Running unopposed in the House District 30 race, State Representative Janeen Sollman coasted to an easy victory, netting 93.94% of the vote in early returns. When she is sworn in, Sollman will begin her third term in Salem. House District 30 covers a small portion of the Banks area — though not the city itself — the community of Roy, North Plains, Helvetia, parts of Hillsboro, Beaverton, and other Washington County locales. A map of the district can be found here. Sollman, a Hillsboro resident, was first elected in 2016, beating Republican challenger Dan Mason and Libertarian candidate Kyle Markley. In 2018, Sollman defeated Republican Dorothy Merritt and Markley once again.Markley, also a Hillsboro resident, has run under the Libertarian banner for the seat four times, throwing his hat into the ring in 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018, with 2020 marking the first time he hasn’t run for the seat in recent years, instead running as the Libertarian candidate for the office of Secretary of State. In the legislature, Sollman has served as Assistant Majority Leader of the Democratic caucus since 2019, and also served as an elected official on the Hillsboro School Board from 2009 to 2017, according to her election filing paperwork.
Two uncontested races saw incumbents take their seats once again on the sprawling Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue board, while one incumbent, Gordon Hovies, will be ousted in favor of new-to-the-board but not to Washington County politics Roy Rogers if initial results hold.
Initial results from the May 20 2025 Special District Elections were posted at 8 p.m. Tuesday, and the results show two incumbents, John Wren and Kevin Henning, winning their uncontested seats on the Banks Fire District board
More than a hundred teachers and staff from Banks' three public schools gathered in the Banks Elementary School cafeteria Aug. 19 for a breakfast with their peers and school officials as another school year began. With construction, new security, and a cell phone ban looming, many changes await staf
A crash in Glenwood snarled Labor Day weekend traffic for up to three miles and resulted in minor injuries to at least four people, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said Saturday.
