Following accusations of sexual harassment of a minor and a number of other allegations against Banks Fire District Chief Rodney Linz, the district’s board of directors pushed back Tuesday with a statement authorized by the board at a special meeting held Monday evening. “The Banks Fire District takes all allegations[Read More…]
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Banks Fire District October 2021 Fire Log
Banks Fire District August 2021 Fire Log
Banks Fire District responded to a car crash and wildfire in Gales Creek on September 8, 2021. Photo: Chas Hundley
Banks fire district, chief agree to pay $250,000 in lawsuit by fired employee
Chief Rodney Linz at the Banks Fire District headquarters in Banks. Photo: Chas Hundley The Banks Fire District and Chief Rodney Linz agreed to pay a $250,000 sum after a former employee of Banks Fire District #13 sued the district last year, alleging that Banks Fire District Chief Rodney Linz[Read More…]
Banks Fire District July 2021 Fire Log
Members of the Banks Chamber of Commerce receive a tour at the Hornshuh Creek Fire Station in Buxton from Chief Rodney Linz on August 5, 2021. Photo: Chas Hundley
Banks Fire District June 2021 Fire Log
The Banks Fire District #13 headquarters in Banks on March 3, 2019. Photo: Chas Hundley
City of Banks, Banks Fire District asks locals to not use fireworks, city show still on
The Banks Fire District offices in Banks in 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley Independence Day, the United States’ most explosive holiday, is falling less than a week after this part of Oregon experienced a deadly heat wave, and more dry, hot weather in the forecast offers little relief to tamp down[Read More…]
Banks Fire District May 2021 Fire Log
The Banks Fire District #13 headquarters in Banks on March 3, 2019. Photo: Chas Hundley
Barn destroyed, home damaged in fire near Banks
The barn that burned near Banks on Tuesday, May 11. Photo: Banks Fire District Banks Fire District 13 and several neighboring fire agencies fought a fire near Banks that destroyed a barn and caused significant damage to a nearby home on Tuesday evening. Banks Fire District was first dispatched to[Read More…]
Banks Fire District April 2021 Fire Log
The Banks Fire District #13 headquarters in Banks on March 3, 2019. Photo: Chas Hundley
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