For two days this week, part of Gales Creek's downtown was transformed into Indiana, and the Gales Creek Community Church of God converted to Catholicism. That is, for a film being shot in the area, which also considered shooting on Cedar Canyon and Greenville Road.
Ninety-two years ago on Aug. 14, 1933 a logging crew at the end of a railroad spur in the upper reaches of the Gales Creek Watershed sparked a wildfire. That spark became the Tillamook Burn.
After fire destroyed the Timber school, a $6,000, up to three room replacement was under consideration. This and more in the news of a century ago from 1925!
A recent rulemaking process from the Department of Land and Conservation Development could have limited what can be sold at farm stands, but an outsized public response to the potential rules put the process on an indefinite pause.
Banks firefighters will appear at the upcoming annual Banks BBQ to collect donations for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), officials say.
The annual Banks BBQ will take place this weekend
"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
