The Salmonberry Trail Foundation is looking for a new treasurer, and more in this final update this year on the development of the planned trail stretching from Banks to Tillamook.
Washington County Land Use and Transportation has selected a repair method for the Timber Road landslide and expects to begin work in the summer of 2024, with a planned completion date at the end of 2024.
Crews from Banks Fire District were among numerous responding agencies who drove to the aid of the Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protection District Sunday to help them battle a fire at the Tolovana Inn Sunday.
Mole trappers will pool their mole skins countywide to sell as a lot, the Gales Creek Cemetery puts out a bid for water infrastructure, and more from a century ago in western Washington County.
This month's police report has an update on the alleged city hall window breaker, numerous items stolen and recovered in an RV in Banks, and a back-and-forth discussion about traffic saturation patrols, the ability to text 911, and the legal process to move an RV within the city. Listen to the audio
Sometimes, "take a hike" is a friendly invitation, and that seems to be the case with six winter hikes—and a work party—scheduled by the Salmonberry Trail Foundation in December and January in the Buxton and Manning area.
The Oregon Department of Forestry released long-awaited revenue projections for 14 counties if a landmark conservation plan is adopted. Washington County could lose more than $5.6 million, or less than 0.3% of the county's total $1.7 billion budget this year.
Want to advise the Oregon Transportation Commission on transportation issues in rural western Washington County? Two positions — each for a two-year term — on a regional commission are opening in January for just that purpose.
Gov. Tina Kotek on Tuesday issued new orders to forgive unpaid traffic fines for more than 10,000 Oregonians, making them eligible to get their driving privileges reinstated.
A century ago in western Washington County: Roy resident Albert Vandehey is killed by a train, the KK is pelted with eggs in Forest Grove, and a farmer would really like someone to pick up the stray horses that wandered onto their Dilley farm.
Oregon’s top elected officials pledged to spend millions of dollars on winter road maintenance after dire warnings from the state Department of Transportation that highways would go unplowed because of a budget shortfall.
