The Oregon Capitol building in Salem. Photo: Chas Hundley Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek (D-Portland) is calling for the immediate resignation of Rep. Mike Nearman (R-Independence) after Capitol security cameras showed a video of the House representative opening a back door to the Capitol, allowing rioters to enter the building[Read More…]
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President Donald Trump impeached a historic second time
The White House on Sunday, Sept. 30 2018. Photo: Chas Hundley President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives, a second time for the president, and a first for the nation. No other president has been impeached twice. Several House Republicans joined their Democratic Party colleagues in[Read More…]
Oregon legislature prepares for 2021 legislative session
The Oregon Capitol building in Salem. Photo: Chas Hundley This year’s legislative session will be the first full session since COVID-19 caused the state to go into lockdown, and as a result of the pandemic the Legislature on January 7 released its 2021 safety plan, which aims to ensure transparency[Read More…]
Banks Fire District January 2021 Fire Log
Banks Fire District Engine 16 heads toward the Powerline Fire in September 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley The Banks Fire District January 2021 Fire Log. Photo: BFD
2020: The year that was
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 What a year. At times, 2020 felt like a decade crammed into one 366 days (it was a leap year, after all) with an astounding[Read More…]
Oregon Congressional delegation safe after Trump supporters storm U.S. Capitol
United States Capitol. File photo: Chas Hundley Violence erupted in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday as supporters of President Donald Trump stormed into the U.S. Capitol, which just moments before had seen members of the U.S. Senate debating a challenge to Arizona’s electoral votes cast for President-Elect Joe Biden. Videos[Read More…]
Column | Happy Resilient New Year
Erica Harold-Heine Erica Harold-Heine, a Banks resident, holds a B.S. in Homeland Security & Emergency Management. While she serves as a Banks city councilor, Harold-Heine noted that her personal views reflected here do not represent any policy of the city of Banks nor the city council. Happy New Year everyone! I hope you[Read More…]
Wind Advisory begins at 4 p.m. Saturday
Power lines near Forest Grove. File photo: Chas Hundley The Portland branch of the National Weather Service issued a Wind Advisory that begins Saturday at 4 p.m. and extends through midnight the same day for the majority of the Willamette Valley and other areas of the Pacific Northwest. According to[Read More…]
COVID-19 risk status lowered in six counties
Face masks. Photo: Chas Hundley Governor Kate Brown on Tuesday, December 29 announced updates to the risk levels in all Oregon counties under the state’s public health framework that aims to reduce virus transmission and protect Oregonians from COVID-19. Four different risk levels are used for counties based on the[Read More…]
West Oregon Electric Co-op prices increasing Jan. 1
West Oregon Electric Co-op offices in Vernonia. Photo: Chas Hundley Beginning in the new year, members of the West Oregon Electric Co-op (WOEC) will see an increase in their electricity bills. In a letter to the WOEC membership, the co-op noted that, after a decision by the co-op’s board of[Read More…]
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