Hillsboro Herald

01/13/2026

History made across the pond! 🇬🇧🥁 The Glencoe Marching Tide just took over the streets of London for the 40th Anniversary New Year’s Day Parade!

From Hillsboro to the world stage, our students dazzled over 700,000 live spectators and a global audience of millions. We couldn't be prouder of their hard work, stamina, and "record of excellence" that brought them all the way to the UK. Way to go, Tide! 🌊🎶

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FULL STORY AT HILLSBOROHERALD.COM

01/13/2026

From the Pacific Northwest to Piccadilly Circus! ✈️🎷

A huge congratulations to the Glencoe High School Band for their incredible performance in London’s New Year’s Day Parade! As the first band from Oregon to ever be invited in the parade’s 40-year history, these students have truly put Hillsboro on the map.

Director Ben Adams and the Marching Tide represented our community with world-class talent and dedication. Thank you to all the parents, chaperones, and donors who made this once-in-a-lifetime trip possible!

Check out the highlights of their 2-mile march through the heart of London. 🇬🇧👇

https://hillsboroherald.com/watch-as-glencoe-high-school-band-performs-in-londons-new-years-day-parade/

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One of the stories the Herald had hoped to cover during the New Year week was the Glencoe High School Bands, who had an amazing trip to London, England. The Crimson Tide played Carnegie Hall in 2024, and were one of the only high school bands ever invited to play in the London New Year's Day Parade!...

01/10/2026

🧾🏗️If this is the future, then the people of Hillsboro deserve a real say in it — and Oregon deserves deals that actually pay us back instead of asking us to smile while the ground gets sold out from under our kids. 💸

LINK TO FULL VIDEO & STORY IN OUR BIO

More Perfect Union released a feature today that puts Hillsboro’s “Data Center Alley” on the national map — and it’s the most honest look yet at the tradeoffs: farmland 🌾 and industrial land disappearing, infrastructure strain, and incentive structures that don’t reliably translate into lasting local benefit.⚡️

I spent the day with Dan Lieberman and team touring North Hillsboro and running numbers. The reporting’s takeaway is blunt: a lot of the “jobs” story is relabeling and relocation—workers shifting from other sectors into temporary construction, while long-term headcount stays limited.

🏫If you’ve got firsthand experience (worker, neighbor, teacher, small business owner), I want to hear it. This is our home—we should have a say in what gets built, where, and what we get back.

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01/10/2026

Check out this little teaser!

https://hillsboroherald.com/hillsboros-data-center-gold-rush-isnt-creating-new-jobs-its-moving-them-and-oregons-paying-the-price-2/

01/10/2026

If this is the future, then the people of Hillsboro deserve a real say in it — and Oregon deserves deals that actually pay us back instead of asking us to smile while the ground gets sold out from under our kids.

More Perfect Union released a feature today that puts Hillsboro’s “Data Center Alley” on the national map — and it’s the most honest look yet at the tradeoffs: farmland and industrial land disappearing, infrastructure strain, and incentive structures that don’t reliably translate into lasting local benefit.

I spent the day with Dan Lieberman and the team touring North Hillsboro and running numbers. The reporting’s takeaway is blunt: a lot of the “jobs” story is relabeling and relocation—workers shifting from other sectors into temporary construction, while long-term headcount stays limited.

If you’ve got firsthand experience (worker, neighbor, teacher, small business owner), I want to hear it. This is our home—we should have a say in what gets built, where, and what we get back.

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Hillsboro, Oregon: More Perfect Union dropped a video today that finally does what too many officials and press releases won’t: it walks right into the belly of the beast and asks the question regular people have been living with for years — what are we actually getting in return for this data c...

01/08/2026

🙏 Prayers For that was today.

As we all watched, the spirit of every American who ever looked up at the Red, White, and Blue was Murdered. The hope for a better America was Murdered. The Freedom we hold to be our birthright as Americans was Murdered. It happened in real time, online, and out in the open. We can all see who is responsible for this murder and who cut them loose on the world. We can all watch in horror as it happened. We can all debate the facts- but deep down we all know it was a god damn murder. Murder. Murder. Murder. America was Murdered today.

We are all hurting tonight. Real Americans must fight on. We have no other choice.

