Otto, a Dilley-area resident, took his oath, but Hammond, a Gales Creek resident, was unexpectedly absent. He’d joined a task ...

In advance of Independence Day, the Oregon Department of Forestry is raising fire danger from low to moderate in areas in and ...

Banks' Independence Day celebrations, from a free event held on the grounds of Sunset Park, races at Sunset Speedway to ...

The Oregon Department of Emergency Management is urging Oregonians to be vigilant in the face of a National Terrorism ...

The Washington County Elections Division released the certified election results from the May 20 special district election Tuesday, including precinct-level data on the election that saw just one ...

At 12:01 a.m. on Monday, June 23, fire season will begin in lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry in the ...

Water is on the agenda for CPO 14's Thursday evening meeting, with guests lined up from the Oregon Water Resources Department, who will speak on groundwater in western Washington County.

Oil in Buxton. Moonshiners in Gales Creek. Banks was freshly a legal town. Timber had a West Timber. Welcome to 1925 in far western Washington County. In this column, we take a look back one hundred ...

The 55th Annual Gales Creek Strawberry Festival will be held on the grounds of the Gales Creek Community Church and the Gales Creek School Saturday, June 14 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The festival, an ...

A fast growing wildfire in the Columbia River Gorge is being fought with the aid of local firefighters out of Gaston and Banks. According to the Oregon State Fire Marshal (OSFM), the Rowena Fire, ...

Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue enacted a burn ban Saturday morning, appearing to be the first Washington County fire agency to do so as a heat wave looms over the region. According to a press release, ...

Nearly four years after Congress approved a mammoth disaster relief grant to help Oregonians recover from the destructive 2020 wildfires, records show that more than 90% of the money remains unspent, ...