Banks City Hall. Photo: Brenda Schaffer BANKS – The Banks City Council will meet on Tuesday, March 10 at 6 p.m. for a regular work session followed by a 7 p.m. city council meeting. Both meetings are open to the public; an opportunity for public comment before the council is[Read More…]
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March events at the Banks Public Library
The Banks Public Library. Photo: Chas Hundley BANKS – The Banks Public Library will play host to a wide variety of events in March, and we’ve tried to include all of them from March 9 through the end of the month below. Wednesday, March 11 will see those interested in[Read More…]
Sports dispatch: This week in Banks sports, basketball ends, baseball, softball, golf, starting soon
Photo: Stewart Monroe BANKS – The Braves played a close basketball game against Stayton on Saturday, March 7, but in the last seconds of the game, fell 52 – 50 in round 1 of the playoff, ending the season for the boys. The Eagles’ Logan Classen scored with exactly 5.1[Read More…]
State of emergency declared to address coronavirus
This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Credit: Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM SALEM – As of Sunday morning, the number of presumed positive cases of the novel coronavirus in Oregon rose to 14, according to the Oregon[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Let voters decide on cap and trade
A log truck parks in front of Oregon’s capitol in June 2019 at a Timber Unity protest. Photo: Kevin Magwood By Adam Lardy, Buxton resident, Vice President and founding board member of Timber Unity I never thought my voice mattered in politics and so I wasn’t involved much. It seemed the[Read More…]
Vernonia man killed in crash on Hwy 47
Photo from the scene: OSP BUXTON – A Vernonia man died after his vehicle left the roadway and struck a utility pole near milepost 75 on Highway 47, according to Oregon State Police. According to a press release from OSP, Andrew Schappert, 35, of Vernonia, was driving southbound in a[Read More…]
St. Francis dinner to benefit school will be held in Roy March 8
St. Francis in Roy. Photo: Chas Hundley ROY – For the 53rd year, the St. Francis of Assisi parish will hold a benefit dinner on Sunday, March 8 to keep funds flowing into the St. Francis of Assisi school in Roy. The event, held from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.,[Read More…]
Highway 47 closed for fatal crash north of Buxton
A traffic camera at Staley’s Junction Thursday morning. Photo: ODOT BUXTON – Highway 47 is closed for a fatal crash near milepost 76, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation. The Banks Fire District confirmed the fatality in a media alert. According to Washington County Sheriff’s Office public information officer[Read More…]
County News Dispatch: Filing deadline for political office approaches, short term rentals, county K-9
K-9 Bolo and deputy Michael Zaugg. Photo: Washington County Sheriff’s Office This week’s installment of the county dispatch – quick hits that you should read, that we want to write about, but don’t have the staff and time to fully dive into. Filing deadline for local office approaches The May[Read More…]
Washington County adopts emergency declaration to address coronavirus
This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Credit: Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM HILLSBORO – In a bid to ensure that Washington County personnel can act quickly to contain the further spread of the novel coronavirus causing the[Read More…]
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