North Plains News

Alvin Phipps is the lone male among the regulars who spend about an hour doing gentle exercises at the North Plains Senior Center before a group sets off on their weekly "Walk With Ease" around town.

A bill requiring composting companies to hold a community meeting before getting approval for a facility was unanimously approved by the Senate this week and now awaits a House vote.

A pair of planned composting facilities near Crescent and Christmas Valley won't be taking in commercial food waste from Portland, according to an official with the company handling the waste.

Fire crews put water on a trio of burning tractors stored inside the Easterday Road barn fire in rural Forest Grove on Saturday afternoon.

An odor monitor delivered mixed news this week about the Nature's Needs composting facility near North Plains: Most -- but not all -- odor complaints accurately identify the site as the source.

Now that the House votes on raising taxes and reforming public pensions are over , legislators are turning their attention to teen tanning, vending machines, composting facilities and other issues.