Forest Grove News

The size of Forest Grove's monumental American flag at the intersection of Maple Street and 19th Way created a bit of a flap when it was installed this spring.

Michael Owen, a naturopathic physician who operates a clinic in Forest Grove, will give a free seminar on Type 2 diabetes from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.

The theft of 100 dance tickets from a classroom at Forest Grove High School 12 days ago marred "one of the best homecomings ever," according to leadership advisor Howard Sullivan.

Firefighters from Forest Grove, Hillsboro, Banks and Cornelius spent about 30 minutes suppressing the flames from a house fire last Thursday where grease and diesel burned extraordinarily hot.

Forest Grove police officer Jason Moser had the unenviable task of telling folks arriving after 11 a.m. Saturday for a swine flu vaccination clinic at Tom McCall Upper Elementary School that all 700 doses were already gone.

A search warrant on a Forest Grove home turned up more than a half-pound of methamphetamine and sent the two occupants to jail and a child to protective services.

The Tuality District of Boy Scouts of America will give Richard Kidd its first Good Scout award next month in recognition of his time as mayor of Forest Grove.

The Forest Grove Public Arts Commission will feature Banks resident and painter Robert Schlegel at its fifth "Meet the Artist" dinner next month.

A 2-year-old girl was taken into protective custody after detectives found methamphetamine in the freezer of a Forest Grove apartment.

Crews responding to a garage fire report about 7:20 p.m. today in Forest Grove found the whole home ablaze.

While creating dog parks in some cities has proved controversial, the Forest Grove City Council this week approved an off-leash area for dogs without any howls of protest.

Residents in the 1200 block of Spring Garden Way got quite a surprise Wednesday if they happened to look out their window at 6:52 p.m. That's when a single-engine bi-plane was driving - not flying - down their street.

Richard Kidd, who accidentally wound up in Forest Grove, went on to become city's longest-serving mayor Growing up as an Army brat, the oldest of five boys and a girl, he followed his father's military career across the United States before graduating from high school in Tokyo in 1954.

A new group in town is leading a march downtown tomorrow to demand LGBT marriage equality now - they say BRO is moving too slowly and missing the opportunity to pressure Obama and mainstream Democrats to push for same sex marriage rights nationally.

Should the number of children who qualify for free and reduced lunch at Reynolds High School dictate planning efforts for the Portland area? What about the number of fatal traffic accidents at the intersection of Southeast 82nd Avenue and Holgate Boulevard? Or the number of people who bike to work in Cornelius? Metro, the regional government that ...

A transient was arrested Thursday night for trying to rape a woman during a home invasion in September.

It's the time of year that any property owner in Oregon dreads. Property tax statements will be mailed Oct.

Police arrested a 53-year-old man Thursday who allegedly broke into the home of a 23-year-old woman and tried to rape her.

Lovers of accordion music, listeners and musicians will gather from 1:30 to 5 p.m., Sunday, Oct.

It's time to pay attention to those storm drains, and 'naturescaping,'as the fall rains come and the summer sun becomes a distant memory The Forest Grove News-Times, Oct 14, 2009 , Updated 4.3 hours ago It happens every year about this time: the rains begin and seem to not let up until the following May.