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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Letter to the editor: As Washington County’s population continues to grow, it’s important to protect productive agricultural lands and ensure that farming communities continue to thrive
