As Saturday’s city of Monmouth Town Hall neared an end, a speaker walked to the front of those assembled and asked them to listen, to listen real hard, to what she had to say about the proposed micro-shelter at Christ’s Church.

The Dallas School Board is moving closer to adopting a construction excise tax to fill in the gaps the latest voter approved bond measure cannot fund. While they waited for a final recommendation from their Citizen Oversight Committee (which met June 6 after the Itemizer-Observer’s deadline)…

INDEPENDENCE – The plan for a traffic light at the intersection at 7th and Monmouth streets is signaling trouble for the city’s largest subdivision, Brandy Meadows, as the developer and the city grapple over who should bear the biggest cost for installing it.

Under head coach Brandi Jackson, the Dallas softball team has seen steady success. Multiple league titles, multiple deep runs in the playoffs and multiple appearances in the 5A state title game. The only thing that has eluded Jackson and the Dragons has been the first place state trophy.

Henry Hobson Richardson never spent a minute in Monmouth. Yet his influence is clearly visible 137 years after his death.

During the 2022-23 school year, Dallas Community School students have been working on the project Community 101 in partnership with the Oregon Community Foundation.

Dallas, Monmouth and Independence now have dedicated Safe Exchange Zones that are safe and secure, with 24-hour video surveillance, for residents to conduct personal exchanges, such as child custody, or e-commerce transactions, such as buy/sell/trade. Each Safe Exchange Zone has two parking …

Dallas Pickleball Club offers free lessons in June