Banks Fire District #13 in Banks. Photo: Brenda Schaffer BANKS – Looking for a way to help your community — from the comfort of your own home — and perhaps save a life? Banks Fire District 13 has put a call out to the general public to vote for the[Read More…]
Chas Hundley
Suspect named in Hagg Lake shooting of two sheriff’s deputies
56-year-old Dante James Halling. Booking photo from a 2018 arrest at Multnomah County HAGG LAKE – While responding to reports of the theft of a long gun at a Hagg Lake area home at 2:16 p.m. on Thursday, August 8, two members of the Washington County Tactical Negotiation Team (TNT)[Read More…]
Forest Grove Fire & Rescue: Motor home sparked small brush fire west of Glenwood
Photo: Forest Grove Fire & Rescue GLENWOOD – Multiple agencies, including Forest Grove Fire & Rescue, Banks Fire District 13, and prison crews from South Fork Forest Camp and more responded to a motor home fire along Highway 6 that sparked a small brush fire near Gales Creek Camp Thursday[Read More…]
Brush fire burning near Highway 6 west of Timber Road
Cornelius Fire Department brush 816 drives through downtown Gales Creek, sirens blaring, as it heads toward the brush fire west of Glenwood. Photo: Chas Hundley UPDATE: Forest Grove Fire & Rescue says that Highway 6 could be closed for 3 to 4 hours, though crews hope to have it open[Read More…]
Salmonberry Trail Intergovernmental Agency will meet August 2 in Banks
A portion of the Salmonberry Trail route bewtween Manning and Buxton. Photo: Chas Hundley BANKS – The Salmonberry Trail Intergovernmental Agency (STIA) will hold a board meeting on Friday, August 2 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Banks Fire District 13 headquarters in Banks at 13430 NW Main St., Banks,[Read More…]
Driver involved in fatal crash on Highway 6 arrested on six charges
Photo: OSP BANKS – The driver of a vehicle involved in a fatal crash on Wednesday evening west of Banks on Highway 6 has been arrested on six charges stemming from the crash. Around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 24, emergency response agencies and the Oregon State Police responded to[Read More…]
ODF crews battle blazes in Alaska
Oregon Department of Forestry attack crews on the ground in Alaska. Photo: ODF ALASKA – It’s been a somewhat tame fire season so far in Oregon, especially compared to last year. With bases covered at home, the Oregon Department of Forestry sent personnel to assist in wildfire suppression efforts in[Read More…]
Washington Co. Sheriff’s Office seeking missing mother, toddler
Nicole Marie Murphy and her two-year-old son Caiden. Photo: WCSO HILLSBORO – The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is working to locate 32-year-old Nicole Marie Murphy and her two-year-old son Caiden, both of whom were last seen Tuesday, July 23 between 6 and 7 p.m. at an urgent care facility on[Read More…]
Fatal crash closes Highway 6 just west of Banks
A photo from the scene, courtesy Tim Townley. Photo has been cropped to remove identifying features of vehicle involved. BANKS – A crash on Highway 6 near mile post 48, roughly 1 mile west of Banks, has halted traffic near a construction zone, with a vehicle severely damaged after it[Read More…]
Movie in the Park – and Mary Poppins – returns
Poster courtesy Walt Disney Company BANKS – Banks? Meet the Banks – the fictional children from 1964’s Mary Poppins have grown up and will be featured in the city of Banks this summer, as Disney’s sequel Mary Poppins Returns hits the screen at Greenville City Park on Friday, August 2.[Read More…]
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