North Bend flag stuck at full-mast

The city hall flag pole is experiencing technical difficulties.

A mechanical issue is preventing the North Bend City Hall flag from being lowered to half-staff, in accordance with an order from President Joe Biden.

American flags were ordered to be lowered to half-staff following an attack on the U.S. Capitol grounds on April 2, which took the life of a police officer. However, the flagpole at North Bend’s City Hall is experiencing mechanical issues that prevent the crank from lowering the flag.

“The city is working on a repair, but it will most likely to be an immediate or easy problem to fix,” an April 5 press release from the city states. “The city regrets that it could not lower the flag to half-staff to honor the fallen police officer, and offers heartfelt condolences to all impacted by this tragedy at the U.S. Capitol grounds in Washington, D.C.”

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The White House advised that the flag be flown at half-staff until sunset on April 6, 2021.

On April 2, a driver rammed his vehicle into a barrier surrounding the Capitol, wounding one officer, and killing Officer William Evans, an 18-year veteran of the department. Police shot and killed the suspect as he ran toward officers with a knife, The Hill reports. The suspect was identified as Noah Green, a 25-year-old man from Indiana.

The attack came three months after a mob stormed the Capitol Building on Jan. 6 in an attempt to disrupt the Electoral College from certifying the presidential election for Joe Biden.