Voters had their say in Tuesday night's primary, selecting candidates for their party's nomination to statewide, congressional and statewide offices, while also making decisions on local
Oregon voters decided to give a slate of state legislators a chance to prove themselves worthy of a promotion to statewide office in the November elections.
As of 8 p.m., Darcey Edwards had what appears to be an insurmountable lead over Aaron Hall, with the Banks-area Edwards leading in initial results published just after 8 p.m. with 80.85% of the vote to North Plains resident Hall's 18.29%.
Move over, CPO 14: the Gales Creek, Roy and Verboort-area Community Participation Organization (enumerated as CPO 13) is also in the process of launching, just weeks after CPO 14 officially launched.
Those looking to cast a vote must either drop their signed ballot in one of numerous ballot drop boxes scattered across the county or mail it, as long as it is postmarked by 8 p.m. Tuesday night.
The Oregon Department of Justice concluded that no criminal charges are warranted for the six former Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission employees who set aside bottles of in-demand bourbon for their personal use.
A cleanup at the Gales Creek Church, Live music at the Smokehouse and a Mother's Day concert at Carpenter Creek are all on tap for this weekend in the Gales Creek area.
