The front door of the city of Banks administrative offices. Photo: Chas Hundley The following is written by deputy Ryan Pope with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, the agency that is contracted to provide police services in Banks. For the month of May notable events are as follows: · Parking[Read More…]
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Banks National Drinking Water Week coloring contest winners
Artwork: Alejandro Flores-Hall The city of Banks holds a coloring contest every year to commemorate National Drinking Water Week for youth in Banks, and no pandemic can stop it. Here are the winners — and their artwork — of the contest. First place winners receive a $25 gift card to[Read More…]
Seven days, twenty protests: Washington County residents march, protest, and call for change
Protesters line 19th Way in Forest Grove on Tuesday, June 2. Photo: Chas Hundley WASHINGTON COUNTY – In the span of one week, cities and communities in Washington County saw at least 20 protests decrying police brutality in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, a Black man, from[Read More…]
Black Lives Matter protest and march planned Friday in Banks
A man photographs a Black Lives Matter protest in Forest Grove on Tuesday, June 2. Photo: Chas Hundley BANKS – Organizers plan a protest and march Friday evening to show solidarity with Black community members in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by police, adding Banks as the[Read More…]
Banks city council to meet Tuesday to vote on budget
Banks City Hall. Photo: Brenda Schaffer BANKS – The Banks city council will meet for a work session and city council session remotely on Tuesday, June 9, the third such way of meeting for the council since most in-person meetings in the city were moved online. The work session is[Read More…]
Banks Fire District May 2020 Fire Log
Banks Fire District Engine 13 responds to reports of a chimney fire in Gales Creek on December 4. Photo: Chas Hundley The Banks Fire District 13 May 2020 fire log
DMV launches, then relaunches system for in-person appointments
Photo courtesy of ODOT OREGON – It was a bumpy road to get there, but the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is accepting appointments for certain DMV services at 40 of their 60 statewide locations. Included in that list of locations taking appointments are the DMV offices in Hillsboro,[Read More…]
Fire crews respond to residential fire on Long Rd
Banks Fire District Brush Rig 13. Photo: Banks Fire District LONG ROAD – Fire crews are responding to the scene of a fire on NW Long Road north of Cornelius. Located at a home near NW 366th Pl., the fire is burning is a basement room of the home, according[Read More…]
Washington Co. deputy charged with official misconduct from 2018 use of force incident
Rian Alden booking photo from Washington County Sheriff’s Office HILLSBORO – The Washington County Sheriff’s Office says that a deputy under investigation for allegedly sending a racist email 16 years ago has been charged with official misconduct stemming from a use of force while booking an arrestee in the Washington[Read More…]
Free fishing weekend returns Saturday & Sunday
Cochran Pond near Timber in February 2019. Photo: Paula Rene Grimes Free Fishing Weekend will return to Oregon this Saturday & Sunday, June 6 & 7. On those days, fishing, crabbing, and clamming is free to all residents and non-residents, meaning no fishing licenses or tags, including a Combined Angling[Read More…]
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