Hagg Lake. File photo: Chas Hundley, August 3, 2020 Free Fishing Weekend will return to Oregon on Friday & Saturday, June 5 and 6, the second of three such “Free Fishing Weekends” to be held in 2021. On those days, fishing, crabbing, and clamming is free to all residents and[Read More…]
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Nancy Hirsch appointed Oregon Department of Forestry’s acting state forester
Nancy Hirsch, pictured here with departing Oregon Department of Forestry State Forester Peter Daugherty in December of 2018 at her retirement as deputy state forester. Photo: ODF The six members of the Oregon Board of Forestry unanimously voted to appoint Nancy Hirsch as interim state forester in a short special[Read More…]
Oregon Department of Forestry warns of fire danger over Memorial Day weekend
A burn pile that escaped control on NW Strohmeyer Rd on Tuesday, April 13. Photo: Forest Grove Fire & Rescue The Oregon Department of Forestry is warning of increased fire danger over Memorial Day weekend. “It’s time for everyone to put their Smokey hat on,” said Oregon Department of Forestry’s[Read More…]
Banks Road to have daytime closures due to construction
Banks Road as seen from Cedar Canyon Road on May 14, 2021. Photo: Chas Hundley Banks Road will close at Sellers Rd to 1/4 mile east of Sellers Road beginning June 1 through June 4 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. for road construction as developers work on the apartment[Read More…]
Highway 47 traffic camera goes live at Stub Stewart State Park entrance
The traffic camera at the entrance to Stub Stewart State Park entrance. Photo: ODOT A traffic camera initially expected to go live in April has been activated as of Wednesday, May 26 on Highway 47, facing south with a view of the entrance to Stub Stewart State Park. Live just[Read More…]
Banks National Drinking Water Week 2021 coloring contest winners
The city of Banks holds a coloring contest annually to commemorate National Drinking Water Week for youth in Banks, and this year is no different. Here are the winners — and their artwork — of the contest. The artwork was presented during the May 11 Banks city council meeting by[Read More…]
Online open house for traffic signal proposal at north end of Banks accepting comments through May 31
Image of the project courtesy Washington County LUT The most complex intersection in Banks, located at the north end of town, has been eyed for a redesign for years — an open house was held in Banks in December of 2017 to explore three design options — and plans are[Read More…]
All Tillamook, Clatsop State Forest campgrounds reopening by Memorial Day weekend
The Gales Creek Overlook in the Tillamook State Forest. File photo: Chas Hundley//Banks Post The Oregon Department of Forestry has announced that all campgrounds in the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests will have reopened by Memorial Day weekend, with the last few stragglers opening Thursday, May 27. Joining campgrounds opened[Read More…]
Board of Forestry to vote on interim state forester candidate May 27
Peter Daugherty (center) during a Salmonberry Trail Intergovernmental Agency meeting on August 4, 2017 in Grand Ronde. Photo: Chas Hundley The search for an interim state forester continues, with a vote on a candidate coming on Thursday, May 27 at a special meeting called for that purpose. Among other duties,[Read More…]
State hopes cash and scholarship prizes in lottery for the vaccinated will bring more shots in arms
File photo: Chas Hundley The state of Oregon is betting that a new lottery game — with cash prizes of up to $1 million — for those who’ve been vaccinated will pay off for the state’s slowing vaccination rates. The Oregon Lottery Commission met Friday morning and approved a new[Read More…]
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