Highway 6 is closed between mileposts 27 and 42 after a landslide and sunken grade made the roadway impassable. No reopening estimate has been made yet. Homes and businesses east of milepost 35 can still be accessed, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said. www.newsinthegrove.com/highway-6-cl...

A windstorm swept through the region overnight, knocking out power for thousands, littering roadways with debris, and closing schools in Gales Creek and Dilley. www.newsinthegrove.com/power-out-ac...

Pacific University and Willamette University are pursuing a merger. News in the Grove spoke with the presidents of each university to see what could be next. www.newsinthegrove.com/pacific-univ...

Little information about threats to students and staff at the Forest Grove High School allegedly made by other students has come to light after three weeks. www.newsinthegrove.com/fghs-hit-lis...

For the first time this season, the gates at Fern Hill Road are up. www.newsinthegrove.com/fern-hill-ro...

While the gates are still open, traffic cameras show that Fern Hill Road is, in fact, now flooded. isfernhillflooded.newsinthegrove.com

Heavy rain could cause flooding and landslides, and high winds could add to the morass by toppling rain-soaked trees into power lines and across roads, local officials warned Monday. www.newsinthegrove.com/flood-watch-...

More than 300 students from the Forest Grove High School left the school campus and walked nearly five-miles round trip to the flagpole east of Safeway and back to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Washington County. www.newsinthegrove.com/hundreds-of-...

A Forest Grove police officer is facing DUII and official misconduct charges tied to an Oct. 15 incident in Forest Grove www.newsinthegrove.com/forest-grove...

A 'hit list' at the high school, events like the Gales Creek Holiday Bazaar, and much more are in this week's newsletter. www.newsinthegrove.com/forest-grove...

The city of Forest Grove is seeking a successor to Forest Grove Police Department Chief Henry Reimann, who plans to retire when a replacement has been found. www.newsinthegrove.com/forest-grove...

A Forest Grove man was found guilty on November 14 on several charges stemming from his 2023 sexual assault of a child, the Washington County District Attorney's office said. www.newsinthegrove.com/forest-grove...

The news can be a little grim - take a break with our weekly history column, now featuring the classic arcade game "Snake!" www.newsinthegrove.com/column-1925-...

Forest Grove High School officials were made aware of a list of 43 students and Forest Grove School District staff members on a "hit list," officials said. There is no active threat, according to police. www.newsinthegrove.com/hit-list-of-...

Forest Grove dazzled with a Pom routine that landed the highest score at Saturday's event. www.newsinthegrove.com/dance-drill-...

In response to a dip in attendance attributed to immigration enforcement fears, the Forest Grove School Board approved a partnership with the Hillsboro School District Tuesday morning that will allow up to 30 FGSD students to attend school virtually. www.newsinthegrove.com/immigration-...

If you're looking for something to do this weekend, we've got live music, theatre, bazaar events and so much more in this week's Forest Grove news. www.newsinthegrove.com/forest-grove...

With new budget secured, ODOT Director Kris Strickler said it is time for new leadership. www.newsinthegrove.com/oregon-depar...

Using satellite imagery, researchers have discovered that nearly 5% of Oregon and Washington’s western forest canopy — about the size of Rhode Island — was scorched and damaged in the multi-day 2021 heat dome. www.newsinthegrove.com/2021-heat-do...

Before there was a Hagg Lake, there was a Scoggins Valley, and five denizens from there were arrested on charges of "reckless driving and possession of booze" in 1925. www.newsinthegrove.com/column-1925-...

Before there was a Hagg Lake, there was a Scoggins Valley, and five denizens from there were arrested on charges of "reckless driving and possession of booze" in 1925. www.newsinthegrove.com/column-1925-...

Before the Tillamook Forest Center closes for the winter, visitors can head west and join the Rain Festival or take a wreath-making class. www.newsinthegrove.com/rain-festiva...

For western Oregonians hoping to catch a glimpse of the aurora, disappointment awaits. "We do not have clear skies in the forecast," the Portland office of the NWS said. www.newsinthegrove.com/severe-geoma...

The Forest Grove City Council declared a state of emergency Monday night because of a surge in federal immigration enforcement in Forest Grove. www.newsinthegrove.com/forest-grove...

The Trump administration has instructed states that authorized full November nutrition assistance benefits to return a portion. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said her state will not comply. www.newsinthegrove.com/trump-admini...

