Washington County News

Maria Bolanos-Rivera with five of her six children Lorena, Reyna, Francisco, Nancy, Maria and Martha.

Authorities on Thursday seized more than three pounds of meth worth about $30,000 on the street, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

The Reedville Cafe , a Hillsboro landmark since 1950, was voted the "People's Choice" award for favorite restaurant by the Washington County Visitors Association .

Get up close and personal with an alpaca this weekend at the Alpaca Open Barn, co-hosted by Easy Go Farm of HIllsboro and Alpacas of Oregon at their Sherwood location.

Clare Carver, owns and runs the winery and farm operations at Big Table Farms along with her husband, Brian Marcy.

The city of Forest Grove will offer a chance for residents to reflect on and honor veterans this Memorial Day weekend.

Census estimates place Hillsboro's population at 95,327 as of July 1, 2012. That figure puts Hillsboro as the 312th largest city in the nation.

Longtime board member Rebecca Lantz lost her bid for re-election to Erik Seligman, while Janeen Sollman retained her seat against A. Richard Vial.

Lori Duckworth wasn't one to hide her marijuana activism. She was a regular at legislative hearings on medical marijuana bills.

Remember the Newberg Pool? Fish with bent skeletons. Deformed mystery creatures pulled from a deep slack segment of the Willamette River over many years.

A sober house for recovering addicts operated for a year across from Reedville Elementary unbeknownst to the Hillsboro School District , the sheriff's office and the probation department in part because there is no formal county oversight as to where such houses are located.

Banks' urban growth boundary is shown in color surrounding the city's current limits, which are shown in grey.

A Vancouver woman alarmed after hearing a 5-year-old girl talk about bathing rituals contacted authorities who interviewed the child and then arrested a Beaverton police officer now charged with the rape of a child, according a police statement filed Thursday in Clark County Superior Court.

A fire broke out in a condomium in Aloha just before 5 a.m. Thursday. Two Washington County Sheriff's deputies were the first to arrive and used a ladder from a neighbor's house to access an upper floor window and help two people out of the house.

Washington County could lose out on a projected $40 million from a state income tax sharing program during the next two years if an informal proposal in Salem gains traction.

These are some of the conclusions to be drawn from a recent analysis of economic trends in the Portland metropolitan area conducted by Christian Kaylor, a work force analyst with the Oregon Employment Department.

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. One of Oregon's most famous local families is getting death threats.

In unofficial results posted in Tuesday night's election, Beaverton School District voters supported a five-year, $15 million local-option levy with 27,510 votes, or nearly 57 percent, to 21,053 votes, or 43 percent, opposing funding Measure 34-204. Approval of the levy means local schools will be able to move forward with the first year of adding ... (more)

Fire crews received dozens of calls for service in the Sherwood area within an hour Wednesday afternoon for electrical problems, according to Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue .

A prison health services provider that is subject to an ongoing Washington County audit may get an almost $8 million, two-year renewal of its contract without a competitive bidding process.