West Fork Dairy Creek in Buxton on April 23, 2021, a few feet from where Mendenhall Creek joins the larger Dairy Creek tributary. Photo: Chas Hundley Construction projects may abound in Buxton and Manning this summer, but area residents can plan for one less after a project under Highway 26[Read More…]
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Pongratz Road to close for three months for bridge, culvert replacement
Geese near Wingham Farms, located just east of the bridge replacement project on Pongratz Road. Photo: Chas Hundley A three month road closure is coming to Pongratz Road between Manning and Buxton this summer, according to plans by Washington County to replace a bridge and a culvert on the gravel[Read More…]
Memorial, procession from Forest Grove to Buxton planned for Capt. Mark Hornshuh
Captain Mark Hornshuh. Photo: Courtesy Banks Fire District A funeral procession for Captain Mark Hornshuh, a Manning resident and longtime volunteer with the Banks Fire District will make its way from Forest Grove, through Banks, and on to Buxton on Feb. 20 before reaching Buxton’s Hornshuh Creek Fire Station for[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…]
Highway 26 blocked amid snowy conditions
Photo: WCSO 5:31 p.m. Update: Highway 26 has reopened, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Several vehicles are blocking Highway 26 near Highway 47 due to snowy conditions, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. ODOT traffic cameras at Staley’s Junction show a line of traffic stretching down the[Read More…]
ODOT plans four construction projects in region for 2021
A map showing four construction locations. ODOT/Google Maps Four Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) projects in the region on Highway 26 are planned for 2021, including protective barriers on the Dersham Road overpass, repaving between Hayward Road and Mountaindale Road, replacing a culvert with a bridge near Buxton, and updating[Read More…]
Inside the new Buxton fire station
The front of the building and parking lot at at Hornshuh Creek Fire Station #14 on October 28, 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley Crafted with locally-milled logs on the exterior, the new Hornshuh Creek Fire Station #14, located near Buxton along Highway 26 across from Hornshuh Creek Road, opened this month[Read More…]
West Oregon Electric Co-op elections for Manning, some Buxton residents approaches
Jennifer and Mark Ludeman on March 27, 2018. Photo: Chas Hundley VERNONIA – The next election for the West Oregon Electric Co-op ends August 20, and for those members of the co-op in district 7 (which includes portions of Manning/Buxton, the Hagg Lake area, and rural Yamhill County), there’s one[Read More…]
Vernonia man killed in crash on Hwy 47
Photo from the scene: OSP BUXTON – A Vernonia man died after his vehicle left the roadway and struck a utility pole near milepost 75 on Highway 47, according to Oregon State Police. According to a press release from OSP, Andrew Schappert, 35, of Vernonia, was driving southbound in a[Read More…]
Highway 47 closed for fatal crash north of Buxton
A traffic camera at Staley’s Junction Thursday morning. Photo: ODOT BUXTON – Highway 47 is closed for a fatal crash near milepost 76, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation. The Banks Fire District confirmed the fatality in a media alert. According to Washington County Sheriff’s Office public information officer[Read More…]
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