A face mask. File photo: Chas Hundley
Governor Kate Brown has extended Oregon’s declaration of a state of emergency into 2021. The announcement came Tuesday, October 27 that the
The sun near Mountaindale on July 31, 2017. Beginning November 1, you'll see less of it in the evening. Photo: Chas Hundley
Sunday, November 1 will have 25
A ballot is dropped off in Forest Grove on Sunday, October 18. Photo: Chas Hundley
While President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden dominate the news during this
Banks Fire District Water Tender 14 responds to a field fire in Gales Creek on Tuesday, August 18. Photo: Chas Hundley
The official fire season ended Monday, October 12 in
Two ballots from a previous election. File photo: Chas Hundley
Voting by mail exclusively became the standard mechanism for casting ballots in Oregon in 1998 by a citizen’s initiative,
A 24-hour ballot drop site at the Banks Public Library. Photo: Chas Hundley
The deadline to register to vote or update your registration is Tuesday, October 13.To register or
A Trump campaign flag hangs above Highway 26 between Buxton and the Dennis L. Edwards Tunnel on a Port of Tillamook Bay trestle on Thursday, September 3, 2020. Photo: Chas
GRONER K-8 school in Scholls on Wednesday, September 9. Photo: Brad Burke
With overnight rains in our area, this will be our final daily fire update, though we will continue
Twelve fires the Oregon Department of Forestry is working in western Oregon. Map: ODF
Updates for Thursday evening on wildfires throughout the state.
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Forest Grove Fire & Rescue clean hoses used to fight the Powerline Fire and the Fern Hill Road Fire on Tuesday, September 15. Photo: Chas Hundley
Wednesday’s fire update
Banks Fire District Engine 16 heads toward the Powerline Fire on Tuesday, September 8. Photo: Chas Hundley
Here is this morning’s fire update. We’ll continue daily fire updates
South Fork Forest Camp entrance in November 2017. Photo: Chas Hundley
At least 124 inmates from the South Fork Forest Camp, a joint Oregon Department of Corrections and Department of