Hillsboro News Times

12/13/2025

Local standout football players filled the list of NWOC/5A Special District 2 all-league honorees. See the whole list here...

Northwest Oregon Conference /5A Special District 2 Offensive Player of the Year Trevor Glos, Wilsonville Defensive Players of the Year Ben Wiepert, Wilsonville Keona Tam, Wilsonville Offensive Lineman of the Year Scottland Telesa, Aloha Defensive Lineman of the Year Daniel Lazaro, Wilsonville Coach....

12/12/2025

Over 800 Hillsboro students walked out of class to join a protest Friday outside the Hillsboro Civic Center. “It’s important to have this many people out here supporting so people can really see what's happening and really see the problem and maybe change it," one student said.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates. Continuing calls against local immigration enforcement, Hillsboro High School students staged a walkout at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 12. The demonstration began in front of the school, where students plan to spend roughly an hour before walking to Sh...

12/12/2025

"We want justice; we want rights. We want ICE out of sight," chanted students at Shute Park during the Hillsboro School District walkout. Read more on the developing story here: https://hillsboronewstimes.com/2025/12/12/hillsboro-high-students-walk-out-friday-to-protest-ice-enforcement/

12/12/2025

The hearing on Capitol Hill came less than one month after a gunman shot two West Virginia National Guard members in broad daylight outside a Washington, D.C., Metro station just blocks from the White House.

WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers who oversee armed services policy split along party lines Thursday when examining the deployments of the National Guard to cities across the country under what President Donald Trump describes as a crime-fighting strategy. Members of the Senate Committee on the Armed Se...

12/12/2025

Following school walkouts across Washington County earlier this week, Hillsboro students left class Friday morning to protest ICE enforcement locally. This is a developing story; check back for updates.

Continuing calls against local immigration enforcement, Hillsboro High School students staged a walkout at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 12. The demonstration began in front of the school, where students plan to spend roughly an hour before walking to Shute Park to join community members and peers from ot...

12/12/2025

It’s been a rocky road for the longtime scoop shop, which has been closed since a vehicle plowed into its storefront.

Hillsboro’s local ice cream parlor is back to serving up scoops more than a year after a holiday crash forced it dark. Jim’s Ice Cream will reopen its doors at 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, the business announced over social media. It’s been a rocky road for the longtime scoop shop, which has been c...

12/11/2025

NW Natural's hydrogen blending and renewable natural gas projects are facing layoffs and factory closures.

NW Natural hydrogen blending and renewable natural gas projects in partnership with Tyson and Modern Hydrogen are facing layoffs and factory closures   Oregon’s largest gas utility, NW Natural, has in recent years touted hydrogen-blended gas and “renewable natural gas” as the solution to redu...

12/11/2025

Banks and Valley Catholic standouts littered the list of 3A/2A/1A All-State honorees. See the whole list here...

3A/2A/1A Player of the Year: Eliza Nisly, Amity Coach of the Year: Andy Dyer, Amity First Team Eliza Nisly, senior forward, Amity Cassidy Paulson, junior forward, Oregon Episcopal Mila Nguyen, junior forward, Creswell Addi Dauler, senior midfielder, Catlin Gabel Adie Nisly, senior midfielder, Amity....

12/11/2025

Oregon’s two oldest universities are considering a merger that would create the state’s largest private institution.

Oregon’s two oldest universities are in talks for a merger that would create the state’s largest private institution. Pacific and Willamette universities announced Thursday, Dec. 11, that their respective boards signed a letter of intent to begin negotiating an agreement to join together in what...

12/11/2025

The OSAA's recent classification changes has some local schools on the move. Who's moving and where are they going? Read about it here...

Falcons, Warriors are headed to the 5A, while the Braves are moving back to the Cowapa League Things will look a little different for a few local high schools when it comes to sports next fall, as a result of the OSAA’s classification and districting committee’s final recommendation for 2026-30....

12/10/2025

The organization is asking immigrants and allies across the state to strike and stay home from work or school on Thursday, Dec. 18, to demonstrate their importance to the community and economy.

PCUN and the Oregon For All coalition, Oregon’s farmworker union and an immigrant advocacy group, are leading the “A Day Without an Immigrant” movement.

12/10/2025

We're one week into the high school basketball season. Who are the best boys teams in the state per the coaches? Find out here...

Below are the most recent statewide Boys Basketball Coaches Polls in all classifications for the 2025-2026 winter season. Thanks to all the coaches who took the time and had the expertise to contribute their opinions to this endeavor. Please note: these polls are for generating interest and discussi...