The official ballot drop site in Banks on Election Day 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley Here we go again: Voters will take to the polls on Tuesday, May 18 to vote on local school, fire, and water boards, and the window to file to run for office is open. The window[Read More…]
Washington County
Washington County will drop to ‘moderate risk’ on Friday
Face masks. Photo: Chas Hundley Weeks of falling COVID-19 case rates have already seen Washington County moved from the “Extreme Risk” category to “High Risk.” Governor Kate Brown announced that 16 counties, including Washington, will be moved down further in the list of categories on Friday, Feb. 26. The counties[Read More…]
Sgt. Braun returns to full-time duty more than 18 months after Hagg Lake shooting
Joy Braun, Jeremy Braun, and Sheriff Pat Garrett during a Feb. 2020 press conference. Photo: Chas Hundley//Banks Post More than 18 months after being shot at close range with a shotgun on August 8, 2019 in a wooded area near a Hagg Lake-area home while attempting to apprehend an armed[Read More…]
Deputies search for woman missing at Hagg Lake
Tara Callahan. Photo courtesy WCSO The Washington County Sheriff’s Office spent the weekend searching the Hagg Lake area for Tara Callahan, age 38, of Aloha after she reportedly expressed her intention to possibly kill herself. Her vehicle was found at Hagg Lake. According to a press release from the Washington[Read More…]
Washington County to move to “High Risk” COVID-19 category on Friday
Face masks. Photo: Chas Hundley On Friday, ten Oregon counties — Washington County among them — will move from the “extreme risk” category, nine to the high risk category and one to the moderate risk category as COVID-19 stats improve in most of the state, Governor Kate Brown announced Tuesday[Read More…]
Washington County Farm Bureau seeks high school, college applicants for 2021 scholarships
Roy-area farms, taken in 2015. Photo: Chas Hundley WASHINGTON COUNTY – Local students in high school and college who are pursuing an education in the fields of agriculture, education, nursing or vocational training are eligible for scholarships offered by the Washington County Farm Bureau this year. Chair of the scholarship[Read More…]
Oregon State Police seek public assistance in Washington County deer poaching case
A deer near Hagg Lake on August 3, 2020. File photo: Chas Hundley The Oregon State Police are seeking information in a case involving a poached antlerless deer left in front of a gate on Stimson Lumber property north of Mountaindale in Washington County. A graphic photo of the deer[Read More…]
Commissioners approve funding for Washington Co. Sheriff’s Office body cameras
A Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputy. Photo: WCSO The Washington County Board of Commissioners voted December 15 to authorize $1.397 million in spending through 2026 to purchase and deploy body cameras to the Washington County Sheriff’s 210 deputies, and to outfit 129 patrol vehicles with similar technology. A statement released[Read More…]
Grant opens for small businesses in unincorporated Washington County
Face masks. Photo: Chas Hundley Washington County announced on Tuesday, December 8 that a new round of small business grants for businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic had been opened. The program is targeted at businesses with 100 or fewer employees that are in the hospitality industry or were shut[Read More…]
County commissioners to host COVID-19 town hall December 12
Face masks. Photo: Chas Hundley On December 3, Washington County was one of 25 Oregon counties placed in the “Extreme Risk” category under a new COVID-19 risk classification system unveiled by Governor Kate Brown, and it is this topic and more that will be discussed by the Washington County Board[Read More…]
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