Washington County News

A burn ban for Washington County is scheduled to begin at 1 a.m. Thursday. The ban will apply to all open burning and be in effect until further notice.

Washington County Sheriff's deputies found the body of a Buxton man Friday who died while riding his ATV near Linear State Park.

A Buxton man who failed to return home from an ATV ride Thursday was found dead Friday morning along a Buxton-area trail.

The city of Beaverton is suing The Round at Beaverton Central owners association to collect $861,562 in past due heating and cooling payments.

A little known plant in Oregon is making its ascension as the new scourge in the kingdom of noxious weeds.

Washington County transportation officials are moving forward with realignment of 175th Avenue and Roy Rogers Road at a point just north of Scholls Ferry Road after having condemned six-acres needed for the ...

Jeff Duyck was forced to drop his bid to unseat state rep Chuck Riley today after he found out Monday that elections officials had mistakenly assigned him to the wrong congressional district.

Officers from the Beaverton Police Department early today arrested a fourth person in connection with the 2007 murder of an Aloha man.

Police arrested a fourth suspect in a gang-related murder last spring. Jildardo Blancas-Perez, 24, was arrested Friday and charged with the murder of Constantino Cruz on May 20, 2007, in Aloha.

A Canby man landed his small plane in a field outside Reedville this afternoon when he ran out of fuel on the way to Hillsboro, the Washington County Sheriff's Office said.

A Washington County surgeon who earned the nickname "Doctor Death" for allegedly botching surgeries that left patients dead in Australia has agreed to be extradited there to stand trial on three counts of ...

A Washington County judge sentenced a former bookkeeper of a Hillsboro charter school to more than three years in prison for stealing from the school.

Your editorial was spot-on in terms of both the promise and the problems of building the new manufacturing clusters coming to Oregon.

For the thousands of motorists who traverse the small, unassuming waterway known as Fanno Creek on a daily basis, there is little to inspire more than a passing glance.

The third time was not a charm for the Tigard Water District, whose latest suit against the city of Tigard was denied in Washington County Circuit Court.

Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District will ask voters this fall for nearly $100 million in bonds for new parks, more hiking-biking trails, added natural areas and improvements to existing facilities.

With the federal government's timber payments to forest-rich states ending this year, the $238 million hit will ripple through every Oregon school district and most county governments.

State officials announced Monday that they have removed six residents from Connell House and have launched an investigation into the workings of the controversial residential treatment facility in Cornelius.

A man accused of driving under the influence crashed his SUV into a Tigard-area home Sunday morning.

A small line item in next year's budget could give Tualatin its biggest headache.