Oregon governor Kate Brown speaks at a press conference the afternoon of March 16, 2020. Dave Killen / staff, the Oregonian Coronavirus resources: CDC on the coronavirus, Oregon Health Authority resources, Washington County resources, Oregonian reporting on the coronavirus, OPB glossary of coronavirus terms, NYTimes free reporting on the coronavirus. This article was originally published by[Read More…]
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City of Banks sets new social media, email policy
Banks City Hall. Photo: Brenda Schaffer BANKS – The Banks City Council, since the outbreak of Covid-19, held its second Zoom meeting Tuesday, May 12, and passed a business item to cement email and social media policy. For those not in the know, Zoom is a video conferencing program that[Read More…]
Baker County Judge Invalidates Oregon Gov. Brown’s COVID-19 Emergency Orders
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 Coronavirus resources: CDC on the coronavirus, Oregon Health Authority resources, Washington County resources, Oregonian reporting on the coronavirus, OPB glossary of coronavirus terms, NYTimes free reporting on the coronavirus. This article[Read More…]
The primaries: What you need to know
The May 19 voters’ pamphlet. Photo: Chas Hundley OREGON – Registered voters must cast their vote by 8 p.m. on May 19 to be counted in the upcoming May primary election. According to the Oregon Secretary of State, 17% of eligible voters in Washington County had sent in a ballot[Read More…]
On the ballot: Washington County library levy
The 2018 Banks Public Library book sale. Photo: Chas Hundley Washington County Cooperative Library Services placed a new levy on the May 19 ballot that would renew the five-year property tax levy currently providing 40 percent of library system funding the library system, which is set to expire in July[Read More…]
On the ballot: Washington County public safety levy
The May 19 voters’ pamphlet. Photo: Chas Hundley Washington County placed a public safety services local option levy on the May 19 ballot that calls for taxing property owners 47 cents per $1,000 of assessed value Measure 34-296 would replace the existing five-year levy, which expires in June 2021, and[Read More…]
Banks Vernonia State Trail reopens
The Buxton Trestle on the Banks-Vernonia State Trail. Photo: Chas Hundley Coronavirus resources: CDC on the coronavirus, Oregon Health Authority resources, Washington County resources, Oregonian reporting on the coronavirus, OPB glossary of coronavirus terms, NYTimes free reporting on the coronavirus. BANKS – As of 7 a.m. Monday, the Banks Vernonia State Trail is open to the[Read More…]
Adventist Health offers telemedicine to access in-home healthcare
The Adventist clinic in Banks. Photo: Chas Hundley Coronavirus resources: CDC on the coronavirus, Oregon Health Authority resources, Washington County resources, Oregonian reporting on the coronavirus, OPB glossary of coronavirus terms, NYTimes free reporting on the coronavirus. Tillamook-based Adventist Health wants its customers to know it now offers on-demand, virtual office visits, known as telemedicine, to[Read More…]
ODF closes dispersed camping in state forests
The Gales Creek Overlook in the Tillamook State Forest. File photo: Chas Hundley//Banks Post Coronavirus resources: CDC on the coronavirus, Oregon Health Authority resources, Washington County resources, Oregonian reporting on the coronavirus, OPB glossary of coronavirus terms, NYTimes free reporting on the coronavirus. OREGON – While some parks are beginning to open to day use activities[Read More…]
Fire officials warn of increased wildfire danger this weekend
A recent wildfire in the Tillamook Forest. photo: ODF OREGON – With temperatures expected to be in the low 80’s and high 70’s for much of the state this weekend, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) is warning that conditions in April and May have been unusually dry and could[Read More…]
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