PGE will host dinner and a discussion about their wildfire mitigation plans and power safety shutoffs in 2023 and 2024 June 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the North Plains Elementary School.
Author: Chas Hundley - Banks Post
Stub Stewart State Park to host community fair June 3
Part of the festivities at Stub Stewart for State Parks Day will be the “Stub Stewart Community Fair,” held Saturday, June 3 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Highway 47 is closing again
Highway 47 is closing again June 19. This time, ODOT estimates the closure will be for less than two weeks.
Trail cleanup to be held in Buxton June 10
A Salmonberry Trail clean up event will be held at Public Coast Farm in Buxton starting at 10 a.m. and is expected to finish no later than 2 p.m.
Banks April 2023 Police Log
This month’s police log from calls in the city of Banks in April, as presented to the Banks City Council in May.
Free Fishing Weekend is back first weekend of June
Free Fishing Weekend returns to Oregon on Saturday and Sunday, June 3-4, the second of three such “Free Fishing Weekends” scheduled to be held in 2023.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County May 24, 1923
We may never know what “Walker hrdltshrdl hrdl hrdlu rdluuu” means, but a century ago, someone at the print shop left this cryptic message in a story about a Banks man playing on the radio.
Highway 6: ODOT zeros in on three trouble spots in online open house
People keep dying in crashes on Highway 6. ODOT’s got some (mostly) unfunded ideas to help. Check it out at an online open house.
Banks’ Senator Suzanne Weber joins senators barred from running for reelection in 2026
Suzanne Weber, representing Banks, Timber, Buxton, Manning, and the North Coast and Columbia County, will not be eligible to run again for her seat in 2026 after ten unexcused absences in the State Senate.
TVF&R lifts burn ban
Starting at 6 p.m. Thursday, residents in the bounds of Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue will again be able to conduct outdoor burning, TVF&R said in a press release.
