Roosevelt elk at Jewell Meadows Wildlife Area. Photo by Jim Yuskavitch. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that public tours for the 2020-2021 elk feeding season at Jewell Meadows Wildlife Area have been cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions. “Given current Covid-19 restrictions and the inability to practice social[Read More…]
Coast Range
Tillamook Forest Center reopens Wednesday, March 4
A replica fire lookout tower greets forest center visitors. Photo: Chas Hundley TILLAMOK STATE FOREST – The Tillamook Forest Center will open for the 2020 season on Wednesday, March 4, according to the center’s website. The facility will receive a final winter cleaning from a volunteer crew on Saturday, February[Read More…]
Tillamook Forest Center opens Friday, March 1
A replica fire lookout tower greets forest center visitors. Photo: Chas Hundley TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST – The Tillamook Forest Center will open for the 2019 season on Friday, March 1, kicking off the year with a presentation series showcasing forest management and an exhibit of the wood sculptures of Martin[Read More…]
Banks High School wrestler JJ Ellis wins individual state wrestling championship
Photo courtesy of Banks School District BANKS – Banks High School senior wrestler JJ Ellis won the Oregon 4A 220-pound state championship at Portland’s Veterans Memorial Coliseum on February 23. This marks Ellis’ second state title in as many years with the Braves. “(Winning the state title) was a goal[Read More…]
National Weather Service issues Winter Storm Watch for NW Oregon
Highway 26 in the most recent bout of snow. Photo: Banks Fire District 13 PORTLAND – Snow could strike Washington County sometime on Sunday, February 24 and Monday, February 25, according to the Portland branch of the National Weather Service (NWS). That’s the message in the agency’s Winter Storm Watch,[Read More…]
National Weather Service: Snow likely Thursday and Friday
Snowfall in Gales Creek’s portion of the Oregon Coast Range. Photo by Josh Doss NW OREGON – The Portland branch of the National Weather Service issued a Special Weather Statement on Wednesday afternoon predicting snowfall at lower elevations in NW Oregon on Thursday evening and Friday morning (February 7 –[Read More…]