Washington County Fire Crews prepare to return home on Friday, June 25. Photo: OSFM With record-breaking temperatures on the way this weekend, local health officials are urging Oregonians to take caution, and fire officials are urging people to not be the cause of a wildfire. The Portland office of the[Read More…]
Chas Hundley
Oregon’s COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted by June 30, Gov. Brown says
File photo: Chas Hundley Oregon’s risk level framework and the majority of masking, capacity, and social distancing measures will be lifted no later than June 30, Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced in a press conference on Friday, June 25. The framework and safety measures could end sooner, if the state[Read More…]
‘Excessive Heat Watch’ issued in advance of weekend triple-digit temperatures
The sun near Mountaindale on July 31, 2017. The sun is widely considered a significant contributing factor to high temperatures. Photo: Chas Hundley It’s going to be hot this weekend, so hot, in fact, that meteorologists are expecting the possibility that June temperature records could be broken, and that the[Read More…]
Crews from Banks, area fire agencies deployed to central Oregon in case of fire
Banks Fire District firefighters and other area agencies prepare to deploy to central Oregon. Photo: TVF&R Local firefighters from Washington County and the Oregon Department of Forestry are providing aid to other Oregon counties anticipating potential fires in central Oregon and currently battling blazes in southern Oregon as most of[Read More…]
Banks BBQ is back
Combines line Highway 47 on August 17, 2018. Photo: Chas Hundley After a year’s hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Annual Banks BBQ, Truck & Tractor Pull will return to Banks from August 20 – 22 at Sunset Park. What would have been the 75th year in 2020 of holding[Read More…]
Fire season, burn ban begins as triple-digit temperatures loom
The Banks Fire District #13 headquarters in Banks on March 3, 2019. Photo: Chas Hundley A county-wide burn ban went into effect Tuesday morning at 7 a.m., putting a halt to all backyard, agricultural, slash, and other debris burning. Still allowed are small outdoor cooking or warming fires and barbecue[Read More…]
Washington County adds ten $10k cash prizes, 5 $20k scholarships to COVID-19 vaccine lottery
File photo: Chas Hundley Washington County residents who get their first shot of a coronavirus vaccine by June 27 just got a better chance at winning $10,000 — or a scholarship for those ages 12 – 17 — after Washington County announced a new set of prizes added to the[Read More…]
Chlorine supply shortage won’t impact Banks, which creates its own chlorine
The city of Banks’ hypochlorite generation system on September 6, 2017. Photo: Chas Hundley A Longview, Wash. chemical facility suffered a power outage earlier this month and as a result, chlorine supplies to municipal water suppliers in the Pacific Northwest are dwindling. The chlorine shortage came after Houston, Texas-headquartered Westlake[Read More…]
Fire season in local region will begin Tuesday, June 22
A “Super Scooper” plane fights the Powerline Fire near Cherry Grove. Photo taken from ODF video Fire season in this corner of Oregon will begin Tuesday, June 22 at 1 a.m. In a June 16 email signed by the three Oregon Department of Forestry district foresters for the Forest Grove,[Read More…]
Banks City Council approves budget, more at June 8 council meeting
Banks City Hall. Photo: Brenda Schaffer The Banks City Council met Tuesday, June 8 for their regular monthly meeting and for a work session. During the meeting, councilors and the mayor discussed and took action on a fairly light number of agenda items, while did adopting the “Fiscal Year 2021-2022[Read More…]
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