legion by Dale Thaler.
Highway 6 fully reopened after sunken grade repaired
Both lanes of Highway 6 at milepost 35 are fully open, a spokesperson for the Oregon Department of Transportation said in an email to this newspaper at 3:45 p.m.
Highway 6 lane closure expected to last into Wednesday afternoon
Highway 6, down to one lane since early Wednesday morning after the westbound lane at milepost 35 dropped several inches is expected to be fully reopened by 2 p.m. Wednesday, an ODOT spokesperson said.
Dispatches from history: Gales Creek, Hillside, and more on November 20, 1924
A century ago, Timber had a hotel, and it lit on fire. “Bridge gang is heroic,” read the headline, crediting the heroic work of a small crew using fire extinguishers for keeping the fire from spreading to the rest of the town.
Highway 6 reduced to one lane at milepost 35
Highway 6 is reduced to one lane at milepost 35 according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office for what the Oregon Department of Transportation described as a sunken grade.
USPS mail collection box removed from Gales Creek
The sole United States Postal Service mail collection box in Gales Creek is gone. In a phone call with the Gales Creek Journal, Forest Grove Post Office Postmaster Andre Nguyen said the box was removed due to vandalism and lack of use, but said there could be a new box with antitheft measures placed in Gales Creek in the future.
High winds expected Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday morning
High winds are anticipated starting Tuesday afternoon, the Portland Office of the National Weather Service said in a Wind Advisory. Gusts up to 45 mph at lower elevation areas are expected, and higher coast range elevations could see 60 mph gusts.
Oregon confirms first human case of bird flu out of Clackamas County
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday confirmed that a person contracted bird flu in a case linked to an outbreak that sickened thousands of birds in a Clackamas County commercial poultry operation.
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