Hillsboro and the Silicon Forest, in plain English.
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Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
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View MoreFather pleads for help finding missing Hillsboro teen
Hillsboro Police and the Washington County Sheriff's Office are searching for 16-year-old Keyana Allison, missing since Aug. 7 from Hampshire Downs Apartments, after she left a birthday card expressing depression and self-harm thoughts; her father is asking residents to check security footage and call with tips.
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View MoreWildfire smoke forecast to return to Hillsboro Thursday evening
A second round of wildfire smoke is forecast to reach Hillsboro by Thursday evening, Aug. 13, bringing moderate-to-unhealthy air quality before clearing Friday afternoon — less severe and shorter than the early August event that pushed local AQI to 163.
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View MoreHillsboro landfill fire, 25-acre brush blaze contained
The garbage fire at WM Hillsboro Landfill and the 25-acre brush fire it sparked on Aug. 8 were both contained Saturday evening with no homes damaged; the cause remains under investigation.
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View MoreLandfill fire sparks 25-acre brush blaze, injures Hillsboro firefighter
A garbage fire at the WM Hillsboro Landfill on SE Minter Bridge Road sent embers into a neighboring field Saturday afternoon, igniting a 25-acre brush fire that forced two home evacuations and injured one Hillsboro firefighter. A fire investigator is working to determine the cause.
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View MoreTree-killing beetle likely detected at Hillsboro's Jackson Bottom Wetlands
The emerald ash borer has likely reached Hillsboro's Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve, with official confirmation pending from the Oregon Department of Forestry, as the invasive beetle spreads to multiple new Washington County sites including Beaverton and the Banks-Vernonia State Trail.
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View MoreHillsboro cooling centers open as heat, smoke leave 22,500 homes without AC
With heat and wildfire smoke creating dangerous conditions in Hillsboro, Washington County officials point to cooling centers, free transit rides and long-term AC assistance programs for the more than 22,500 county homes without air conditioning.
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View MoreWashington County cold case unit arrests Gaston man in 1994 murder
A 66-year-old Gaston man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the 1994 killing of his 85-year-old neighbor Veta Hardebeck, after the Washington County DA's Cold Case Unit used grant-funded DNA testing to crack the 30-year-old case.
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View MoreDriver with 0.21% BAC arrested after crashing into Hillsboro home
A 27-year-old driver was arrested on suspicion of DUII after crashing into a Hillsboro home near SE Brookwood Avenue and SE Oakhurst Street on July 28, with a blood alcohol content of 0.21%, more than twice Oregon's legal limit.
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View MoreHillsboro police cancel National Night Out as smoke, heat shut down outdoor events
The Hillsboro Police Department canceled its National Night Out Party Patrols and the downtown Tuesday Night Market was called off for Tuesday, August 4, as wildfire smoke pushed air quality to "Unhealthy" levels and a heat advisory brought temperatures near 100 degrees.
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View MoreWildfire smoke pushes Hillsboro air quality to 'Unhealthy' levels through Thursday
Wildfire smoke from fires near Spokane pushed the Portland-Hillsboro area's Air Quality Index from 50 toward 182 overnight Monday, with conditions forecast to remain "Unhealthy" through Thursday, Aug. 6, as a Heat Advisory compounds the danger for residents.
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View MoreMan arrested on child sex abuse charges had possible Hillsboro youth soccer ties, sheriff says
Yamhill County investigators arrested a McMinnville man on first-degree sodomy and sexual abuse charges and say he may have been involved in Hillsboro-area youth soccer, prompting a public appeal for potential additional victims to contact Detective C. Bartlett at 503-434-7464.
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View MoreMeasles outbreak adds six exposure sites near Hillsboro as back-to-school vaccination deadline nears
The Portland-area measles outbreak has grown to 32 Oregon cases with six new exposure sites identified since July 17, including Sky Zone Beaverton less than four miles from Century High School, as Hillsboro School District families face a narrowing window to meet Oregon's two-dose MMR requirement before the post-Labor Day school start.
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