Banks City Hall. Photo: Brenda Schaffer BANKS – The city of Banks begins road maintenance projects tomorrow, Wednesday, May 8, with contractor Oregon City-based Earth Works Excavation undertaking the job of updating part of an upgrade to the city’s waterline infrastructure. Beginning Wednesday, May 8, Oregon City-based Earth Works Excavation[Read More…]
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‘Fines for Food’ at the Banks Public Library May 6 – 11
The Banks Public Library. Photo: Chas Hundley BANKS – The Banks Public Library is continuing to put a spin on its annual Fines for Food program, which runs Monday, May 6 to Saturday, May 11. Every year, libraries across Oregon allow patrons to forego paying fines for overdue materials —[Read More…]
Wires, fires, and screeching tires: A busy afternoon for Banks Fire District
Photo: TVF&R BANKS – In less than two hours on Saturday, April 27, Banks Fire District #13 responded to a large bark dust pile near Highway 26 on Dersham Road, wires down on Highway 47 near the 26 interchange, and a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 26 at Fisher Road, near[Read More…]
The Banks Public Library plans for the future
The Banks Public Library. Photo: Chas Hundley BANKS – The Banks Public Library released a three-year strategic plan it will follow which will allow the library’s staff to “continue engagement with community members, seek feedback, and be responsive in the action it takes to fulfill the goals set out in[Read More…]
Banks Fire District asks for local option levy increase in May election
The Banks Fire District. Photo: Brenda Schaffer BANKS – The taxpayer-funded Banks Fire District 13 will place on the ballot in this May’s election a five-year $2.7 million local option levy that would raise property taxes earmarked for the district 35 cents from the current 62 cents for a total[Read More…]
Banks School District to remain open May 8 amid calls for education funding
Banks Middle School. Photo: Chas Hundley BANKS – The Oregon Education Association has asked teachers across the state of Oregon to join a walkout on May 8 to demand more significant education funding for public schools and community colleges, with some school districts closing due to anticipated low staffing levels.[Read More…]
In Oregon, gas prices rise – and will likely climb higher
Prices at the Forest Grove Chevron sit at $3.33. Photo: Chas Hundley BANKS – Gas prices in the 97106 area code are just three cents higher than the Oregon state average, according to AAA Oregon-Idaho, which sounds like good news, but the price of gas also rose during the last[Read More…]
New bus route links Banks and Vernonia
The sun rises as a Columbia Co. Rider rolls into the bus stop. Photo: Chas Hundley BANKS – A new bus route servicing Vernonia, Banks, and Hillsboro opened Monday, April 1 courtesy of Columbia County Transit. The route, called Vernonia Route 6, starts at Vernonia City Hall and travels down[Read More…]
Easter events in far Western Washington County
St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Roy. Photo: Chas Hundley Banks Banks Community United Methodist Church Thursday, April 18: Maundy Thursday Potluck and celebration, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 21: 7 a.m. Sunrise service at Union Point Cemetery, 11 a.m. regular service at UMC Location: UMC: 151 Depot St, Banks, OR[Read More…]
Art of the Story: 15th annual storytelling event returns to Washington County
The Banks Public Library. Photo: Chas Hundley WASHINGTON COUNTY – The 15th Annual Storytelling Festival “Art of the Story” takes place across Washington County libraries, schools, cultural, senior and recreational sites April 27 – May 4. This year’s festival includes 14 events focusing on a variety of storytelling formats and[Read More…]