For two weeks, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue, which serves Gales Creek's rural district, will have a temporary chief while Chief ...

A proposed toll road linking Forest Grove and Tillamook faced opposition, but Gales Creek residents would take any road they ...

"County Jail Filled to Overflow With Arrests Made" including Ernest Narver, Frank Kearns, Thomas Young, and Roy Kearns, all ...

An 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia on Tuesday evening according to the National ...

Gales Creek farmers were deeply invested in a route that would cut from Forest Grove through Gales Creek to Tillamook. Today, portions of that route have become the Wilson River Highway, and Old ...

Gales Creek Journal Newsletter | July 16, 2025 Volume 1, issue # 8 Good evening, Gales Creek! We are working on stabilizing our newsletter schedule. There are some pretty significant backend changes ...

As Gov. Tina Kotek works the phones in an effort to stave off hundreds of layoffs at the Oregon Department of Transportation July 31, the lists of proposed layoffs and elimination of unfilled ...

The annual Washington County Fair is set to return to Hillsboro July 18 through July 27, offering guests 10 days of free admission, family fun, live entertainment, animals, carnival rides and fair ...

According to Forest Grove Fire & Rescue, about four acres of grass field and some adjacent brush were burned Sunday evening near the intersection of NW Thatcher Road and NW Kemper Road. The cause ...

Gales Creek Journal Independence Day Newsletter | July 4, 2025 Volume 1, issue # 7 Good afternoon and Happy Independence Day, Gales Creek readers! However you choose to celebrate today, I hope you ...

The Gales Creek Strawberry Festival is back for its 55th year—featuring strawberries, live music, 50+ vendors, and new this year, a giant chess set.