With high winds expected Thursday night and into Friday and the area under a mix of flood watches and advisories, those living in flood-prone areas should be prepared, the Portland office of the National Weather Service said. A small sand pile in Banks at Sunset Park was behind yellow caution[Read More…]
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Banks Fire District October 2021 Fire Log
Banks October 2021 Police Log
Disturbance – Arborpark Lp – Deputies were called to the park for reports of a fight with several people. Deputies arrived on scene and discovered several juveniles and a mother in an argument. Two of the juveniles were detained and later released to parents. No crimes were reported. Theft –[Read More…]
Upcoming vaccination clinics: Forest Grove
File photo: Chas Hundley Washington County’s Mobile Vaccine Team continues to schedule Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccination clinics in western Washington County as the county works to combat the Delta variant. The furthest west portions of Washington County not in the Portland Metro region have the lowest[Read More…]
Highway 26 closed after fatal crash in Manning
Photo from the scene of a fatal crash in Manning on October 17, 2021. Photo: Washington County Sheriff’s Office Highway 26 is closed in Manning near SW Pihl Road following a fatal crash. A photo shared by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office showed the location to be near the Jim[Read More…]
Salmonberry Trail Intergovernmental Agency meeting October 15
The proposed site of the Salmonberry Trail as it passes over Highway 26 between Buxton and Timber on September 3, 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley Those interested in the development of the Salmonberry Trail can follow along at a regularly-scheduled Salmonberry Trail Intergovernmental Agency (STIA) meeting, scheduled for October 15 from[Read More…]
Upcoming vaccination clinics: Forest Grove
File photo: Chas Hundley Washington County’s Mobile Vaccine Team has scheduled several Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccination clinics in western Washington County in the coming weeks as the county works to combat the surging Delta variant. The furthest west portions of Washington County not in the Portland[Read More…]
Banks September 2021 Police Log
Deputy Ryan Pope drives in the Banks BBQ parade in Banks on August 22, 2021. Photo: Chas Hundley As reported by members of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office to the Banks City Council on Tuesday, October 12 Criminal Mischief/DUI – NW Main St – An employee with the In and[Read More…]
Obituary: Lucille Marie Bernards, 1931 – 2021
Lucille Marie Bernards, age 89, passed away September 29th in Beaverton. Lucille was born on October 22, 1931 in Roy, Oregon to parents Francis and Hermina (Vandecoevering) Vanderzanden. She is survived by sister Dorothy Bernards, brothers Ron Vanderzanden, Frank Vanderzanden and pre-deceased by her sister Bernice Rowley, brother Don Vanderzanden and[Read More…]
Banks Fire District August 2021 Fire Log
Banks Fire District responded to a car crash and wildfire in Gales Creek on September 8, 2021. Photo: Chas Hundley