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…]
Traffic
Fires, traffic, COVID-19: Welcome to Labor Day weekend
A vehicle drives west from Banks toward the coast on Highway 6. Photo: Brenda Schaffer Traffic and fires and COVID, oh my. Those are some of the top concerns public officials from a number of government agencies locally and across the state are gearing up for this weekend as a[Read More…]
Mountaindale Road closed for death investigation on roadway
The old Mountaindale Store as seen on July 31, 2017. Photo: Chas Hundley Mountaindale Road is closed after an individual was found unresponsive in the roadway between Highway 26 and NW Hahn Road, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. They were later pronounced dead. According to a preliminary investigation[Read More…]
More than 60 arrested during DUII holiday patrol period
A Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputy. Photo: WCSO WASHINGTON COUNTY – 63 people were arrested by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office during a period of high visibility DUII enforcement patrols by local law enforcement agencies from December 13, 2019 to January 2, 2020. In a press release, the sheriff’s office[Read More…]
Washington Co. Sheriff’s Office begins extra holiday patrols for impaired drivers
A Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputy. Photo: WCSO WASHINGTON COUNTY – Law enforcement agencies are gearing up for the beginning of a high visibility enforcement patrol on Thanksgiving Weekend in an effort to deter impaired driving on a historically lethal holiday weekend. The patrols are scheduled throughout the holiday season,[Read More…]
Driving in fog
A foggy morning near Roy on April 15. Photo: Chas Hundley WASHINGTON COUNTY – It’s the time of year when fog becomes a likely part of Tualatin Valley drivers’ daily commute, and it seems to occur with regular frequency this year. [Not a subscriber? Get your local news online for[Read More…]
Smokey Bear license plates will become available in Oregon August 1
Image courtesy of Keep Oregon Green OREGON – Smokey Bear’s 75th birthday is this year and Keep Oregon Green, a Salem-based nonprofit whose focus is the prevention of wildfires, and the Oregon DMV are celebrating the landmark with the introduction of a license plate adorned with the federal mascot. Beginning[Read More…]
Travelers will crowd Oregon’s roads in record-breaking numbers for Independence Day
A truck heads toward Tillamook on Highway 6 – a route that will be clogged with traffic this holiday weekend if past experiences hold true. Photo: Brenda Schaffer OREGON – The Continental Congress declared freedom from a tyrannical British government on July 2, 1776, and fully adopted the document known[Read More…]
Studded tire season ends March 31
A studded tire. Photo: Chas Hundley OREGON – Drivers cruising along in an automobile or stopped in a busy parking lot often hear a clackety-clack from tires on nearby cars. It’s not difficult to hear when a car owner continues using studded tires, swerving around Oregon law, by continuing to[Read More…]
‘The Lumineers’ music video filming on Greenville Road
The property where much of the filming will take place. Photo: Chas Hundley GREENVILLE – This week and in early April between Strohmayer/Kansas City Road and Highway 47 on Greenville Road, you may see a man bleeding as he walks down the side of the road. An ambulance and police[Read More…]
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