Banks Post Independence Day Newsletter | July 4, 2025
Volume 1, issue #7
Good afternoon and Happy Independence Day, Banks Post readers!
However you choose to celebrate today, I hope you stay safe, find community, and don’t light anything on fire that shouldn’t be on fire.
-Chas Hundley, editor.
On to the news!
Fireworks, races, hot dog eating contest: Banks will have a blast on Independence Day
Banks’ Independence Day celebrations, from a free event held on the grounds of Sunset Park, races at Sunset Speedway to fireworks overhead that evening are sure to draw crowds.
Banks Fire District sends crew to fight Cold Springs Fire near Hermiston
Banks Fire District sent firefighters to a fast-moving fire near Hermiston Wednesday.
Fire danger to rise to ‘Moderate’ Thursday
In advance of Independence Day, the Oregon Department of Forestry is raising fire danger from low to moderate in areas in and around the Tillamook Forest, Timber, Buxton, and Manning.
Feds Say Robert Pamplin Jr. Dragged His Feet in Making Pensioners Whole
The U.S. Department of Labor hauled Pamplin—the former owner of the Forest Grove News-Times—back into U.S. District Court in Portland, alleging he had failed to comply with two key conditions…
Road work season is here
Travelers should be prepared for a number of construction projects coming to rural western Washington County roads in July and August.
ODOT director calls legislature’s transportation bill failure ‘shocking,’ ‘scary’ warns of layoffs
In an email to ODOT staff Saturday, Director Kris Strickler said the agency will be forced to eliminate hundreds of positions.
Oregon Homeland Security Advisor warns of ‘heightened threat environment’
The Oregon Department of Emergency Management is urging Oregonians to be vigilant in the face of a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin warning of a heightened threat environment amid…
1925 in Banks: ‘Greenville Crash May Cost Life of Motorcycle Rider’
In 1925, the life of Odie Wilmoth, a Banks youth, hung in the balance after a collision between a car driven by local farmer Francis Herb and the driver of…
Banks-area events
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July 4, 2025
4th of July celebration — Sunset Park
Fireworks Show — Sunset Speedway
July 8, 2025
City Council Meeting & Work Session *HYBRID MEETING — City of Banks City Council Chambers
Summer Reading Program: “Monster Slayers Champions of the Elements” — Banks Public Library
July 9, 2025
Banks Public Library: Craft Night — Banks Public Library
July 10, 2025
Banks Public Library: Mah Jongg — Banks Public Library
Bingo — American Legion Post 90
Summer Reading Program: Messy Science — Greenville City Park
Thank you for reading, and have a wonderful holiday weekend! Don’t forget to poke around in our new events calendar. – Chas Hundley
Chas Hundley is the editor of the Banks Post and sister news publications the Gales Creek Journal and the Salmonberry Magazine. He grew up in Gales Creek and has a cat.
