Forest Grove News

Riley Gallinger-Long and the last letter he sent his wife of five months, Hope, before he left for war.

Yovane Muro, who is schizophrenic and catatonic, has never been found fit to stand trial in the 2004 Forest Grove slaying of which he's been accused.

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David Hill Vineyards northwest of Forest Grove is among the Washington County wineries ready to welcome visitors during the Memorial Day weekend.

The Music in May festival was started at Pacific University in 1948 by former music education professor Richard Greenfield as a way to cultivate the talents of high school string musicians.

Police responded to the 1100 block of 32nd Place on a report of a burglary in progress.

Andy and Angela Rogers run down a pedestrian path under Washington Street in Sherwood.

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Mary Jo Morelli will lead tours of historic downtown Forest Grove on Wednesday evenings starting June 6. Here, he marvels at the Giant Sequoia trees on the Pacific University campus.

The Forest Grove Firefighters Association is teaming up with local business owner Chris Sutton of Carpet MD to bring back the county's largest fireworks show after it was discontinued in 2002.

Norm Smith and classmates attend a morning seminar Thursday at Pacific University College of Optometry.

School mascots prohibited under Oregon's new rule includes Banks'. The rule allows the name "Warriors" but not "Braves" or "Indians." Good morning, Washington County .

Print publication: May 18 Voters in three Washington County communities did themselves considerable good when they decided that digging a little deeper into their pockets was worth the cost of maintaining public services and giving new life to a decrepit school.

Budget committee chair Dale Wiley peruses the Forest Grove School District's 2012-13 financial proposal as about 100 audience members listen to administrators talk about $3.1 million in cuts planned for next year.

Forest Grove voters seem to be fine with an increase in their property taxes. In early returns Tuesday, about 60 percent of voters were supporting Forest Grove's five-year local option levy.

Lisa McKinney tags an order of Hot Skwash headed to a customer in Northfield, Ill.

An outpouring of support filled the city chambers Monday, as close to 50 community members and nearly 40 of the city's firefighters and police officers came out for a council meeting that was largely a tribute to the city's police and rescue workers.

With a comparable budget to last year, the city of Cornelius is, essentially, about maintenance.

The main suspect in a the theft of a machine and trailer from L.L. Stub Stewart State Park last year was indicted and arraigned on the charges last month, according to Oregon State Police .

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