08/31/2025
Chas Hundley, owner and editor of the Gales Creek Journal here.
You’ll soon be getting more news coverage, faster, and more consistently — because we’re merging the Gales Creek Journal with News in the Grove.
I am the sole staff member at the Gales Creek Journal and News in the Grove. I need to change that, but to be frank, Gales Creek is too small a territory to grow to a sustainable business model, as is Banks, where our sister publication the Banks Post operates.
I believe that by adding Forest Grove to our coverage area, which includes the same school district, the same fire district, and is a center of commerce and shopping for Gales Creek residents, I can have the room to grow this little operation to a robust, modern, hyperlocal newspaper.
If you already subscribe digitally to News in the Grove, we’ll automatically cancel your Gales Creek Journal subscription once the transition is complete, so you won’t be double-charged.
Moving forward, the Gales Creek Journal will operate as News in the Grove, which means our subscribers will receive news from Gales Creek, Glenwood, Hillside, the city of Forest Grove and the communities of Dilley, Verboort, Hagg Lake, and other areas in the Forest Grove School District. Make sure to follow our page for News In The Grove.
You'll start to see changes tomorrow, and I'm hoping to have the transition complete later next week. Subscribers, both free and paid, will be automatically added to News in the Grove's email list.
We are NOT merging with our other publication the Banks Post, which will remain independent, and for our PRINT subscribers, there is no change. Print subscribers will continue to receive an 8-page print newspaper with the Banks Post and Gales Creek Journal combined for the time being (I’ll share updates soon about improvements to the print edition). We're not adding Forest Grove news to print today, other than the occasional Forest Grove news that involves Banks or Gales Creek in some other regard, such as school district news or fires that involve local firefighters.
Thank you for your support as we make this transition. Open the comments for even more about our history and what's next for News in the Grove and the Gales Creek Journal!
Your editor, Chas Hundley