Once again, the city of Banks is looking for the best among the residents of Banks and surrounding communities who've left a lasting positive mark on the city through their good works.
"I don’t think it is a coincidence that the first car on the early morning of the first day I worked after [Banks Road] was opened was 38 MPH before cresting the hill leaving town," writes Deputy Ryan Pope in this month's police log.
The Banks, Buxton, Manning and Timber CPO 14 will meet Thursday evening. On the agenda? "Oregon's Home Rule and how that makes Washington County different."
Oregon State Police say a pedestrian on Highway 6 died after entering the roadway and being struck by a semi-truck on Highway 6 about three miles west of the Tillamook and Washington County line on Tuesday.
Oregon faces five major challenges, according to economist John Tapogna: a housing shortage; lousy K–12 schools; wildfires; overreliance on income taxes; and ambivalence about growth.
More than a hundred teachers and staff from Banks' three public schools gathered in the Banks Elementary School cafeteria Aug. 19 for a breakfast with their peers and school officials as another school year began. With construction, new security, and a cell phone ban looming, many changes await staf
