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Chas Hundley is the editor of the Gales Creek Journal and sister news publications the Banks Post and the Salmonberry Magazine. He grew up in Gales Creek and has a cat.

The Oregon agency that issues driver’s licenses erroneously registered more than 300 non-citizens to vote, though state officials say only two people actually cast ballots. State Elections Director ...

Mid-90s temperatures, winds and a dry grass field near the intersection of NW Thatcher Road and NW Kemper Road needed just one thing to go up in flames: a spark. According to Forest Grove Fire & ...

In this column, we take a look back one hundred years ago in western Washington County. This week, the clips come from the Washington County News-Times published October 4, 1923. Want more local ...

An 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia on Tuesday evening according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), prompting a Tsunami Watch for the ...

Highway 6 is closed east of Tillamook due to a fatal crash, the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office said Friday morning. According to a social media post made just before 8 a.m., the sheriff’s office ...

Following years of planning, tense negotiations and heated public comment, a landmark plan to reduce logging in Oregon’s western state forests to protect threatened species is nearing the finish line.

This story originally appeared in the Oregon Capital Chronicle and is republished here under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Read more stories at oregoncapitalchronicle.com. The Oregon secretary of state ...

The Buxton Trestle on the Banks-Vernonia State Trail. Photo: Chas Hundley Coronavirus resources: CDC on the coronavirus, Oregon Health Authority resources, Washington County resources, Oregonian ...

Oregon and Washington leaders are using the start of the region’s wildfire season to once again ask Congress for more money for prescribed burns. The practice of strategically starting low-intensity ...