The city of Banks baked potlucks into city code during the Jan. 13 meeting, after a ruling from the Oregon Ethics Commission left Oregon cities and governments scrambling to figure out snacks.
Highway 6 is back to two lanes after nearly a month of emergency repairs following December's landslide and sunken grade. Flaggers remain on site, with guardrail work scheduled for Monday.
Emergency repairs at the milepost 35 sunken grade continue on Highway 6, and this month, travelers can expect more delays as the Oregon Department of Transportation begins work on replacing guardrails along the corridor.
Former Banks High School teacher Wymon Wayne Smith, 67, pleaded guilty to two sexual abuse counts Wednesday morning and was sentenced to more than six years in prison.
Balm Grove sold, a 1926 map of Washington County, a 10-year fishing ban announced, a man falls off a train near Timber and more in the news of a century ago.
1926: A dream of a highway connecting Forest Grove to Tillamook continued. Dilley and Gales Creek feuded over flowers. Bacona, north of Buxton, still had a post office. Step into Forest Grove and Banks-area history from the lens of newspaper archives of the day.
