A Fir Creek resident heads to Timber to do some blacksmithing, a telephone company starts in Vernonia, and more in this week's edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
Live in Buxton, Timber, Manning, Roy, Mountaindale or elsewhere outside of city limits, qualify for SNAP benefits, and pay for garbage and recycle service directly? You may qualify for 75% off your garbage bill.
In Washington County, constituents will have an opportunity to see, hear from, and ask questions of Oregon's senior Senator Thursday, January 12, starting at 2 pm at the Conestoga Recreation Center, located in Beaverton at 9985 SW 125th Ave.
Less murder, more community happenings in this week's edition of Dispatches from History, the last of 1922. Next week, a new year of the "Roaring Twenties" begins in 1923!
A 17-year-old Cedar Canyon resident, formerly of the Groveland community on Gales Creek, confesses to the murder of a Hayward hermit in this week's edition of Dispatches from History.
Washington County said it would activate its Severe Weather Shelters in Hillsboro and Beaverton in the face of life-threatening cold temperatures expected to grip the region. The facilities will each open Wednesday, December 21 at 4 p.m. until at least Saturday, December 24 at 12 p.m.
A century ago in western Washington County: Snow inundates the region, the Nick C. Lilly store in Gales Creek sells, the Vernonia stagecoach through Timber can't get through and more!
Washington County Land Use and Transportation said the department’s road crew staff was down by about 25%, which could delay plow times in the Banks, Buxton, Manning, and Mountaindale areas and beyond.
The Washington County Board of Commissioners will host the final of four county Town Halls this year Tuesday, December 6 at 6 p.m., focusing on the work of each of the elected commissioners and their work in 2022.
