With less than a week to go before the polls close for the November 2024 election, almost a third of registered voters in Washington County have already returned their ballot. (All our election stories are free to read!)
Launched in the 1970s as a way for communities to provide feedback to the county on a community by community basis, largely in regards to Oregon's land use planning system, the program has grown over the years. Now, the county wants to overhaul the program, and is looking for feedback in a survey an
Ballots for the Nov. 5 election were mailed to Washington County Voters Wednesday, Oct. 16, the Washington County Elections Division said in a press release.
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.
"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.
