Officials with the two Portland-area counties worry they’ll lose millions under a new funding formula set to go into effect next year.
Washington County
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County October 9, 1924
A century ago, Robert Carlson of Banks was caught with three pints of booze and paid a hefty fine in Prohibition-era Oregon.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County October 2, 1924
‘Two years in the pen:’ A century ago, a man tried to pass bad checks at the bank in Banks – and got caught.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County September 18, 1924
A century ago, the governor came to Banks.
Local election officials urge citizens to make a voting plan
In a press release issued jointly Tuesday, county election officials, along with Clackamas, Marion, Multnomah, and Yamhill counties, encouraged voters to take action with a three-step voting plan in advance of an Oct. 15 voter registration deadline.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County September 4, 1924
“This may save someone else from being killed.”
A century ago, a Gales Creek man was hunting near Timber when he saw what he thought were the eyes of a cougar gleaming in the darkness. He fired his gun, and World War 1 veteran Arthur Weston, holding a small flashlight, was struck.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County August 28, 1924
One hundred years ago, Banks planned to pull out all the stops in an agricultural show to rival the county fair.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County August 14, 1924
“Too many grasshoppers,” the “BANK OF BANKS” declared in a 1924 advertisement. This and more in this week’s Dispatches from History.
Dispatches from history: Banks from August 7, 1924
Roads through Banks, Kansas City, Timber, and Buxton were taking shape exactly one hundred years ago in this week’s dispatches from history.
Merkley to hold Washington Co. town hall in Sherwood
Oregon’s junior Senator Jeff Merkley will host a town hall for Washington County residents Monday, August 12 at 12 p.m. at the Sherwood Middle School gym. That’s a bit further afield than a similar town hall scheduled by his senior counterpart Senator Ron Wyden, who is holding a Washington County[Read More…]
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