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.
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Dispatches from history: Western Washington County July 5, 1923
Is your last name Heesacker, Vanderzanden, Vandehey, Clapshaw, or Campbell? Find out what your family was up to a century ago in Roy, Banks, Manning, Gales Creek, and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History.
Woman dies while in custody at Washington County Jail
A woman lodged in the Washington County Jail died early Friday morning, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County June 28, 1923
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.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County June 21, 1923
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.
Fire districts throughout Washington County ban most outdoor burning
Following the start of fire season in ODF lands, the rest of the county has also taken steps to limit most outdoor burning.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County June 14, 1923
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.
Washington County isn’t certain part of Harrington Road is legally a county road
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.
Rash of deaths in Washington County ‘likely related to fentanyl use’
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.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County June 7, 1923
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.