Governor Kate Brown during a Monday, July 13 press conference. Screenshot from OHA Youtube stream A plan by Governor Kate Brown to address continued demonstrations and civil unrest in the wake of the killing of a demonstrator in Portland is showing cracks less than 24 hours after it was released[Read More…]
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Washington County Sheriff’s Office seeks armed kidnapping suspects
Left: Nicholas San Nicolas, Right: The stolen Nissan. Photo: WCSO The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is seeking two suspects after an alleged armed kidnapping in Aloha Thursday afternoon left one person in the hospital with injuries that are not life threatening, according to the Sheriff’s Office. In a press release,[Read More…]
ODF: Fire danger moved to ‘High’ in Washington County
The Oregon Department of Forestry stages a vehicle at the Gales Creek Fire Station on Tuesday, August 27. Photo: Chas Hundley WASHINGTON COUNTY – Fire danger in much of the western Oregon counties in Oregon Department of Forestry-protected lands has been shifted to ‘high’ as of today, ODF announced in[Read More…]
Heat advisory issued for Sunday as triple digits loom in forecast
The sun near Mountaindale on July 31, 2017. The sun is widely considered a significant contributing factor to high temperatures. Photo: Chas Hundley PORTLAND – The Portland office of the National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for the greater Portland metro region, including Banks and some portions of western[Read More…]
Washington County won’t move to next phase, seeks independence from tri-county COVID coupling
A map showing the status, as of Sunday, July 12, or Oregon’s counties and their phases. Photo: Oregon Health Authority WASHINGTON COUNTY – With case counts rising in Oregon, the tri-county region (Washington, Multnomah, Clackamas Counties) won’t be entering phase 2 of Governor Kate Brown’s reopening Oregon plan under current[Read More…]
Washington County eyes body camera program expansion for deputies
A Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputy. Photo: WCSO The Washington County Board of Commissioners is taking a step toward requiring county Sheriff’s deputies to wear body cameras. The board unanimously approved a motion, as an amendment to the county’s current 2020-21 budget proposal, to allocate funding to the Sheriff’s office[Read More…]
Mandatory mask memo made clear
A face mask. File photo: Chas Hundley WASHINGTON COUNTY – Good news, everyone. You won’t have to keep your mask on while attempting to eat at your favorite restaurant. New guidance issued Friday by Governor Kate Brown’s office from the Oregon Health Authority clarifies the mandatory mask memo made Wednesday,[Read More…]
Washington County reopening fate now tied to Metro counties, Gov. Brown announces
A face mask. File photo: Chas Hundley WASHINGTON COUNTY – Beginning Wednesday, June 24, face coverings will be required in all indoor public spaces in several counties, including Washington County, Governor Kate Brown announced Wednesday afternoon. Other counties included in the order are Multnomah, Clackamas, Hood River, Marion, Polk, and[Read More…]
Black Lives Matter protest draws hundreds in Banks
Protesters on June 12, 2020 in Banks. Photo: Chas Hundley BANKS – As the rain fell on Greenville Park on the late afternoon of Friday, June 12, close to 300 people gathered to hear a handful of speakers, remember the life of a Black man killed by police, and to[Read More…]
Seven days, twenty protests: Washington County residents march, protest, and call for change
Protesters line 19th Way in Forest Grove on Tuesday, June 2. Photo: Chas Hundley WASHINGTON COUNTY – In the span of one week, cities and communities in Washington County saw at least 20 protests decrying police brutality in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, a Black man, from[Read More…]
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