A 24-hour ballot drop site at the Banks Public Library. Photo: Chas Hundley The deadline to register to vote or update your registration is Tuesday, October 13. To register or to make a change to your voter registration, visit and complete the online form at oregonvotes.gov/register before midnight on Tuesday,[Read More…]
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Banks Fire District heads to California to battle wildfires
Banks Fire District Brush Rig 13 and a crew of three prepare to head to California for a similar deployment in 2019. Photo: Banks Fire District Brush Rig 13, two volunteers and one paid firefighter from Banks Fire District 13 have joined a number of Washington County crews along with[Read More…]
County seeks input on transit options, infrastructure in rural Washington County
A Columbia County Rider bus stops at one of two bus stations in Banks on April 15, 2019. Photo: Chas Hundley WASHINGTON COUNTY – An online survey released on Friday, October 2 by Washington County and Ride Connection Inc., a regional public transportation nonprofit, is asking for feedback on the[Read More…]
Stagnant air expected through Monday, NWS says
Smoke hovers above Gales Peak on Wednesday, September 9, 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley Stagnant air — a soup of haze, smoke and fog — is settling in for the weekend and beyond as a strong inversion traps pollutants in the air, with the potential to cause breathing issues for those[Read More…]
Banks School District offers childcare grant program for low income families and essential workers
The Banks School District on September 3, 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley BANKS – A grant awarded to the Banks School District by Washington County with CARES Act funding will pay for two months of childcare for some Banks-area low-income families and those working as essential employees. The deadline to apply[Read More…]
From the newsroom: What to expect from our newsroom for election coverage
A 2019 sign in front of the Banks Public Library noting the official drop box location. Photo: Chas Hundley Here we are, 40 days from the November 3 election. It might seem like an arbitrary number, and you’re probably right, but for our newsroom, it marks a mad scramble to[Read More…]
ODOT: Keep political signs out of right of way
A Trump campaign flag hangs above Highway 26 between Buxton and the Dennis L. Edwards Tunnel on a Port of Tillamook Bay trestle on Thursday, September 3, 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley The Oregon Department of Transportation is asking people to stop putting election-related signs in state owned right of ways. [Read More…]
Deadline looms for 2020 Banks Citizenship Award nominations
The city of Banks sign on Highway 6. Photo: Brenda Schaffer BANKS – The deadline to nominate someone for the 2020 Banks Citizenship Award — a recognition given to someone who has gone above and beyond for the Banks area — is September 30. The city’s announcement that nominations are[Read More…]
Final daily fire update for Friday, September 18
GRONER K-8 school in Scholls on Wednesday, September 9. Photo: Brad Burke With overnight rains in our area, this will be our final daily fire update, though we will continue to investigate, write about, and follow the continuing story of Oregon’s worst fire season in recent history. Locally, the forests[Read More…]
Tillamook, Clatsop forests to reopen to public use Friday
A sign noting forest closures on Lousignont Road in Timber on Wednesday, September 16. Photo: Chas Hundley The Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests are expected to reopen to public use on Friday, September 18 at 1 a.m., according to the Oregon Department of Forestry. However, the fire danger is expected[Read More…]
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