Banks Fire District Water Tender 14 responds to a field fire in Gales Creek on Tuesday, August 18, 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley Washington County’s burn ban, first announced on April 14, will lift at 8 a.m. Friday, April 23, according to Dave Nemeyer, a spokesperson for Forest Grove Fire &[Read More…]
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Washington County will move up to ‘High Risk’ starting Friday
Face masks. Photo: Chas Hundley Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced Tuesday that Washington County and several other counties would be moving to the “High Risk” category starting Friday under the governor’s 4-tier — Low, Moderate, High, Extreme — COVID-19 risk system. The full list of Oregon’s counties and where they[Read More…]
Friday ‘Red Flag Warning’ issued for NW Oregon
The area under a red flag warning. Map courtesy of NWS. April’s unseasonably warm weather has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a red flag warning beginning Friday at 11 a.m. and ending at 10 p.m. the same day for much of northwest Oregon and beyond. A red flag[Read More…]
Escaped South Fork Forest Camp inmate arrested
Jedaiah Lunn. Photo courtesy DOC A man who walked away from a South Fork Forest Camp work crew near the Gales Creek Campground on Wednesday, April 14 is back in custody. Jedaiah Lunn walked away from his work crew on Wednesday around 2:30 p.m., and was implicated in an assault[Read More…]
South Fork Forest Camp inmate escapes custody near Gales Creek Campground
South Fork Forest Camp entrance in November 2017. Photo: Chas Hundley 4/15 5:50 a.m. update: Lunn is back in custody, according to the DOC. A South Fork Forest Camp inmate walked away from a work crew near the Gales Creek Campground Wednesday around 2:30 p.m., the Oregon Department of Corrections[Read More…]
Burn ban enacted due to fire danger
Banks Fire District Engine 16 heads toward the Powerline Fire. Photo: Chas Hundley 11:20 a.m.: This story has been updated with a quote from the Banks Fire District. Beginning at 12 p.m. Wednesday, all burning — backyard debris, agricultural slash and more — in the Banks Fire District, Tualatin Valley[Read More…]
National Weather Service: ‘Unseasonably high fire danger throughout this week’
A burn pile that escaped control on NW Strohmeyer Rd on Tuesday, April 13. Photo: Forest Grove Fire & Rescue 11:15 a.m.: A burn ban will go into effect at 12 p.m., local fire agencies announced. 9:07 am.: This story has been updated with more information from the Oregon Department[Read More…]
City council talks zoning, forestry, audits and more at April 13 council meeting
Banks City Hall. Photo: Brenda Schaffer At the council work session, where councilors discuss items of import but do not vote or make decisions, councilors discussed an expiring police services levy, an overview of federal stimulus funds from the American Rescue Plan, a discussion centered around finding a new city[Read More…]
Washington County’s Harrington to present ‘State of the County’ virtually April 19
Chair Kathryn Harrington at her home office. Photo: Washington County Kathryn Harrington, the chair of the Washington County Board of Commissioners, will present the annual “State of the County” virtually on Monday, April 19 at 6 p.m. Harrington will be joined by Commissioners Nafisa Fai (district 1), Pam Treece (district[Read More…]
Concern over fire danger mounts as April temperatures rise
A series of burn piles burn near Highway 6 between Banks and Gales Creek on March 24, 2019. Photo: Chas Hundley With a mid-April forecast showing temperatures in the low 80’s, depending on which forecast you read, local and state fire officials are concerned about fire danger. “While the unseasonably[Read More…]
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