The Banks School District will host an open house at the district offices, formerly the Banks Union High School, on Wednesday, Oct. 15 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
The Washington County Open Studios Tour will return to the county on October 18 and 19, with more than 60 artists across 50 locations opening their workspaces to visitors, including in the Banks area.
A local school board furiously called the county superintendent when the teacher didn't show on the first day of school. As it turns out, it was their fault: They had botched the opening day of the Hillside school. The teacher wasn't contracted to start until the next week.
Western Washington County voters will have two questions on their ballots. The Washington County Sheriff's Office and the county's library system are each seeking replacement levies that will increase property taxes.
The Banks Fire District will throw open the (bay) doors to the Banks Fire Station on October 11 from 12 to 4 p.m. for an open house to promote Fire Prevention Week.
The Banks High School homecoming court will parade down Trellis Way to Main Street, and into the Banks High School and Banks Middle School parking lot Friday, Oct. 10. That evening, the Braves will take on the Kennedy High School Trojans.
A Garibaldi woman is dead after a Washington driver drove into oncoming traffic on Highway 6 just west of the Washington and Tillamook County line Friday, Oregon State Police said.
Lyle Spiesschaert is setting aside about 25 acres of his family farm with a vision of a heritage center and event space celebrating and honoring rural western Washington County's agricultural industry and the community's history.
The driver of a flatbed truck was flown by Life Flight helicopter to a trauma center with serious injuries after emergency crews carried them up the embankment of an irrigation ditch on Highway 47, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said.
