Gales Creek News

Starting next month, if you're late in returning Michelle Tullier's book "Overcoming Procrastination" to the Forest Grove City Library, you'll pay.

Of all the energy issues circulating through the Oregon Legislature, none is more acrimonious than proposals to build new terminals and pipelines to import liquefied natural gas.

Route 1: Right on Main Street, left on Willamina Avenue, left on Gales Creek Road to B Street.

Salem-News.com - May 26, 2009 - 12:29 am May-25-2009 21:30 Serious Crash Near Forest Grove Halts Traffic for Hours Head on crash injures ten on NW Wilson River Highway west of Forest Grove.

At 6:30 p.m. Monday, a BMW on Highway 6 near Gales Creek was slowing to make a left turn when it was rear-ended by a Toyota pickup.

Ten people were injured Monday evening in a three-car accident at the intersection of Northwest Wilson River Highway and Northwest Gales Creek Road in rural Washington County.

Drivers on the Wilson River Highway may have wondered what the cover deck and the buildings beyond are all about.

Pilot Jeffrey Duyck wasn't injured when his 1986 Maule MX7-235 crashed after it hit a stand of arborvitae near a landing strip on open farmland in rural Washington County.

A small plane crashed Sunday trying to land on a private gravel runway near Gales Creek.

The pilot and passenger of a small plane escaped injury when the plane flipped over while landing at a private strip in the Gales Creek area of Washington County.

Almost 140 years ago, the small community of Carnation was established not far outside of Forest Grove.

Jerry Munger keeps his woodworking skills sharp by outfitting local community theaters with custom props.

A sign expressing Gales Creek-area residents' opinion about liquified natural gas terminals along Gales Creek Road.

Richard Hanschu points to a map of a proposed pipeline route. He said that if an LNG terminal is built in Oregon, the gas pipeline that feeds it will ruin his forest land.

Here's a quirky thing about car insurance: What you pay doesn't depend all that much on how many miles you drive.

Who knew Andy Goldsworthy - British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist - would be an inspiration for Teresa Perrin and her students at the Forest Grove Community School? As an art teacher and the ...

Gales Creek students and staff members danced the Virginia Reel as part of the festivities last Thursday.

Gales Creek Elementary School will celebrate its 150th birthday on Valentine's Day, Feb.

A swollen Gales Creek spills over into fields just off of D Street in Forest Grove.

Looks like we are in for some more flooding this year. I suppose after all this snow that it should come as no surprise. I have heard reports that highway 8 out of Forest Grove can be difficult to traverse as large amounts of water is flowing over the road. Gales Creek is quickly rising so take measures to be prepared.