A campaign sign for Brad Witt in Manning near the Dairy Creek Tavern. Photo: Chas Hundley
Bradley Witt (D/I/WFP-Clatskanie) with 50.6 percent of the vote defeated Republican contender Brian Stout’s (R-Columbia City) 49.27 percent tally, according to results from the Oregon Secretary of State, making Witt, the incumbent winner and soon-to-be 8th full-term plus the remainder of a term he was appointed to in 2005 for House District 31. Rep.-elect Witt told the Banks Post he has no immediate agenda walking into the coming legislative session, but that he is open-minded about what can be accomplished. ”Still exploring options,” Witt said, noting that he would be able to discuss the matter closer to January's session.A message on Stout’s Facebook page has not officially used the word “concede,” which some groups find important during the aftermath of the entire general election, but it did include a message to his supporters that reads: “There are few words other than ‘thank you’ and ‘congratulations’ for standing up, volunteering, voting, and making your voice heard … We may have lost the district-wide race (49.29 percent to 50.57 percent), but we all win when we as a community come together, get involved and are nice to others.”
Two uncontested races saw incumbents take their seats once again on the sprawling Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue board, while one incumbent, Gordon Hovies, will be ousted in favor of new-to-the-board but not to Washington County politics Roy Rogers if initial results hold.
Initial results from the May 20 2025 Special District Elections were posted at 8 p.m. Tuesday, and the results show two incumbents, John Wren and Kevin Henning, winning their uncontested seats on the Banks Fire District board
he Friend of the Banks Public Library is holding its annual book sale from Thursday, May 19 through Monday, May 23 in the library’s Jane Moore Community Room.
The city of Banks announced that Kirkland, Wash.-based telecom company Ziply Fiber will begin building a new fiber-optic network along Main Street between Sunset Avenue and Wilkes Street on
The Banks City Council unanimously approved the allocation of $50,000 to construct prior to June 30 a basketball court in Greenville Park, a project that has been discussed for
While the world looked on in shock as Russian troops invaded Ukraine in late February, Mark Gregg, a Banks resident, firefighter with Hillsboro Fire & Rescue and current Banks city
