A truck heads toward Tillamook on Highway 6 – a route that will be clogged with traffic this holiday weekend if past experiences hold true. Photo: Brenda Schaffer OREGON – The Continental Congress declared freedom from a tyrannical British government on July 2, 1776, and fully adopted the document known[Read More…]
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Fire season begins for all Department of Forestry land in the state of Oregon
Image courtesy ODF OREGON – With the declaration of fire season on July 1 for the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) Northwest Oregon and North Cascade protection districts, the entire state has now entered into official fire season on ODF protected lands. ODF’s Southwest Oregon District was the first of 12[Read More…]
Want to see Star Trek 2 in a state park? Now you Khan
(Photo: CBS Television Studios) BUXTON – Stub Stewart State Park is host to a variety of activities — disc golf, horseback riding, mountain biking, to name a few — but for one night on Saturday, July 13, the park’s Hilltop location will transform into a movie theater for a free showing[Read More…]
Fire season begins Monday, July 1
Banks Fire District 13 responds to a residential fire on Saturday, June 29. Photo: Chas Hundley NW Oregon – Fire season officially begins Monday, July 1 in Northwest Oregon. Many neighboring regions have already declared fire season to be in effect, with local officials watching the weather and planning their[Read More…]
Emergency crews mount two hour rescue for dirt bike rider seriously injured in the Tillamook State Forest
Photo from the scene: Forest Grove Fire & Rescue BROWNS CAMP – A dirt bike rider crashed at Browns Camp on Monday afternoon, requiring an extensive rescue to extract the patient, who was eventually transported via air ambulance to a Portland-area hospital. According to Forest Grove Fire & Rescue (FGF&R),[Read More…]
Brush fire burning north of Manning draws response from regional fire agencies
Photo from the scene provided by Banks Fire District 13 MANNING – Fire crews from Banks Fire District 13 were dispatched to reports of a brush fire north of Manning in the area of Cason Road and Levi White Road just before 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, according to Banks Fire[Read More…]
Banks Braves win the state baseball championship
Photo: Angela Scorcio SALEM – On June 1, at 11:44 a.m., the Banks Braves varsity baseball team won the OSAA Onpoint Community Credit Union 4A State Championship game, beating the Henley Hornets 3-1. With a strong defense, the Banks kept Henley from scoring anything more than one point. Jumping to[Read More…]
State Rep. Mitchell to hold town hall in Banks on June 2
The Banks Public Library. Photo: Chas Hundley BANKS – State Representative Tiffiny Mitchell, representing Banks, Gales Creek, Gaston, and cities and communities up and down the North Coast will hold a town hall event on Sunday, June 2 at 3 p.m. at the Banks Public Library. The event is one[Read More…]
Salmonberry Trail Intergovernmental Agency will meet June 7 in Tillamook
A portion of the Salmonberry Trail in Tillamook. Photo: Chas Hundley SALEM – The Salmonberry Trail Intergovernmental Agency (STIA) will hold a board meeting on Friday, June 7 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Officer’s Mess Hall at the Port of Tillamook Bay, 6825 Officer’s Row, Tillamook Ore. The meeting[Read More…]
For Roy, Mountaindale area voters, TVF&R levy will pass, and an incumbent will fall
A fire truck near Roy from the former Washington County Fire District #2, which was annexed into TVF&R in 2017. Photo: Chas Hundley WASHINGTON COUNTY – Early elections results indicate that, should results hold, the Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue local option levy will pass, with voters in early results[Read More…]
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