As families prepare to celebrate Independence Day with the traditional lighting of explosives, fire and weather agencies are warning of other explosive conditions: The potential for wildfires to ignite and spread fast Tuesday and Wednesday.
Chamber visits mill in Gales Creek, and Earnest Lyda climbs 200 feet up a tree. This and much more in this week's edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
The Oregon Department of Forestry said fire danger would be raised to "Moderate" (blue) in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association (NWOFPA) region Thursday morning.
As the region barrels toward a 90 plus degree Independence Day, a local state forestry official said that five wildfires of note have already burned in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association (NWOFPA) region.
The Washington County Sheriff's Office is urging people to be on the lookout for 5-year-old Salix Heisinger, last seen Tuesday at about 6:20 p.m. near Manning.
Timber Road, closed since March 6 thanks to a portion of the road between Glenwood and Timber crumbling due to a slow-moving landslide, may not see construction begin on a fix for two more years.
Watts area voters approve measures to improve the schoolhouse, and a Hillside farmer has "luscious box of strawberries." This and much more in this week's edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
A log truck suffered a mechanical issue—the rear log trailer appears to have come off—and ended up partially depositing a pile of logs into the roadway on Sunset Avenue at the Main Street intersection in Banks.
The Salmonberry Trail Foundation is hosting another trail cleanup near Manning Wednesday, June 21. The event will cap a project to clear 7.2 miles of track between Banks and Buxton.