Planned festivities in Forest Grove to mark Veterans Day and the 250th birthday of the Army, Navy, and Marines have shrunk from a full street fair-style event on Main Street to a quieter celebration after the National Guard pulled out today, organizers say. www.newsinthegrove.com/planned-vete...

More than 55 events, SNAP updates, county declares food and ICE emergency and more in this week's Forest Grove news. www.newsinthegrove.com/forest-grove...

In 1925, Veterans Day was called Armistice Day, and Forest Grove threw a parade to mark the occasion. www.newsinthegrove.com/column-1925-...

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Renewal levies for the county's library system and the Washington County Sheriff's Office were on track to pass in the initial election results released at 8 p.m. www.newsinthegrove.com/library-sher...

The Washington County Board of Commissioners voted to declare two separate states of emergency in response to federal actions, one over food insecurity and the other over a sharp increase in ICE activity in the county. www.newsinthegrove.com/washington-c...

Today is Election Day. To be counted, ballots must be turned in by 8 p.m. www.newsinthegrove.com/its-election...

NO NEED TO CALL 911: "Logging slash burns are occurring on private land above Hagg Lake today," Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said Tuesday morning. "You may see or smell smoke, but these are legally approved controlled burns, there is no need to call to report them,"

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will pay about half of November benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, though benefits could take months to flow to recipients, the department said Monday in a brief to a federal court. www.newsinthegrove.com/trump-admini...

"In the month of October 2025, we serviced 1,194 calls total," writes the Forest Grove Police Department in this month's roundup of stats from September 2025. Read more inside. www.newsinthegrove.com/column-fores...

This week's newsletter has Halloween events, a fatal crash in Gales Creek, and much more. www.newsinthegrove.com/forest-grove...

The Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, the neighborhood in this case being the Balm Grove neighborhood in Gales Creek, has been spotted in the area of Parson Road, often on foot or on his Spider-Bike, for much of this year. Now he's on Google Maps. www.newsinthegrove.com/the-parson-r...

Forest Grove-area voters must cast their ballots, containing just two questions, by Tuesday, Nov 4 before the 8 p.m. deadline. www.newsinthegrove.com/vote-by-nove...

A 22-year-old driver died last week in a single vehicle crash on Gales Creek Road between David Hill Road and Roderick Road on Friday, Oct. 24, the Washington County Sheriff's Office said. www.newsinthegrove.com/22-year-old-...

What were people doing in 1925 at a popular dance hall in Gales Creek around Halloween? Dancing at a masquerade and getting arrested for having booze. www.newsinthegrove.com/column-1925-...

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday declared a state of emergency over hunger and directed $5 million to food banks across the state, seeking to avert the impending November loss of food stamp benefits for hundreds of thousands of Oregonians. www.newsinthegrove.com/oregon-gov-k...

The Oregon Department of Forestry announced the completion of a stream enhancement project in the upper reaches of Gales Creek in the Tillamook State Forest. www.newsinthegrove.com/oregon-depar...

Federal funding for SNAP will run out Nov. 1 if the federal government remains shut down, leaving more than 757,000 Oregonians without the support they rely on to buy groceries. www.newsinthegrove.com/the-clock-fo...

Two business-based trick-or treat events in downtown and east Forest Grove, a haunted theatre, multiple bar parties and more await those looking to celebrate the spooky season in Forest Grove. www.newsinthegrove.com/ten-hallowee...

Banks, Gales Creek, and Forest Grove residents have all lost power at some point on Saturday. www.newsinthegrove.com/hundreds-los...

A Halloween verse from local poet Verne Bright, the latest in highway development efforts, and a Verboort Jubilee. www.newsinthegrove.com/1925-in-fore...

Forest Grove residents will get a better understanding of the Native American boarding school experience at an advanced screening of a documentary at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, at Pacific University's Taylor Meade Auditorium in Forest Grove. www.newsinthegrove.com/understand-h...

The Hillsboro Police Department identified a motorcycle driver killed in a crash in Hillsboro on Monday as Forest Grove resident Carlos Andres Marquez-Vargas, age 20. www.newsinthegrove.com/forest-grove...

A rumor circulating on social media that a meeting was held at Neil Armstrong Middle School informing the school that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would be at the school on Tuesday, Oct. 21 is false, the school's interim principal said. www.newsinthegrove.com/neil-armstro...

Two Trump-appointed judges overruled a lower court’s order that temporarily blocked the deployment for nearly a month. www.newsinthegrove.com/divided-appe...