A Banks man and his vehicle are struck by a train, a logging camp is for sale and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales Creek, Buxton, and beyond from September 6, 1923.
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Push to change Measure 110 gains momentum and money
A coalition has filed ballot initiatives to prohibit hard drug use in public places and has $700,000 lined up from donors, including Phil Knight
Gales Creek rerouted for fish habitat project at Balm Grove
one largescale sucker, 382 crawdads, 174 coho salmon and more fish were found and relocated as part of the ongoing Balm Grove project in Gales Creek.
Dallas Boge hangs up hat as rural fire board director
Dallas Boge spent nearly 25 years as a volunteer firefighter in Gales Creek before he was elected to two terms—eight years—on the Forest Grove Rural Fire Protection District Board.
COLUMN | Protecting Floodplains on the Tualatin River
“Flooding is a normal part of our waterways,” writes TSWCD Education & Outreach Specialist Adriana Lovell. “When houses and things that are meant to stay dry are built too close to these seasonally wet places, trouble abounds.”
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County September 6, 1923
The Banks Hog and Dairy Show is prepared, the Gales Creek Road gets a fresh coat of paint, and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales Creek, Buxton, and beyond from September 6, 1923.
Tillamook Forest Center to shift to fall hours before closing for season
This is the last weekend before the Tillamook Forest Center reduces hours for the fall and then closes in November. Should the center finish the season out this year—and, barring unforeseen catastrophe, there’s no indication that it won’t—it will mark the first full season the center has pulled off since 2019.
Fire danger to be lowered to ‘moderate’ Tuesday
Fire danger in this corner of the state has lowered enough that the Oregon Department of Forestry plans to reduce the fire danger level for public use restrictions to moderate (blue) Tuesday morning in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association (NWOFPA) region.
Smokehouse expands days, hours, and menu
A new day, new hours, and prime rib at the Smokehouse in Gales Creek are all on the menu.
Oregon emergency officials look to 2020 wildfires for lessons learned
State report makes recommendations to prepare Oregon for the next disaster, wildfire or otherwise