The Banks Public Library. Photo: Chas Hundley BANKS – State Representative Tiffiny Mitchell, representing Banks, Gales Creek, Gaston, and cities and communities up and down the North Coast will hold a town hall event on Sunday, June 2 at 3 p.m. at the Banks Public Library. The event is one[Read More…]
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Early results show Banks Fire District voters approve levy, Moore leads in Banks School Board race
A Washington County elections worker prepares to collect ballots in Forest Grove. Photo: Chas Hundley WASHINGTON COUNTY – Early elections results indicate that, should results hold, the Banks Fire District will receive approval from area voters in their ask for continued—and increased—funding through a local option levy. As of 9[Read More…]
Banks April 2019 Police Log
Two Washington County Sheriff’s Office vehicles parked in front of the City of Banks Public Works building. Photo: Chas Hundley Suicidal Subject: Police were called to a report of a suicidal subject. The subject was cooperative and transported to the hospital for assistance. Case Cleared Arrest Noise Complaint/Welfare Check: Police[Read More…]
One-acre brush fire burning north of Banks
Photo from the scene provided by Banks Fire District BANKS – Emergency crews are battling a one-acre brush fire north of Banks near NW Davidson Road, according to social media reports and a spokesperson from the Banks Fire District. According to Mitch Ward, public information officer with the district, the[Read More…]
Banks High School student wins national essay contest, $3k scholarship
First place winner Gracie Nelson (center) of Banks High School with her parents. BANKS – Gracie Nelson, a senior at Banks High School who plans to attend the University of Oregon next fall, won the grand prize — a $3,000 scholarship — in the 2019 Money Smart Teen Essay Contest. [Read More…]
Commerce Street Water project begins Wednesday, May 8
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…]
‘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…]
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