March 26, 2025 • Volume 1, issue #2
Good afternoon, Banks Post readers!
I’m abandoning finishing some stories for inclusion in this week’s newsletter to instead get this out early with this important message:
Weird weather may be coming, including thunderstorms, huge hail, and even the possibility of tornadoes.
Here’s a graphic from the Portland office of the National Weather Service. Stay safe out there!
P.S. check out the events calendar at the bottom!
Have an event you’d like listed? Email the details and a link to more information or a calendar listing to [email protected].
-Chas Hundley, editor.
On to the news!
A man living in rural Washington County was arrested on rape charges near Banks, and detectives say he allegedly assaulted victims in and near Banks, Forest Grove, and Beaverton.
Statistics from February, and a thank you from the district to the community who showed up at the annual pancake breakfast in March are in this month’s Banks Fire District…
The Oregon Department of Forestry dispatched a crew of 26 Oregon firefighters and two agency representatives to North Carolina to aid the state’s battle against several wildfires.
The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife will host a hunter safety course starting April 1 through April 24 in Banks.
The governing body responsible for the development of the Salmonberry Trail plans to meet in Salem Friday, March 28 for a regular business meeting.
Column | 1925 in Banks: Timber man heads to Hillsboro for appendectomy in this week’s dispatches from history.
Today, Wednesday | March 26, 2025
- Possible Hagg Lake 2000 legal size trout stocking date March 24 – March 28 (ODF&W does not disclose actual dates) – Hagg Lake
Thursday | March 27, 2025
- Mah Jongg – Banks Public Library
- Bingo – Banks American Legion Post, 6:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.
- Dungeons & Dragons Drop-In Gaming – Banks Public Library
Friday | March 28, 2025
- Salmonberry Trail Intergovernmental Agency meeting – Salem ODF offices & online
Saturday | March 29, 2025
- Tea Time – Tonics of the Forest – Tillamook Forest Center
- Trees of the Tillamook Walk – Tillamook Forest Center
- Wilson River Trail Maintenance Party – Kings Mountain Trailhead
Sunday | March 30, 2025
- Tea Time – Tonics of the Forest – Tillamook Forest Center
- Trees of the Tillamook Walk – Tillamook Forest Center
Monday | March 31, 2025
- Possible Hagg Lake 4000 legal size trout stocking date March 31 – April 4 (ODF&W does not disclose actual dates) – Hagg Lake
- Possible Vernonia Pond 2000 legal size trout stocking date March 31 – April 4 (ODF&W does not disclose actual dates) – Vernonia Pond
Tuesday | April 1, 2025
- Economic Development Commission Meeting – Banks City Council Chambers
- S.T.E.M for Elementary: Engineer A Solution For A Coastal Hazard – Banks Public Library
- Tuesday Learners – Banks Public Library
Thanks for reading the Banks Post!
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.
