The official ballot drop site in Banks on Election Day 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley Here we go again: Voters will take to the polls on Tuesday, May 18 to vote on local school, fire, and water boards, and the window to file to run for office is open. The window[Read More…]
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Washington County will drop to ‘moderate risk’ on Friday
Face masks. Photo: Chas Hundley Weeks of falling COVID-19 case rates have already seen Washington County moved from the “Extreme Risk” category to “High Risk.” Governor Kate Brown announced that 16 counties, including Washington, will be moved down further in the list of categories on Friday, Feb. 26. The counties[Read More…]
Sgt. Braun returns to full-time duty more than 18 months after Hagg Lake shooting
Joy Braun, Jeremy Braun, and Sheriff Pat Garrett during a Feb. 2020 press conference. Photo: Chas Hundley//Banks Post More than 18 months after being shot at close range with a shotgun on August 8, 2019 in a wooded area near a Hagg Lake-area home while attempting to apprehend an armed[Read More…]
‘Abnormal Market Disruption’ declared as state tries to quash reported winter storm price gouging
A nearly three foot long icicle hangs from a gutter in Gales Creek on Feb. 15, 2021. Photo: Chas Hundley As hundreds of thousands of Oregonians grapple with extended power losses throughout the Willamette Valley, some have had no choice but to find lodging at hotels with electricity to survive[Read More…]
Memorial, procession from Forest Grove to Buxton planned for Capt. Mark Hornshuh
Captain Mark Hornshuh. Photo: Courtesy Banks Fire District A funeral procession for Captain Mark Hornshuh, a Manning resident and longtime volunteer with the Banks Fire District will make its way from Forest Grove, through Banks, and on to Buxton on Feb. 20 before reaching Buxton’s Hornshuh Creek Fire Station for[Read More…]
‘Ice Storm Warning’ to begin at 1 p.m. Sunday
Icicles hang from a gutter in Gales Creek on Feb. 12, 2021. Photo: Chas Hundley An Ice Storm Warning issued by the National Weather Service for the Greater Portland Metro area will begin Sunday at 1 p.m. and extend to 6 a.m. Monday, Feb. 15. The warning begins when the[Read More…]
More winter weather expected over weekend
A new traffic camera sprouted up overnight in Timber, showing road conditions approximately every three minutes on Timber Road at Railroad Ave. The listed elevation is incorrect; USGS maps show the location here to be closer to 1000′ A layer of ice and snow blanketed the region overnight, and there’s[Read More…]
Fishing is free Saturday & Sunday, Feb. 13 and 14
Hagg Lake. File photo: Chas Hundley, August 3, 2020 Free Fishing Weekend will return to Oregon on Friday & Saturday, February 13 & 14, the first of four such “Free Fishing Weekends” to be held in 2021. On those days, fishing, crabbing, and clamming is free to all residents and[Read More…]
Winter Storm Watch issued for Thursday through Friday
Snow covers Roderick Road near Gales Creek on February 10, 2019. Photo: Chas Hundley The Portland branch of the National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Watch for most of northwestern Oregon and southwest Washington on Wednesday, warning of weather conditions starting Thursday and extending through Saturday that could bring[Read More…]
High school football coming back to Oregon
The Banks Braves at the 2018 state football championship. Photo: Angela Scorcio Governor Kate Brown announced changes are coming to the Oregon Heath Authority’s guidance prohibiting contact sports, and the news means that football is coming back to Banks. The new guidance will require districts in counties in the high[Read More…]