Buxton's Stub Stewart State Park will kick off the new year with two free guided hikes, joining 29 other state parks across Oregon Wednesday, Jan. 1 in a tradition known as First Day Hikes.
Following a wind storm that struck the region Christmas night and into the morning of December 26, homes and businesses on Western Oregon Electric Co-op lines stretching from Vernonia to Timber, Buxton, and beyond are still without power, and there's no estimate when electricity will be restored.
A project to build a water connection to a new manufactured home near the corner of NW Trellis Way and NW Main Street will see intermittent road closures of Trellis Way between Dec. 26 and Dec. 31.
Overnight winds brough trees down on area roads, littering Highways 26 and 6 with debris and taking out power for Portland General Electric and West Oregon Electric Co-op customers throughout the region. Highway 6 remained closed in Tillamook County Thursday morning.
Miss the 2024 Banks Annual Christmas Light Parade? Here's a gallery of photos of the evening's floats and displays, courtesy Banks-area photographers (No subscription required).
To fill a seat that will be vacated by City Councilor Marsha Kirk who will resign to be sworn in as mayor in January, applicants are once again sought to fill the remainder of a term.
In 1924, you could buy gas in Timber, Verboort, Gales Creek, Cherry Grove, and more, and Banks had a great cow. This and more in the news of a century ago.
Here's a story about things that are mostly not happening! CPO 14 (Banks, Buxton, Timber, Manning) and CPO 13 (Roy, Gales Creek, Verboort) are off for the holidays in December. Mountaindale-area residents can enjoy a virtual meeting Thursday, and those interested in an effort to overhaul the half-ce
An 1864 Mountaindale pioneer celebrates her 81st birthday, a fox farm between Banks and Forest Grove is established and more in this week's Dispatches from History
