A face mask. File photo: Chas Hundley WASHINGTON COUNTY – Good news, everyone. You won’t have to keep your mask on while attempting to eat at your favorite restaurant. New guidance issued Friday by Governor Kate Brown’s office from the Oregon Health Authority clarifies the mandatory mask memo made Wednesday,[Read More…]
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Washington County reopening fate now tied to Metro counties, Gov. Brown announces
A face mask. File photo: Chas Hundley WASHINGTON COUNTY – Beginning Wednesday, June 24, face coverings will be required in all indoor public spaces in several counties, including Washington County, Governor Kate Brown announced Wednesday afternoon. Other counties included in the order are Multnomah, Clackamas, Hood River, Marion, Polk, and[Read More…]
Black Lives Matter protest draws hundreds in Banks
Protesters on June 12, 2020 in Banks. Photo: Chas Hundley BANKS – As the rain fell on Greenville Park on the late afternoon of Friday, June 12, close to 300 people gathered to hear a handful of speakers, remember the life of a Black man killed by police, and to[Read More…]
Hillsboro man dies in Manning crash
A screenshot of the area the crash was in. Map: ODOT MANNING – A Hillsboro man died in a collision with a commercial vehicle in Manning Thursday morning. Emergency crews were first dispatched to the call around 8:40 a.m. Thursday, June 11 near mile post 47 on Highway 26. According[Read More…]
Fatal crash in Manning closes Highway 26
A screenshot of the area the crash is in. Map: ODOT Update: Highway 26 has reopened as of 1:25 p.m., according to ODOT. Manning – Highway 26 is closed as crews investigate the scene of a fatal crash near the Manning Dairy Queen. According to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office,[Read More…]
Banks National Drinking Water Week coloring contest winners
Artwork: Alejandro Flores-Hall The city of Banks holds a coloring contest every year to commemorate National Drinking Water Week for youth in Banks, and no pandemic can stop it. Here are the winners — and their artwork — of the contest. First place winners receive a $25 gift card to[Read More…]
Seven days, twenty protests: Washington County residents march, protest, and call for change
Protesters line 19th Way in Forest Grove on Tuesday, June 2. Photo: Chas Hundley WASHINGTON COUNTY – In the span of one week, cities and communities in Washington County saw at least 20 protests decrying police brutality in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, a Black man, from[Read More…]
Black Lives Matter protest and march planned Friday in Banks
A man photographs a Black Lives Matter protest in Forest Grove on Tuesday, June 2. Photo: Chas Hundley BANKS – Organizers plan a protest and march Friday evening to show solidarity with Black community members in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by police, adding Banks as the[Read More…]
Banks city council to meet Tuesday to vote on budget
Banks City Hall. Photo: Brenda Schaffer BANKS – The Banks city council will meet for a work session and city council session remotely on Tuesday, June 9, the third such way of meeting for the council since most in-person meetings in the city were moved online. The work session is[Read More…]
DMV launches, then relaunches system for in-person appointments
Photo courtesy of ODOT OREGON – It was a bumpy road to get there, but the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is accepting appointments for certain DMV services at 40 of their 60 statewide locations. Included in that list of locations taking appointments are the DMV offices in Hillsboro,[Read More…]
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