A face mask. File photo: Chas Hundley With climbing numbers of COVID-19 being recorded with no slowing down in sight, Oregon is walking toward the limits of hospital capacity in the Portland Metro area, a scenario public health officials have been trying to avoid since the first lockdown order in[Read More…]
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Thursday vote tally for county, state races and measures
A handmade sign encouraging voting in Banks on Tuesday, November 3. Photo: Chas Hundley With newer results in hand from the Oregon Secretary of State, here is where county, state, and federal races and measures stand on Thursday afternoon. The percentages and vote counts will likely shift slightly as county[Read More…]
Stephanie Jones wins election for Banks mayor
Stephanie Jones (right) and husband Kelly Jones (left). Photo courtesy Stephanie Jones Stephanie Jones has won the election for Banks mayor. Fending off a campaign from political newcomer Jonathon Boyer, Jones is on track to win the election handily, with Wednesday’s latest results showing her at 67.04% of the vote,[Read More…]
Suzanne Weber wins House District 32 race
Suzanne Weber. Photo courtesy of the Suzanne Weber campaign Republican Suzanne Weber has pulled ahead in the race for House District 32. The initial batch of results after 8 p.m. showed that her Democratic opponent Debbie Boothe-Schmidt was ahead by 98 votes, but as more results were counted, Weber quickly[Read More…]
Running unopposed, Janeen Sollman wins reelection bid for House District 30
Janeen Sollman, photo courtesy Oregon Legislative Website Running unopposed in the House District 30 race, State Representative Janeen Sollman coasted to an easy victory, netting 93.94% of the vote in early returns. When she is sworn in, Sollman will begin her third term in Salem. House District 30 covers a[Read More…]
Banks voters support annexation measure in initial vote results
The area that is up for annexation. Photo: city of Banks Voters in the city of Banks are on track to approve a measure to annex just over one acre of new land into city limits. According to early election results, the measure has received 69.1% of the vote, or[Read More…]
Results for city council races arrive with initial vote count
Banks City Hall. Photo: Brenda Schaffer Polls closed at 8 p.m., and moments later, the first wave of numbers were released on the Oregon Secretary of State’s election results website, confirming that the candidates running unopposed for a city council race — Jeff Thompson for CC2, Peter Edison for CC4,[Read More…]
As ballots are dropped off in Banks, Lauren Sheehan serenades voters
Lauren Sheehan and Reina. Photo: Chas Hundley In the Banks Public Library parking lot, more than 100 feet from the one of Washington County’s 21 ballot drop boxes, Lauren Sheehan is strumming a guitar. She’s there as a volunteer for the “Play For The Vote” organization, a nonpartisan group that[Read More…]
Want to vote? Do it by 8 p.m. today at a drop site or county elections office
A voter drops off a ballot on Saturday, October 31 in Forest Grove. Photo: Chas Hundley Those wishing to vote must do so today, at a ballot drop site or the county elections office. If you’re in line by 8 p.m., stay in line – you can still vote. “You[Read More…]
Column | The Diaries of Esther Lilly Hundley: Election Day special edition
The farm that Esther Lilly Hundley and her family lived on in Gales Creek Cast of characters –Esther Lilly Hundley & Charles Hundley (written as Charley/Chas), the author of the diaries and her husband. –Bill (written as Billie) and Elsie, Esther and Charles’ firstborn and his wife. –Ted and Thelma,[Read More…]
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