The Banks Post (Page 115)

Oregon Department of Forestry warns of fire danger over Memorial Day weekend

A burn pile that escaped control on NW Strohmeyer Rd on Tuesday, April 13. Photo: Forest Grove Fire & Rescue The Oregon Department of Forestry is warning of increased fire

By Chas Hundley

/ 26 May 2021

Oregon Department of Forestry warns of fire danger over Memorial Day weekend

Banks Road to have daytime closures due to construction

Banks Road as seen from Cedar Canyon Road on May 14, 2021. Photo: Chas Hundley Banks Road will close at Sellers Rd to 1/4 mile east of Sellers Road

By Chas Hundley

/ 26 May 2021

Banks Road to have daytime closures due to construction

Highway 47 traffic camera goes live at Stub Stewart State Park entrance

The traffic camera at the entrance to Stub Stewart State Park entrance. Photo: ODOT A traffic camera initially expected to go live in April has been activated as of Wednesday,

By Chas Hundley

/ 26 May 2021

Highway 47 traffic camera goes live at Stub Stewart State Park entrance

Banks National Drinking Water Week 2021 coloring contest winners

The city of Banks holds a coloring contest annually to commemorate National Drinking Water Week for youth in Banks, and this year is no different. Here are the winners — and

By Chas Hundley

/ 25 May 2021

Banks National Drinking Water Week 2021 coloring contest winners

Online open house for traffic signal proposal at north end of Banks accepting comments through May 31

Image of the project courtesy Washington County LUT The most complex intersection in Banks, located at the north end of town, has been eyed for a redesign for years — an

By Chas Hundley

/ 25 May 2021

Online open house for traffic signal proposal at north end of Banks accepting comments through May 31

All Tillamook, Clatsop State Forest campgrounds reopening by Memorial Day weekend

The Gales Creek Overlook in the Tillamook State Forest. File photo: Chas Hundley//Banks Post The Oregon Department of Forestry has announced that all campgrounds in the Tillamook and Clatsop

By Chas Hundley

/ 24 May 2021

All Tillamook, Clatsop State Forest campgrounds reopening by Memorial Day weekend

Dispatches from history: Western Washington County 100 years ago: May 12, 1921

The newspapers and other print jobs of the time would have been printed on this type of machine. Photo taken from April 28, 1921 edition of the Washington County News-Times.

By Chas Hundley, and various historic writers, journalists, and authors from the early 20th century.

/ 24 May 2021

Dispatches from history: Western Washington County 100 years ago: May 12, 1921

Board of Forestry to vote on interim state forester candidate May 27

Peter Daugherty (center) during a Salmonberry Trail Intergovernmental Agency meeting on August 4, 2017 in Grand Ronde. Photo: Chas Hundley The search for an interim state forester continues, with a

By Chas Hundley

/ 24 May 2021

Board of Forestry to vote on interim state forester candidate May 27

State hopes cash and scholarship prizes in lottery for the vaccinated will bring more shots in arms

File photo: Chas Hundley The state of Oregon is betting that a new lottery game — with cash prizes of up to $1 million — for those who’ve been vaccinated will

By Chas Hundley

/ 21 May 2021

State hopes cash and scholarship prizes in lottery for the vaccinated will bring more shots in arms

Search continues for Ralph Brown, missing from Cornelius since Sunday

Ralph Brown. Photo courtesy WCSO Ralph Brown was last seen leaving his Cornelius home on Sunday, May 16 in a 2014 Blue Nissan Sentra. Brown, 76, hasn’t been seen

By Chas Hundley

/ 21 May 2021

Search continues for Ralph Brown, missing from Cornelius since Sunday

Oregon Senate Bill 868 would strip Board of Forestry of power to appoint state forester

Peter Daugherty (center) during a Salmonberry Trail Intergovernmental Agency meeting on August 4, 2017 in Grand Ronde. Photo: Chas Hundley A bill introduced in the Oregon Senate on Wednesday, May

By Chas Hundley

/ 20 May 2021

Oregon Senate Bill 868 would strip Board of Forestry of power to appoint state forester

Tuesday night's election winners in Banks, according to unofficial results

The official ballot drop site in Banks in 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley Tuesday night’s election ended at 8 p.m. with 91,150 Washington County residents casting a ballot,

By Chas Hundley

/ 19 May 2021

Tuesday night's election winners in Banks, according to unofficial results