Election 2024: Suzanne Bonamici heading to another term in U.S.
Nov 6, 2024 · Representing Oregon's 1st Congressional District, Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici is headed to another two year's representing Oregon's northwest corner in Washington D.C.
Highway 6 fully reopened after sunken grade repaired
Both lanes of Highway 6 at milepost 35 are fully open, a spokesperson for the Oregon Department of Transportation said in an email to this newspaper at 3:45 p.m. The agency had scrambled a repair team to the site after the pavement dropped more than half a foot early Wednesday, leaving motorists with blown tires according to eyewitness reports …
Highway 6 reduced to one lane at milepost 35 - Gales Creek Journal
Nov 20, 2024 · Highway 6 is reduced to one lane at milepost 35 according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office for what the Oregon Department of Transportation described as a sunken grade.
Washington County has a new judge for a new seat
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek announced the appointment of Elizabeth R. Lemoine to a new seat on the Washington County Circuit Court Friday.
High winds take out power, downed trees close Highway 6
Dec 26, 2024 · Overnight winds brough trees down on area roads, littering Highways 26 and 6 with debris and taking out power for Portland General Electric and West Oregon Electric Co-op customers throughout the region. Highway 6 remained …
Timber Road reopening date delayed five months to May
Dec 9, 2024 · Timber Road’s estimated reopening date has been delayed five months. Washington County had hoped to open Timber Road at the end of December, but in an update to the project website Monday morning said the reopening date had moved to May 2025. “Our contractor has excavated the slope and is now filling it back in with stronger materials,” Washington County Land Use and Transportation ...
Veterans 'Stand Down' event will connect veterans to housing, job, …
A one-day resource and connection fair for Washington County veterans will be held in Hillsboro Friday, Nov. 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. On the docket: help with housing, employment, health care, COVID-19 and flu shots, haircuts, clothing, pet food, legal help, and advocates for state and federal benefits.
Dispatches from history: youth killed in Gales Creek logging …
A century ago, a young man was killed when a log rolled over him. This and more in a very short dispatches from history.
Inmate dies at South Fork Forest Camp, Oregon DOC says
Oct 30, 2024 · An inmate at South Fork Forest Camp in the Tillamook Forest died Tuesday, the Oregon Department of Corrections announced Wednesday.
2 political newcomers seek Republican nomination for Rep. Stout’s ...
May 2, 2024 · Regardless how this election year goes, the next representative of state House District 31 in northwest Oregon will be a political newcomer. The two Republicans running for their party’s nomination in the May 21 primary, Realtors Darcey Edwards and Aaron Hall, have not previously held elected office. And only one Democrat seeks the office, 21-year-old tax consultant Jordan Gutierrez, who is ...