A face mask. File photo: Chas Hundley WASHINGTON COUNTY – Good news, everyone. You won’t have to keep your mask on while attempting to eat at your favorite restaurant. New guidance issued Friday by Governor Kate Brown’s office from the Oregon Health Authority clarifies the mandatory mask memo made Wednesday,[Read More…]
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Digital public hearing set for new apartment proposal in Banks
Banks City Hall. Photo: Brenda Schaffer BANKS – The city of Banks Planning Commission is holding a virtual town meeting on June 30, 2020, at about 6:30 p.m. to review an online site-plan for the construction of a 30-unit, multi-family complex — Banks Apartments — at 42350 NW Banks Road.[Read More…]
Washington County reopening fate now tied to Metro counties, Gov. Brown announces
A face mask. File photo: Chas Hundley WASHINGTON COUNTY – Beginning Wednesday, June 24, face coverings will be required in all indoor public spaces in several counties, including Washington County, Governor Kate Brown announced Wednesday afternoon. Other counties included in the order are Multnomah, Clackamas, Hood River, Marion, Polk, and[Read More…]
Black Lives Matter protest draws hundreds in Banks
Protesters on June 12, 2020 in Banks. Photo: Chas Hundley BANKS – As the rain fell on Greenville Park on the late afternoon of Friday, June 12, close to 300 people gathered to hear a handful of speakers, remember the life of a Black man killed by police, and to[Read More…]
Hillsboro man dies in Manning crash
A screenshot of the area the crash was in. Map: ODOT MANNING – A Hillsboro man died in a collision with a commercial vehicle in Manning Thursday morning. Emergency crews were first dispatched to the call around 8:40 a.m. Thursday, June 11 near mile post 47 on Highway 26. According[Read More…]
Fatal crash in Manning closes Highway 26
A screenshot of the area the crash is in. Map: ODOT Update: Highway 26 has reopened as of 1:25 p.m., according to ODOT. Manning – Highway 26 is closed as crews investigate the scene of a fatal crash near the Manning Dairy Queen. According to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office,[Read More…]
Banks May 2020 Police Log
The front door of the city of Banks administrative offices. Photo: Chas Hundley The following is written by deputy Ryan Pope with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, the agency that is contracted to provide police services in Banks. For the month of May notable events are as follows: · Parking[Read More…]
Banks National Drinking Water Week coloring contest winners
Artwork: Alejandro Flores-Hall The city of Banks holds a coloring contest every year to commemorate National Drinking Water Week for youth in Banks, and no pandemic can stop it. Here are the winners — and their artwork — of the contest. First place winners receive a $25 gift card to[Read More…]
Seven days, twenty protests: Washington County residents march, protest, and call for change
Protesters line 19th Way in Forest Grove on Tuesday, June 2. Photo: Chas Hundley WASHINGTON COUNTY – In the span of one week, cities and communities in Washington County saw at least 20 protests decrying police brutality in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, a Black man, from[Read More…]
Black Lives Matter protest and march planned Friday in Banks
A man photographs a Black Lives Matter protest in Forest Grove on Tuesday, June 2. Photo: Chas Hundley BANKS – Organizers plan a protest and march Friday evening to show solidarity with Black community members in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by police, adding Banks as the[Read More…]
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