Gales Creek Journal

08/16/2025

Update: they've been found!

Original:be on the look out for a small bay mare horse and donkey in the area of David Hill Rd and Gales Creek Rd.

A wooden gate broke and they escaped Saturday morning. They were last seen at 9:30 a.m. Ruby is a small bay mare and Heber is a grey donkey.

The Washington County Sheriff's Office has been notified.

08/16/2025

The Oregon Department of Forestry closed the North Fork Wolf Creek Shooting Lanes in the Tillamook State Forest this week to tackle maintenance and fire prevention work at the site.

08/15/2025

For two days this week, part of Gales Creek's downtown was transformed into Indiana, and the Gales Creek Community Church of God converted to Catholicism to serve as an Indiana church for a film adaptation of the novel 'Via Negativa.'

For two days this week, part of Gales Creek's downtown was transformed into Indiana, and the Gales Creek Community Church of God converted to Catholicism. That is, for a film being shot in the area.

08/15/2025

Ninety-two years ago on Aug. 14, 1933 a logging crew at the end of a railroad spur in the upper reaches of the Gales Creek Watershed sparked a wildfire.
That spark became the Tillamook Burn.

Ninety-two years ago on Aug. 14, 1933 a logging crew at the end of a railroad spur in the upper reaches of the Gales Creek Watershed sparked a wildfire. That spark became the Tillamook Burn. It changed Oregon forever: altering the economy, giving rise to communities and decimating others, changing[R...

08/15/2025

In 1925, a group of Gales Creek schoolchildren were the judges of a livestock competition. This and more in the news of a century ago!

Oil in Buxton. Moonshiners in Gales Creek. Banks was freshly a legal town. Timber had a West Timber. Welcome to 1925 in far western Washington County. This week, the clips come from the Hillsboro Argus, published August 13, 1925. The microfilm reader at the Forest Grove Library was out of[Read More....

08/14/2025

A recent rulemaking process from the Department of Land and Conservation Development could have limited what can be sold at farm stands, but an outsized public response to the potential rules put the process on an indefinite pause.

A recent rulemaking process from the Department of Land and Conservation Development could have limited what can be sold at farm stands, but an outsized public response to the potential rules put the process on an indefinite pause.

08/13/2025

A trailer was destroyed early Wednesday morning at a vineyard in Gales Creek, along with lumber being used to build a new home.

A trailer was destroyed early Wednesday morning at a vineyard in Gales Creek, along with lumber being used to build a new home.

08/11/2025

A 2-alarm brush fire, which also burned a shipping container and a junk pile, drew a multiagency response to the Gales Creek Valley on Monday afternoon, including a hazmat team, law enforcement and state fire resources Monday afternoon.

A 2-alarm brush fire, which also burned a shipping container and a junk pile, drew a multiagency response to the Gales Creek Valley on Monday afternoon, including a hazmat team, law enforcement and state fire resources Monday afternoon. Burning off Cox Road west of Gales Creek Road, deputies closed....

08/11/2025

We'll have a story up soon about the fire, but per fire officials, there are NO EVACUATIONS needed.

08/11/2025

I'm on scene at a wildfire involving a structure near Cox Road and Gales Creek Road. More info to come.

UPDATE: A 2-alarm brush fire, which also burned a shipping container and a junk pile, drew a multiagency response to the Gales Creek Valley on Monday afternoon, including a hazmat team, law enforcement and state fire resources Monday afternoon.

https://www.galescreekjournal.com/2025/08/gales-creek-brush-fire-draws-fire-hazmat-response-near-cox-road/

08/10/2025

The Banks BBQ will roll, crash, and hop into Banks Friday through Sunday, August 15–17. Haven't been? Read this story to find out all you need to know.

The Banks BBQ will roll, crash, and hop into Banks Friday through Sunday, August 15–17. Haven't been? Read this story to find out all you need to know.

08/09/2025

"Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures as high as 97 to 105 degrees expected, coupled with mild overnight low temperatures of 62 to 70 degrees" are in store for the Willamette Valley starting Sunday afternoon, the National Weather Service said.

"Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures as high as 97 to 105 degrees expected, coupled with mild overnight low temperatures of 62 to 70 degrees" are in store for the Willamette Valley starting Sunday afternoon, the National Weather Service said.