Photo from the scene provided by ODOT BANKS – An Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) snowplow caught fire on Highway 6 just outside of Banks on Monday evening, prompting a short highway closure while crews knocked the fire down. According to ODOT spokesperson Lou Torres, no one was hurt in[Read More…]
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New nonprofit to support Salmonberry Trail begins formation
Alana Kambury gives a presentation to state officials at a Feb. 1 STIA meeting. Photo: Chas Hundley TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST – A long-planned evolution in the development of the Salmonberry Trail took its first steps recently with the announcement by the Tillamook Forest Heritage Trust that the Salmonberry Trail Foundation[Read More…]
Home near Banks damaged by fire Sunday morning
Photo from the scene provided by Banks Fire District 13 BANKS – Emergency personnel responded to a residential fire at a home just outside of Banks city limits this morning. No one was injured during the fire, which caused moderate to heavy damage to portions of the home. According to[Read More…]
National Weather Service issues Winter Storm Watch for NW Oregon
Highway 26 in the most recent bout of snow. Photo: Banks Fire District 13 PORTLAND – Snow could strike Washington County sometime on Sunday, February 24 and Monday, February 25, according to the Portland branch of the National Weather Service (NWS). That’s the message in the agency’s Winter Storm Watch,[Read More…]
Banks community rallies around Rizzo family
The Banks Middle School, where Nick Rizzo works. Photo: Chas Hundley BANKS – After years of fighting breast cancer, Staci Rizzo’s family says that her battle has reached its final stage. And the Banks community has rallied around the family—recently, and in the past few years—in a big way. A[Read More…]
Suspect arrested in Gales Creek pursuit and crash
Photo: Washington County Sheriff’s Office PORTLAND – The alleged driver in Friday’s pursuit and crash into Gales Creek was arrested Tuesday afternoon in Portland by members of the North Plains Police Department with assistance from the Portland Police Bureau, according to a press release issued by the Washington County Sheriff’s[Read More…]
Police pursuit ends with vehicle crashing into Gales Creek near Shell station
The vehicle, with a passenger still inside, is pulled from Gales Creek. Photo: Chas Hundley GALES CREEK – A police pursuit that started Friday morning near North Plains on Highway 26 ended when the driver struck a spike strip near the Gales Creek Shell station on Highway 6, lost control,[Read More…]
Seed Swap gardening event returns to Forest Grove
The 2018 Seed Swap. Photo: Joe Hundley FOREST GROVE – A popular gardening event is returning to Forest Grove on Saturday, February 16 with the Dairy Creek Community Food Web’s Spring Seed Swap, held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. Bede Episcopal Church 1609 Elm Street. Participants at[Read More…]
CPO 13 will host Washington Co. District 4 commissioner Jerry Willey at Feb. 13 meeting
Photo: Jerry Willey GALES CREEK – The monthly meeting of the Community Participation Organization 13 (CPO 13)—which represents Gales Creek, Verboort, Roy and surrounding communities—will host recently elected District 4 commissioner Jerry Willey on Wednesday, February 13 at 7 p.m. at the Gales Creek Church of God. CPO meetings are[Read More…]
National Weather Service: Snow could return, especially at higher elevations, also there’s a flood watch
Banks Fire District 13 has responded to multiple crashes on Highway 26 in the past few days due to weather-related incidents. Photo from Banks Fire District. NW OREGON – The Portland branch of the National Weather Service (NWS) is warning—with a lot of disclaimers—that the valley floor could see some[Read More…]
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