A vehicle drives near Gales Creek on Highway 6. Photo: Brenda Schaffer SALEM – Starting January 1, 2020, some fees to register a new vehicle, title a vehicle and purchase a trip permit will increase. According to an Oregon Department of Transportation press release, the fee increases were passed by[Read More…]
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State Rep. Tiffiny Mitchell completes living kidney donation
Rep. Mitchell speaks to western Washington County residents at a Dec 12 2018 CPO meeting in Gales Creek. Photo: Chas Hundley Oregon State Representative Tiffiny Mitchell (D-Astoria, District 32) announced via email newsletter that on October 16 she completed the process of becoming a living kidney donor. Rep. Mitchell documented[Read More…]
In upcoming November 2019 special district election, no ballot for Banks-area voters
The Washington County voters’ pamphlet. Photo: Chas Hundley WASHINGTON COUNTY – Voters’ pamphlets for the upcoming November 5 special district election have all been mailed, but for those in the bounds of this newspaper’s territory, there won’t be a ballot following it. For readers in Banks, Buxton, and Timber, there’s[Read More…]
Salmonberry Trail Intergovernmental Agency will meet Oct. 11 in Tillamook
The Salmonberry Trail in Tillamook. Photo: Chas Hundley Tillamook – The Salmonberry Trail Intergovernmental Agency (STIA) will hold a board meeting on Friday, October 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Port of Tillamook Bay Officers’ Mess Hall, 6825 Officers’ Row Road just outside of Tillamook. The board is expected[Read More…]
Current Highway Division admin. chosen to lead Oregon Department of Transportation
Kris Strickler, current Oregon Highway Division administrator (right). Photo: ODOT SALEM – After a six month search, the Oregon Transportation Commission offered the position of Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) Director to Kris Strickler, ODOT’s current Highway Division Administrator at their Tuesday, September 10 meeting. Pending contract negotiations and Oregon[Read More…]
2019 Banks Citizenship Award nominations open
Banks city hall. Photo: Brenda Schaffer BANKS – The City of Banks now is accepting nominations for the 2019 Banks Citizenship Award. The city’s announcement that nominations are being accepted says citizens and residents of the surrounding area who meet one or more of the following criteria are eligible for[Read More…]
Dual recall efforts against Gov. Kate Brown draw local logging, industry support
A log truck parks in front of Oregon’s capitol on June 22 as part of a protest against HB 2020, a cap and trade bill. Photo: Kevin Magwood VERNONIA – A normally-sleepy corner of Columbia County comes to life this weekend as the annual Vernonia Friendship Jamboree & Logging Show[Read More…]
Salmonberry Trail Intergovernmental Agency will meet August 2 in Banks
A portion of the Salmonberry Trail route bewtween Manning and Buxton. Photo: Chas Hundley BANKS – The Salmonberry Trail Intergovernmental Agency (STIA) will hold a board meeting on Friday, August 2 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Banks Fire District 13 headquarters in Banks at 13430 NW Main St., Banks,[Read More…]
Fire season begins for all Department of Forestry land in the state of Oregon
Image courtesy ODF OREGON – With the declaration of fire season on July 1 for the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) Northwest Oregon and North Cascade protection districts, the entire state has now entered into official fire season on ODF protected lands. ODF’s Southwest Oregon District was the first of 12[Read More…]
Oregon Department of Transportation names Paul Mather to Interim Deputy Director
Photo: ODOT SALEM – The Oregon Transportation Commission named retired Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) Highway Division Administrator Paul Mather as ODOT Interim Deputy Director at a special meeting of the Commission in Salem. His tenure began Monday, July 1. The Oregon Transportation Commission is the governing board of the[Read More…]
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