This is Part 3 of a 4-part investigative series examining municipal tax abatements, corporate lobbying contracts, and campaign finance networks across Hillsboro and Washington County. Read Part 1: The ...

The Real Story - A Column With Opinions Based On My Experiences -The Hundred-Million-Dollar Tax Shield (Part 1 of 4) ...

The Real Story - A Column The sanitized press release hit the wires on Monday, September 21, 2026. Packed with ...

The Hillsboro Herald receives communications from community groups and candidates during election cycles. The Herald is posting this information, which was sent to us by Friends of Smart Growth for ...

HILLSBORO, Ore. — Where hay fields, livestock, and open horizon once stretched across the Tuality Plains, towering concrete monoliths and roaring electrical substations have moved in. In the heart of ...

Update: Explosive Allegations of Potential Federal Fraud Filed Ahead of Tonight’s Hearing This Tuesday Night at Hillsboro City Hall, a very important land-use matter will come before the City Council, ...

The Hillsboro Schools Foundation has asked us to share the word about an upcoming fundraiser you can all get involved in, and the proceeds will support our local schools! You can sponsor, walk, run, ...

With 20 hours’ notice this past Sunday and a 9 AM start time Monday morning, the Hillsboro City Council began a meeting to pass a Temporary Data Center and BESS Energy Storage System Moratorium. As ...

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 ...

Are you looking for new leadership in Hillsboro? Anyone with a heartbeat in Hillsboro, Oregon, knows that things at City Hall are not going well these days. From the censure and controversy over ...

The mid-summer 2026 Hillsboro, Oregon real estate market is delivering some fascinating numbers. Locally here in Hillsboro, we are seeing a clear divergence between the broader headlines and what is ...

The 7-7-26 Hillsboro City Council meeting was something to behold. For the 1st time in 6 weeks, Mayor Beach Pace returned to the dais. The meeting was filled with action items and emotions and ...