Friday was the deadline for groups to submit the more than 100,000 petition signatures needed to give voters a chance to approve or reject ballot measures. Only two measures – one that would tax corporations more to give $750 annual payments to all Oregonians and one that would restrict union-bustin
Washington County Parks will host two free concerts at Hagg Lake's Boat Ramp C this summer, the first featuring Nate Botsford Saturday, July 13 and the second Rockit Radio Saturday August 3. The park's usual $7 parking fee still applies.
Paving, pavement repair, chip seal paving, surface stabilization of gravel roads, and more road repairs begin today at a number of county roads in the area, and not a single rural unincorporated community this newspaper covers will be spared.
Hotline workers counted 456 hateful incidents directed at Jewish Oregonians, a 144% increase since 2022. The number of anti-Muslim incidents increased by 263%, from 27 in 2022 to 98 in 2023.
Demolishment of the Wilkes House, a roughly 150-year-old home believed to be among the oldest homes in Banks and Washington County began Friday morning.
"Confidence is increasing that this potentially historic heatwave will last several days," the NWS said. Inside: tips on staying cool and how we'll be covering this ongoing heat wave over the next few days.
Just two days after fire season began in lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association (NWOFPA), fire danger will be set to "moderate" or blue at 1 a.m. July 4 as the region braces for a four-day heat wave expected to hit beginning Indepen
The Banks Historical Society has launched a fundraiser in an attempt to save a historic house —possibly the oldest site-built pioneer home in town — and an acre of very old trees in Banks that's threatened by a planned development.
