Gales Creek News

Dedicated teachers, involved parents and eager students have added up to an "A" grade for Dilley and Gales Creek elementary schools.

The family of a missing Washington County man won't give up their search. And they're not the only ones.

Despite Democratic victories in 2008, the Oregon Legislature was a little less friendly to the environment this year according to a leading green group.

Even as state leaders quiet their opposition to installing liquefied natural gas terminals in Oregon, citizen activists are keeping the topic alive, whether by raising thousands of dollars for the cause at vineyard auctions, or bringing the protest to the parking lot of the Ballad Towne Shopping Center.

Political dominoes continue to fall in Washington County. State Rep. Chuck Riley, a Hillsboro Democrat, said Wednesday he'll give up his House District 29 seat to make a run at Republican state Sen.

Mendez: To Claudia Chavez and Alejandro Mendez, a daughter, Valeria Mendez, July 1, 2009, at Tuality Community Hospital.

Mendez: To Claudia Chavez and Alejandro Mendez, a daughter, Valeria Mendez, July 1, 2009, at Tuality Community Hospital.

Aided by dry weather and windy conditions, a two-alarm brush fire outside Forest Grove raged for nearly an hour Monday before local firefighters could contain it.

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