It has been a very contentious and controversial 5 years in North Plains, Oregon. From ethics complaints and threats of suits to a revolving door of political offices, it has frankly been a mess. Not ...

The Real Story - A Column Let’s raise a glass to Genentech's press release today that they are expanding here in Hillsboro, ...

Hours before tonight’s City Council appeal hearing on the controversial Sky Harbour jet development, opponents escalated the fight by submitting explosive allegations of federal fraud to city ...

It was only because an adjacent concerned neighbor sent the Herald an email after receiving a mailer that this proposal is even making the news. Otherwise it likely would have been approved without ...

Six residents of Washington County are vying for your votes to win the District 4 Commissioner’s seat. Indivisible Forest Grove held another Town Hall last night, where candidates running for local ...

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 ...

April 8th, 2026- 10:34 PM- Editors Update: Thanks to the thousands of local residents who read this story and connected with it. When I published this story yesterday, April 7th, 2026, at 1 PM, nobody ...

I am totally immersed in every land sale, every movement of equipment, and every whisper in North Hillsboro’s massive industrial buildout. All of that in a City where information is locked down, ...

A rally was held in Hillsboro, Oregon, to protest what residents say has become an out-of-control data center buildup. Standing in the front yard of the historic Shute Farm, about 100 locals gathered ...

The Oregon Government Ethics Commission has voted unanimously to investigate four Washington County Commissioners over travel perks and disclosure failures while serving on the Board of Clean Water ...

Beth Graser was awarded the 2025–26 School Communicator of the Year by the Oregon School Public Relations Association (OSPRA) at its conference in Portland, Oregon. Graser serves as the Communications ...

One of the next big data centers in Hillsboro, Oregon, is likely to be the Digital Realty Trust, LP project on NE Wagon Way. The Dallas (TX) based company that already has large Data Centers in ...