This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Credit: Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM What a year. At times, 2020 felt like a decade crammed into one 366 days (it was a leap year, after all) with an astounding[Read More…]
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Oregon Congressional delegation safe after Trump supporters storm U.S. Capitol
United States Capitol. File photo: Chas Hundley Violence erupted in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday as supporters of President Donald Trump stormed into the U.S. Capitol, which just moments before had seen members of the U.S. Senate debating a challenge to Arizona’s electoral votes cast for President-Elect Joe Biden. Videos[Read More…]
Column | Happy Resilient New Year
Erica Harold-Heine Erica Harold-Heine, a Banks resident, holds a B.S. in Homeland Security & Emergency Management. While she serves as a Banks city councilor, Harold-Heine noted that her personal views reflected here do not represent any policy of the city of Banks nor the city council. Happy New Year everyone! I hope you[Read More…]
Column | The Diaries of Esther Lilly Hundley: January 7 – 13, 1932
The farm that Esther Lilly Hundley and her family lived on in Gales Creek –Esther Lilly Hundley & Charles Hundley (written as Charley/Chas), the author of the diaries and her husband. –Bill (written as Billie) and Elsie, Esther and Charles’ firstborn and his wife. –Ted and Thelma, Esther and Charles’[Read More…]
Wind Advisory begins at 4 p.m. Saturday
Power lines near Forest Grove. File photo: Chas Hundley The Portland branch of the National Weather Service issued a Wind Advisory that begins Saturday at 4 p.m. and extends through midnight the same day for the majority of the Willamette Valley and other areas of the Pacific Northwest. According to[Read More…]
COVID-19 risk status lowered in six counties
Face masks. Photo: Chas Hundley Governor Kate Brown on Tuesday, December 29 announced updates to the risk levels in all Oregon counties under the state’s public health framework that aims to reduce virus transmission and protect Oregonians from COVID-19. Four different risk levels are used for counties based on the[Read More…]
Column | The Diaries of Esther Lilly Hundley: December 31, 1931 – January 6, 1932
The farm that Esther Lilly Hundley and her family lived on in Gales Creek –Esther Lilly Hundley & Charles Hundley (written as Charley/Chas), the author of the diaries and her husband. –Bill (written as Billie) and Elsie, Esther and Charles’ firstborn and his wife. –Ted and Thelma, Esther and Charles’[Read More…]
Grace period for expired tags, driver’s licenses extended for some
Photo courtesy of ODOT A grace period for some Oregon residents with expiring vehicle registration, permit or driver’s licenses has been extended to three months after expiry, but only for those documents expiring between Nov. 1 2020 and April 30, 2021. Those that fall into that category will not be[Read More…]
Gov. Brown issues plan for schools to be allowed to open fully by February
The Forest Grove School District central office. Photo: Chas Hundley Thousands of Oregon students could be back in classrooms by Feb. 15 under a new plan issued by Governor Kate Brown on Wednesday that will turn control of school reopening to local school districts. Until now, district reopening plans have[Read More…]
Legislature passes COVID-19, wildfire bills during one day session
The Oregon Capitol building in Salem. Photo: Chas Hundley The Oregon Legislature passed a group of spending bills providing a six-month extension to the moratorium on evictions, allowing restaurants and bars to sell cocktails to go, financial relief for Oregonians following last summer’s wildfire devastation, and removing financial liability from[Read More…]
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