The Banks Post (Page 115)

Banks' Main Street Salon is expanding

Melissa Polley stands in front of Main Street Salon. Photo: Chas Hundley Main Street Salon in Banks is expanding, spilling into a newly renovated room with a new entrance behind

By Chas Hundley

/ 12 Jul 2021

City eases water restrictions

Part of the city of Banks water system on September 6, 2017. Photo: Chas Hundley The city of Banks is lifting some restrictions on water usage, moving from stage 3

By Chas Hundley

/ 8 Jul 2021

Dispatches from history: Western Washington County June 30, 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.

/ 8 Jul 2021

Dispatches from history: Western Washington County June 30, 1921

ODF crews fight Tillamook Forest wildfire with help of Banks Fire's Hornshuh Creek Fire Station

An Oregon Department of Forestry helicopter stages at the Hornshuh Creek Fire Station in Buxton. Photo: Oregon Department of Forestry What the Oregon Department of Forestry is now calling the

By Chas Hundley

/ 7 Jul 2021

ODF crews fight Tillamook Forest wildfire with help of Banks Fire's Hornshuh Creek Fire Station

Board of Forestry to meet July 12 in state forester search process

Nancy Hirsch, pictured here with departing Oregon Department of Forestry State Forester Peter Daugherty in December of 2018 at her retirement as deputy state forester. Photo: ODF The Oregon Board

By Chas Hundley

/ 7 Jul 2021

Board of Forestry to meet July 12 in state forester search process

Tillamook Forest Center to remain closed through most of summer

The Tillamook Forest Center. Photo: Chas Hundley The Tillamook Forest Center will remain closed until at least September. The Oregon Department of Forestry-owned and operated facility and property, located along

By Chas Hundley

/ 7 Jul 2021

Tillamook Forest Center to remain closed through most of summer

People may not legally light fireworks in some areas outside of Banks

A map showing areas protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry. Map courtesy ODF Can you legally light fireworks if you live west or north of the city of Banks

By Chas Hundley

/ 1 Jul 2021

People may not legally light fireworks in some areas outside of Banks

City of Banks, Banks Fire District asks locals to not use fireworks, city show still on

The Banks Fire District offices in Banks in 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley Independence Day, the United States' most explosive holiday, is falling less than a week after this part

By Chas Hundley

/ 1 Jul 2021

City of Banks, Banks Fire District asks locals to not use fireworks, city show still on

State reopens, lifting most COVID-19 restrictions

File photo: Chas Hundley Oregon’s risk level framework and the majority of masking, capacity, and social distancing measures were lifted Wednesday, June 30, doing away with the majority of

By Chas Hundley

/ 30 Jun 2021

State reopens, lifting most COVID-19 restrictions

Gov. Brown declares state of emergency over wildfire risk

A six-acre wildfire burned in the Tillamook Forest on April 14, 2020. Photo: ODF Local and state officials are increasingly warning of significant fire danger ahead of the Independence Day

By Chas Hundley

/ 30 Jun 2021

Gov. Brown declares state of emergency over wildfire risk

Banks suspends outdoor water use, limits indoor use amid 'critical' water shortage

Part of the city of Banks water system on September 6, 2017. Photo: Chas Hundley The city of Banks issued a notice Wednesday morning halting all outdoor water use and

By Chas Hundley

/ 30 Jun 2021

Banks suspends outdoor water use, limits indoor use amid 'critical' water shortage

Dispatches from history: Western Washington County June 23, 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.

/ 30 Jun 2021

Dispatches from history: Western Washington County June 23, 1921