"Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures as high as 97 to 105 degrees expected, coupled with mild overnight low temperatures of 62 to 70 degrees" are in store for the Willamette Valley starting Sunday afternoon, the National Weather Service said.
For 78 years, the Banks BBQ has delighted crowds. Families from far beyond Banks flock to the stands to enjoy the spectacle of trucks and tractors competing in the truck pull, combines crashing into each other, a parade, classic Americana activities for kids like the frog jump and greased pole compe
An 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia on Tuesday evening according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), prompting a Tsunami Watch for the Oregon coast and other west coast regions.
Banks American Legion Post 90 and the post's auxiliary will host a dinner for post members, area veterans and their families Saturday, July 26, starting at 1 p.m.
People are shooting exploding targets and firing hot lead into dry vegetation in the Tillamook Forest with predictable results: Five wildfires since May. “These fires are all preventable,” said Acting Forest Grove District Forester Stephanie Beall.
Robert Carlson ran a soft drink establishment in Banks in 1925. As it turns out, he dabbled in hard drinks, too. After failing to convince a judge that someone "must have slipped" the liquor found in his woodshed inside, he was sentenced to six months in the Washington County Jail and a hefty $500 f
