“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.”
Washington County
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.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County August 10, 1923
A train crash near Buxton, a judge vacations in the Gales Creek-area neighborhood of Watts, and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales Creek, Buxton, and beyond from August 10, 1923.
Wyden to hold Washington County Town Hall in Tigard
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden will hold a town hall in Tigard Wednesday, August 16 for constituents in Washington County.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County August 2, 1923
Clapshaw, Love, and Hundley are just a handful of the family names scattered throughout this week’s edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales creek, Buxton, and beyond from August 2, 1923.
New ambulance provider takes over August 1
On August 1, Washington County will transition from longtime emergency 9-1-1 medical transportation provider Metro West Ambulance to American Medical Response.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County July 26, 1923
1933 technology for wildfire prevention? A platform built 70 feet up a tree and “strong field glasses.”
That and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County July 19, 1923
A tale as old as time: a dance in Dilley is “Gents 75¢, ladies free.”
That and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County July 12, 1923
A play in Gales Creek to fund running water at the cemetery, the old school building goes up for sale, and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History.
Merkley town hall for Washington County residents is July 15
The latest town hall for Washington County residents to meet with Oregon’s junior Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) will be held in Hillsboro Saturday, July 15 at 1 p.m.