Hagg Lake. File photo: Chas Hundley, August 3, 2020 Free Fishing Weekend will return to Oregon on Friday & Saturday, June 5 and 6, the second of three such “Free Fishing Weekends” to be held in 2021. On those days, fishing, crabbing, and clamming is free to all residents and[Read More…]
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Washington County’s Harrington to present ‘State of the County’ virtually April 19
Chair Kathryn Harrington at her home office. Photo: Washington County Kathryn Harrington, the chair of the Washington County Board of Commissioners, will present the annual “State of the County” virtually on Monday, April 19 at 6 p.m. Harrington will be joined by Commissioners Nafisa Fai (district 1), Pam Treece (district[Read More…]
Fishing is free Saturday & Sunday, Feb. 13 and 14
Hagg Lake. File photo: Chas Hundley, August 3, 2020 Free Fishing Weekend will return to Oregon on Friday & Saturday, February 13 & 14, the first of four such “Free Fishing Weekends” to be held in 2021. On those days, fishing, crabbing, and clamming is free to all residents and[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…]
Banks Christmas ‘parade’ still on for December 12
Santa was present at the inaugural parade in 2019. Photo: Stewart Monroe The Second Annual Banks Christmas Light Parade is still on, according to event organizers. Questions were raised regarding the parade after a similar event in Forest Grove was cancelled due to Governor Kate Brown’s “Freeze” order, but in[Read More…]
Free parking at Stub Stewart, other state parks day after Thanksgiving
The entrance to Stub Stewart State Park. Photo: Chas Hundley While so many traditions have been upended by the coronavirus pandemic, there’s one that will return the day after Thanksgiving: Free parking at the 25 state parks that normally charge a $5 parking fee for day-use on Friday, November 27[Read More…]
Banks Annual Christmas Light Parade returns for second year
The 2019 Banks Christmas Light Parade. Photo: Stewart Monroe The Second Annual Banks Christmas Light Parade is still on despite COVID-19 restrictions, but with a twist. Instead of lighted parade floats taking a slow trek through town, they’ll stage instead at Sunset Park, and visitors will stay in their cars and[Read More…]
Last Free Fishing Weekend of 2020 is Thanksgiving Weekend
Hagg Lake. File photo: Chas Hundley, August 3, 2020 Free Fishing Weekend will return to Oregon on Friday & Saturday, November 27 & 28, the weekend after Thanksgiving Day. It will be the last of four free fishing dates in 2020. On those days, fishing, crabbing, and clamming is free[Read More…]
Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing plans Veterans Day flyovers
Photo: 142nd Wing A flyover in support of various Veterans Day ceremonies by the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing will be held Wednesday, November 11, including over North Plains at 11:25 a.m. and over Tillamook at 11:30 a.m., so keep your eye to the sky, as they may be[Read More…]
Oregon’s ‘Exploding Whale’ legend turns 50
A mother sperm whale and her calf off the coast of Mauritius. The calf has remoras attached to its body.By Gabriel Barathieu – https://www.flickr.com/photos/barathieu/7277953560/, CC BY-SA 2.0, November 9, 1970. The sperm whale, washed up on Heceta Beach near Florence, Oregon, was dead, and the plan was to blow it[Read More…]
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