Dispatches from history: Western Washington County October 16, 1924
October 16, 2024
A Hillsboro man died a century ago while working for the Gales Creek Logging company after a two-ton piece of machinery fell on him.
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Officials with the two Portland-area counties worry they’ll lose millions under a new funding formula set to go into effect next year.
“We are all glad to see it go,” said ODF Forest Grove District Forester Mike Cafferata in an email sent Tuesday as the agency filed the appropriate paperwork to officially close the 2024 fire season.
A meeting of the Gales Creek, Roy and Verboort CPO 13 will be held in Banks October 16 from 6 to 7 p.m. and online. Attendees will hear a presentation on the OSU Extension Service and other community topics.
A century ago, two acres of orchard could produce three tons of dried prunes in Gales Creek.
The northern lights could be visible starting Thursday, and power and communications systems could see impacts from what could be a severe geomagnetic storm hurtling toward Earth.
The DMV says it identified 302 more voters who shouldn’t have been registered, bringing the total to 1,561.
“The Hillside Road fire is still putting off a tremendous amount of smoke, and it’s reported to be noticed as far as the north side of the [Forest Grove] city limits, Now that it’s daylight, we are working to remove the building that surrounds the hazelnut dryer, and get to the deeply burning nuts still inside,” FGF&R said in a Friday morning update.
Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said a barn fire on Hillside Road had been upgraded to a two-alarm fire Thursday night.