Pox sweeps through the lower Gales Creek Valley and it's strawberry season in Hayward: This and much more in this week's edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
Have you ever lost important paperwork? Despite 150 years of maintenance, Washington County can't locate proof that about 3/4 of a mile of Harrington Road east of Roy is, in fact, a county road.
Remember last year's excavator chase near Buxton? Well, the same guy was arrested yesterday after leading police on another chase, on foot, this time into a ravine.
Federal prosecutors are seeking a wide range of records related to former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan and the marijuana moonlighting that cost Fagan her political career.
At least four people are dead in Washington County in the last five days. "Users are warned that there may be a batch of fentanyl circulating the street that is particularly dangerous to use," the sheriff's office said.
In 1923, Gales Creek was apparently a pioneer in roadwork. This and much more in this week's edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
