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A decision on a route from western Washington County to the coast hit a roadblock (heh) in 1925. This and more in the news of a century ago.
A decision on a route from western Washington County to the coast hit a roadblock (heh) in 1925. This and more in the news of a century ago.
On Dec. 26, Dr. Robert Pamplin Jr., 83, settled a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Labor to resolve allegations he treated his company’s pension fund like a piggy bank, selling overvalued company real estate to unwitting pensioners.
The Roy, Gales Creek and Verboort CPO will meet in Banks Wednesday to hear from Forest Grove Fire & Rescue Chief Jim Geering on how mutual aid agreements work.
Former Banks Mayor Stephanie Jones’ term as mayor ended two weeks ago on Dec. 31. Now, the former mayor is back, this time to fill the remainder of the city council term of the person who unseated her in November’s election, Marsha Kirk.
Banks High School math teacher Wymon Smith has been arrested on charges of sexual abuse in the second degree and luring a minor.
Cal Mukumoto, the head of the Oregon Department of Forestry announced his resignation in a brief letter Thursday during a Board of Forestry meeting, noting his last day would be Jan. 23.
During a Tuesday, Jan. 14 city council work session and council meeting, the Banks City Council will interview and likely select a new city council member from a pool of four applicants:
Stephanie Jones, Debra Berry, Megan Blake
and April Cannon. Read interviews from two of the candidates here.
A century ago, an early version of what we know as Highway 6 today was slowly taking shape, but first: debates over the route took place.
CPO 14, representing community members from Banks, Buxton, Manning, and Timber, will meet in Banks Thursday, January 9.
The Oregon Department of Forestry is sending six strike teams of firefighters and equipment to California, on the heels of 12, then 15, strike teams dispatched by the Oregon State Fire Marshal Wednesday morning.
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