One hundred years ago, a burglar broke into the Buxton and Banks post offices, absconding with 30 cents from Banks, and a rifle from Buxton. This and more in the news of a century ago.
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Launched in the 1970s as a way for communities to provide feedback to the county on a community by community basis, largely in regards to Oregon's land use planning system, the program has grown over the years. Now, the county wants to overhaul the program, and is looking for feedback in a survey an
The city of Banks will close half the city to outside traffic on Halloween, according to the city, a move made at the request of local residents in the Arbor Village development, the city said.
Highway 47 was closed between Osterman Road and Spreadborough Road for a crash Forest Grove Fire & Rescue described as serious in a social media post issued shortly after 9:15 p.m. Sunday.
Saved from destruction before the Wilkes House was demolished in July, employees of Five Star Builders, hired by the property owners to demolish the house, found two antique "fire extinguishers," though not the modern type we picture today.
The Friends of the Banks Public Library will hold a book sale in the Banks Public Library’s Jane Moore Community Room starting Thursday Oct. 24 to Saturday, Oct. 26 and Monday, Oct. 28, skipping Sunday when the library is closed.