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01/06/2026

Part 2 - 🏛️ Hillsboro’s 2026 agenda is a land + incentives push — and most residents aren’t in the room when it’s being shaped.
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Here’s what City Hall is lining up for Salem (per the City’s own agenda materials):
🗺️ North Hillsboro UGB expansion (SB4 / “Semiconductor Task Force” land)
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🏷️ Expanded R&D tax credit (beyond semiconductors)
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🧾 A 5-year property tax exemption on “qualified new capital equipment”
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🎁 Stronger Enterprise Zone incentives
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And the kicker: the City memo says community engagement isn’t specific to the legislative agenda — meaning residents may only see the plan once it’s already “baked.”
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⚡💧 If we’re going to expand boundaries and supercharge incentives, we deserve:
✅ the map • ✅ the numbers • ✅ the timeline • ✅ a real public process.
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🔗 Read the full story: https://hillsboroherald.com/hillsboros-2026-agenda-signals-a-north-hillsboro-ugb-push-and-more-carrots-for-data-center-expansion/

KEYWORDS: 🗺️ UGB • 🌾 Farmland • 🧠 Data Centers/AI • ⚡ Power • 💧 Water • 🧾 Property Taxes • 🎁 Incentives • 🕵️ Transparency • 🗣️ Public Input

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01/05/2026

🛰️🧵 Hillsboro just gained “Ring” status — and with it, a new reality: we’re being marketed as a trans-Pacific internet gateway.

🏖️ Oregon Coast landings → 🧵 terrestrial backhaul → 🏢 Hillsboro data centers
That’s the pipeline. And once a region becomes a cable + ring + interconnection hub, the land rush gets baked in.

🤐 Here’s the part that burns: Where are the public meetings?

🏛️ Why are residents always left in the hallway with ZERO input?

📣 Read the full breakdown at the Hillsboro Herald (link in bio / site).

🔥Cables + Ring + AI = a land rush… and we’re not invited to the map.🔥

🛰️ Subsea cables
🧵 Fiber “Ring”
🏛️ City Hall / secrecy
🤐 No public meetings
🇺🇸 National infrastructure
🌏 Trans-Pacific gateway
🧠 AI demand
⚡ Power load
💧 Water demand
🏗️ Land expansion / UGB
💰 Tax breaks / incentives
🔌 Interconnection / carriers
🧾 Receipts / documents
🚨 Urgency / warning
📣 Public accountability

Hillsboro isn’t just “a data center town" now. It’s a trans-Pacific internet gateway of National and International importance. Here’s how subsea cables land on the Oregon Coast, how they route into Hillsboro, and what a fiber “ring” really is.

01/03/2026

Does anyone believe that this 🇻🇪 got job is about anything else but and corruption within our supposed leadership? WE MUST NOT ACCEPT THIS IN

01/01/2026

This is how many people are feeling... if these Creightons were any number of those in power in the highest places, this would be about right. We all see it. We all know it. We, all us people of good heart and conscious, want justice for the many victims. At least the arm of the law which we know believe does not exist. This was a good scene from and powerful movie.

12/31/2025

🧨 Hillsboro’s Top Stories of 2025 — chosen by readers.
Intel. Data centers. Energy projects. Farmland loss. Road closures. Accountability.
This is what people actually read because it affects real lives.

👉 Full Year-in-Review on HillsboroHerald.com.
Question: What should we investigate next in 2026?


https://hillsboroherald.com/hillsboro-herald-2025-year-in-review-data-centers-intel-ice-dominate-top-stories/

The Hillsboro Herald completed its 5th year on a roll, bringing news stories to the world that no one else dared to cover. From the massive layoffs at Intel Corp to the ongoing explosive growth of Data Centers, our community and its people were being pushed like never before by mid-year. Then came I...

12/31/2025

💙🧱 Hillsboro Community Foundation = local impact you can actually measure.

In 2025, HCF delivered $661,881 in grants, scholarships, and community support—arts & culture, scholarships, the all-inclusive playground at Hidden Creek, youth sports, and more.
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Also worth knowing: HCF qualifies for the Oregon Cultural Tax Credit (when paired with a matching gift to the Oregon Cultural Trust). Max credit amounts listed: $500 individual / $1,000 joint / $2,500 C-corp. (Not tax advice—check your situation.)
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Let’s build 2026 the right way—locally, transparently, and together. 🤝

Hillsboro’s future has always been shaped by people willing to show up, lead, and think beyond their own time. As our city changes fast, one value should never move: enhancing the quality of life for everyone who calls this place home. That’s the mission the Hillsboro Community Foundation (HCF) ...