Banks Fire District Water Tender 14 responds to a field fire in Gales Creek on Tuesday, August 18. Photo: Chas Hundley
The official fire season ended Monday, October 12 in
Two ballots from a previous election. File photo: Chas Hundley
Voting by mail exclusively became the standard mechanism for casting ballots in Oregon in 1998 by a citizen’s initiative,
A 24-hour ballot drop site at the Banks Public Library. Photo: Chas Hundley
The deadline to register to vote or update your registration is Tuesday, October 13.To register or
Two letters to the editor have been submitted this week; for the duration of the electoral season, we will publish letters we receive every Wednesday in an effort to consolidate
The Oregon Capitol building in Salem. Photo: Chas Hundley
An updated brief from the Oregon Legislative Fiscal Office originally released in May and re-released in September shows the state will
Banks Fire District Brush Rig 13 and a crew of three prepare to head to California for a similar deployment in 2019. Photo: Banks Fire District
Brush Rig 13, two
A Columbia County Rider bus stops at one of two bus stations in Banks on April 15, 2019. Photo: Chas Hundley
WASHINGTON COUNTY - An online survey released on Friday,
Smoke hovers above Gales Peak on Wednesday, September 9, 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley
Stagnant air — a soup of haze, smoke and fog — is settling in for the weekend and beyond
Now is the time to vote for our community of House District 32 and not for just a rubber stamp of Portland politicians. Suzanne Weber has my support and my
The Banks School District on September 3, 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley
BANKS -
A grant awarded to the Banks School District by Washington County with CARES Act funding will pay
