The Gales Creek Neighborhood Watch will host Washington County emergency preparedness staff at a community event Wednesday, May 21 at 6:30 p.m. Located in the Gales Creek Community Church Fellowship Hall (9170 NW Sargent Rd), the event will be presented by Nancy Flores-Sanchez, Outreach and MRC program specialist with Washington[Read More…]
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Gales Creek Campground, other Tillamook Forest sites to open Friday
The Gales Creek Campground is among several Tillamook State Forest campgrounds that will open for the season Friday, May 16.
Column | 1925 in Gales Creek: A Rippling Waters birthday
1925 in Gales Creek: A Rippling Waters birthday, bootleggers are punished and more in the news of a century ago.
Gales Creek-area voters will vote for candidates on fire, school boards May 20
On May 20, the final ballots will be cast for the special district elections, with Gales Creek-area voters selecting candidates to take seats on the Forest Grove Rural Fire Protection District board and the Forest Grove School Board. Here’s who’s running and information on when and where to vote.
Clean Water Services CEO resigns
Taniguchi-Dennis’ resignation follows an investigation by The Oregonian/OregonLive into the agency’s use of luxury resorts for annual business trips to Hawaii.
Local students learn tractor skills, safety for work, fun
In a safety class held in April, young drivers from Hillside, Buxton, Manning and beyond got hands-on with tractors to prepare them for farm work and a hoped-for return of a tractor competition at the Washington County Fair.
Runners tackle the Tillamook Forest in three-day Tillamook Burn Trail Run
Runners from around the country are competing in the 10th Annual Tillamook Burn Trail Run, a three-day trail race series from Daybreak Racing on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Column | 1925 in Gales Creek: Toll road through Gales Creek discussion continues
1925 in Gales Creek: Discussions over a toll road through Gales Creek continue.
‘Fire season is here,’ Gov. Kotek declares May Wildfire Awareness Month, state prepares
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
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.
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