Face masks. Photo: Chas Hundley On Friday, ten Oregon counties — Washington County among them — will move from the “extreme risk” category, nine to the high risk category and one to the moderate risk category as COVID-19 stats improve in most of the state, Governor Kate Brown announced Tuesday[Read More…]
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School sports: Soccer, cross country approved, volleyball a maybe, football still an unknown
Sports fields in Banks on August 5, 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley The Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) Executive Board met Monday, February 8 to discuss the fate of a number of sports, approving soccer and cross-country for a Feb. 22 start with games to start in March, and punting more[Read More…]
‘Seed Savers’ at the Banks Public Library can access 300 seed varieties for free
The Banks Public Library on July 6, 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley The Banks Public Library is expanding their seed saving program, and recently opened membership to a club to promote use of the library’s more than 300 varieties of seeds — and 3,000 seed packets — for gardening. “In early[Read More…]
Oregon passes 2,000 coronavirus fatalities
Ansu Drammeh, R.N., a cardiovascular intensive care nurse at OHSU, is given the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Wednesday, December 16 by Ryan Thrower, D.M.D., who, according to OHSU, is the first dental resident in the United States to administer a COVID-19 vaccine. As the state approaches the anniversary of the first[Read More…]
Washington County Farm Bureau seeks high school, college applicants for 2021 scholarships
Roy-area farms, taken in 2015. Photo: Chas Hundley WASHINGTON COUNTY – Local students in high school and college who are pursuing an education in the fields of agriculture, education, nursing or vocational training are eligible for scholarships offered by the Washington County Farm Bureau this year. Chair of the scholarship[Read More…]
Banks School District plans for school reopening, but fate of school sports uncertain
Students in Banks on Main Street Jan. 22. Photo: Chas Hundley With a push by Governor Kate Brown for some students to be back in class, the Banks School District is planning for some form of return to in-person education. Some details remain undecided, in flux or dependent on COVID-19[Read More…]
Tillamook man killed in crash west of Glenwood
Flames engulfed two vehicles after a deadly crash west of Glenwood on Feb. 3, 2021. No one was in the vehicles when the fire engulfed the vehicles. Photo: Forest Grove Fire & Rescue A Tillamook man died in a head-on collision between a log truck and a pickup truck about[Read More…]
Oregon State Police seek public assistance in Washington County deer poaching case
A deer near Hagg Lake on August 3, 2020. File photo: Chas Hundley The Oregon State Police are seeking information in a case involving a poached antlerless deer left in front of a gate on Stimson Lumber property north of Mountaindale in Washington County. A graphic photo of the deer[Read More…]
Longtime Banks Fire District volunteer Captain Mark Hornshuh dies at 61
Captain Mark Hornshuh is presented with the EMS cross in 2019. Photo: Courtesy Banks Fire District Banks Fire District 13 announced that Captain Mark Hornshuh, a 32-year veteran of the district, died today, Jan. 28 at age 61. “It is with our deepest sadness that Banks Fire announces the loss[Read More…]
Banks Library awarded $3,000 grant from American Library Association
The Banks Public Library on July 6, 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley The Banks Public Library was one of 200 libraries awarded a $3,000 grant from the American Library Association as part of the “Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries” initiative. The grant and initiative is designed to help[Read More…]
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