More Oregonians are suffering from respiratory, heart and mental health issues caused by extreme weather events linked to climate change, and rural, elderly and minority communities are being hit the hardest, a new state report found.
Minutes within the announcement that President Joe Biden was withdrawing from the presidential campaign, Democratic leaders in Oregon reacted to the news.
The Washington County Fair opened Friday evening, drawing crowds to Hillsboro from all over the county and beyond.
The free event, running now through July 28 at what are now
Washington County officials plan to start a new diversion program to combat the state’s fentanyl crisis in September. But officials say state funding does not pay for enough outreach workers to respond every time police interact with a person with illicit drugs.
Planes were grounded, hospitals cancelled surgeries, Starbucks mobile ordering was hit, and the city of Banks lost phone service: A global tech outage hit everyone on Friday.
Stub Stewart State Park is host to a variety of activities — disc golf, horseback riding, mountain biking, to name a few — and for one night on Saturday, July 20, the park will transform into a movie theater for a free showing of Director Nicolas Roeg's The Witches.
Local Joy Coffee & Wine opened for business in Banks in June, bringing to life owners Josh and Christina Shroyer's vision of a 'third place' in downtown Banks for the morning coffee crowd, and the evening customer who wants to linger over a glass of local wine, too.
For our Mountaindale community readers: Starting now, the Banks Post is adding CPO 8 to our free Community Participation Organization public meeting notices. We now publish notices for CPO 14, 13, and 8.
Ivan Gall is taking over the Oregon Water Resources Department at a time when the state’s water supply is lower than ever and demand has never been higher.
