Chas Hundley
@chashundley.bsky.social
Journalist, publisher, fighting the decay of local print media with innovative hyperlocal journalism at News in the Grove and the Banks Post.
Nothing quite makes you feel alive like the A string snapping in your face.
November 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Nothing quite makes you feel alive like the A string snapping in your face.
Whoops: Oregon Parks and Rec just sent out a completely empty FlashAlert.
November 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Whoops: Oregon Parks and Rec just sent out a completely empty FlashAlert.
And so, it is my privilege to give to you a poem that first ran in the 1925 Washington County News-Times, a paper my great-grandmother was also writing for at the time.
"Hallowe'en," By Verne Bright
"Hallowe'en," By Verne Bright
October 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
And so, it is my privilege to give to you a poem that first ran in the 1925 Washington County News-Times, a paper my great-grandmother was also writing for at the time.
"Hallowe'en," By Verne Bright
"Hallowe'en," By Verne Bright
I don't take "no you can't see that" very well.
October 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I don't take "no you can't see that" very well.
This definitely stretches the definition of Portland, but Jim Dandy Farm Market in Manning, just outside of Banks, has free admission, free wagon rides, a maze, and a mini haunted house. Photos by me, feel free to use 'em if wanted. www.pumpkinpatch.farm
October 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This definitely stretches the definition of Portland, but Jim Dandy Farm Market in Manning, just outside of Banks, has free admission, free wagon rides, a maze, and a mini haunted house. Photos by me, feel free to use 'em if wanted. www.pumpkinpatch.farm
I have acquired a 1994 "Spelling Ace" computer. Between this and my electric typewriter, I'll be unstoppable.
October 12, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I have acquired a 1994 "Spelling Ace" computer. Between this and my electric typewriter, I'll be unstoppable.
I have to do exercises 5x daily while recovering from a back injury and the office dog Tank is *thrilled.*
September 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I have to do exercises 5x daily while recovering from a back injury and the office dog Tank is *thrilled.*
I am now up to six library cards.
September 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I am now up to six library cards.
I am dog sitting. Meet Hadey, if you can get her to stay still.
September 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I am dog sitting. Meet Hadey, if you can get her to stay still.
No press table at a government meeting? I'll make my own!
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
No press table at a government meeting? I'll make my own!
It's possible leaving newspapers with my phone number in them at the local tavern was a mistake.
September 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
It's possible leaving newspapers with my phone number in them at the local tavern was a mistake.
I took a lot of photos at the Banks BBQ. This one, at the frog jumping contest, is my favorite.
August 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I took a lot of photos at the Banks BBQ. This one, at the frog jumping contest, is my favorite.
Not the peacock leg-shaming in a 1925 newspaper!
August 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Not the peacock leg-shaming in a 1925 newspaper!
Amazing. This reported brush fire turned out to be... The moon.
August 11, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Amazing. This reported brush fire turned out to be... The moon.
Something truly incredible has happened here in the city of Forest Grove. News in the Grove, my bid to bring a full-service, 1970s level of newspaper back to this fine city hit... this milestone, completely by coincidence.
(@newsinthegrove.bsky.social)
(@newsinthegrove.bsky.social)
August 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Something truly incredible has happened here in the city of Forest Grove. News in the Grove, my bid to bring a full-service, 1970s level of newspaper back to this fine city hit... this milestone, completely by coincidence.
(@newsinthegrove.bsky.social)
(@newsinthegrove.bsky.social)
Holy hell: The Oregon State Police just issued a correction today to a press release from July 8 to note that the person declared dead in a Linn County crash is not, in fact, dead.
July 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Holy hell: The Oregon State Police just issued a correction today to a press release from July 8 to note that the person declared dead in a Linn County crash is not, in fact, dead.
Amazing. (The crash was extremely serious and resulted in a state highway being closed)
July 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Amazing. (The crash was extremely serious and resulted in a state highway being closed)
You can't take this seriously when it's in Dutch.
June 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
You can't take this seriously when it's in Dutch.
"Thank you for your attention to this matter" is how I sign an email urging a company to refund my money.
June 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"Thank you for your attention to this matter" is how I sign an email urging a company to refund my money.
Finally saw an emu up close and I gotta be honest: I didn't really enjoy the experience.
June 12, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Finally saw an emu up close and I gotta be honest: I didn't really enjoy the experience.
Really sad story out of Forest Grove today where nine cats were killed when a home caught fire while no one was home.
But, I did get to witness one kitty, who was extremely upset, get rescued by two AMR medics and a neighbor.
www.newsinthegrove.com/home-damaged...
But, I did get to witness one kitty, who was extremely upset, get rescued by two AMR medics and a neighbor.
www.newsinthegrove.com/home-damaged...
June 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Really sad story out of Forest Grove today where nine cats were killed when a home caught fire while no one was home.
But, I did get to witness one kitty, who was extremely upset, get rescued by two AMR medics and a neighbor.
www.newsinthegrove.com/home-damaged...
But, I did get to witness one kitty, who was extremely upset, get rescued by two AMR medics and a neighbor.
www.newsinthegrove.com/home-damaged...
Now this is podracing.
May 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Now this is podracing.
