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Kotek appoints Washington County judge to newly created seat
To lessen the existing burden on the criminal justice system, Gov. Tina Kotek has filled a newly created Washington County judge seat. Elizabeth R. Lemoine will join Washington County's 15 other county circuit judges in a new seat created by Senate Bill 1541, which adds new judge seats to Washington, Clackamas and Jackson counties. “Lemoine will be a fair and balanced judge on the Washington County Circuit Court,” Kotek said...
1870s Oregon farmhouse torn down for proposed water treatment facility
Despite preservationists’ efforts, the 1870s Wilkes House, which was one of Washington County’s rare surviving Oregon Trail homes, was torn down Friday to make way for the city of Banks’ water treatment plant to serve the proposed 30-acre Sunset View at West Banks residential and commercial development.
LIST: Daytime cooling centers in Portland, Vancouver, Salem metro areas amid heat wave
Daytime cooling shelters are opening up across the Portland, Vancouver and Salem metro areas on Friday amid an ongoing heat wave across the region, which is expected to see triple-digit temperatures starting Friday.
150-year-old historic Wilkes House demolished amid preservation efforts in Banks
A 150-year-old historic house came crumbling down Friday, July 5, in Banks, marking the latest chapter in a battle between preservation and development in rural Washington County. Cars stopped and residents watched on the side of the road as an excavator tore down the historic Wilkes House — a home built by the first permanent Euro-American settlers in the area who trekked the Oregon Trail in 1845. The site’s fate...
Pacific University camp opens pathways to health care professions for local high schoolers
While the COVID-19 pandemic turned most everyone’s life plans upside down, it gave Vikram Javali clear direction on his future. Now an incoming senior at Hillsboro’s Liberty High School, Javali began taking online science classes at the height of the pandemic, which introduced him to the medical profession. He also discovered an aptitude for math and science that, when combined with his desire to help others, is steering him toward a career in health care. ...
Beaverton, Washington Co. cooling centers open this weekend
WASHINGTON COUNTY Ore. (KPTV) - As a heatwave settles across Portland, Beaverton and Washington County prepared additional heat shelters. Beaverton cooling centers will be open Friday through at least Monday, free of charge at these locations:. Beaverton City Library Main - extended hours until 9 p.m. Murray Scholls Branch. Beaverton...
2024 Fire Season starts
Fire Season will officially begin on Monday, July 1, 2024, at 1 a.m. This will affect all lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protection District. This area includes all State, private and BLM forest land in the Tillamook, Astoria, and Forest Grove Districts, which consists of Tillamook, Washington, Yamhill, Clatsop, Columbia, and Multnomah Counties, as well as portions of Lincoln County. For up-to-date information on public and industrial restrictions go to the following website: http://www.oregon.gov/odf/pages/FIRE/precautionlevel.aspx. ...
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