Before there was a Banks BBQ, there was the Banks Hog and Dairy Show.
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Dispatches from history: Western Washington County September 20, 1923
One century ago: A Ku Klux Klan gathering just northwest of Forest Grove drew members “from Portland and many surrounding towns” and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales Creek, Buxton, and beyond from September 20, 1923.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County September 13, 1923
A Banks man and his vehicle are struck by a train, a logging camp is for sale and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales Creek, Buxton, and beyond from September 6, 1923.
Banks August 2023 Police Log
A cyclist is struck in Banks, a stolen car, and more in the August police log.
COLUMN | Protecting Floodplains on the Tualatin River
“Flooding is a normal part of our waterways,” writes TSWCD Education & Outreach Specialist Adriana Lovell. “When houses and things that are meant to stay dry are built too close to these seasonally wet places, trouble abounds.”
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County September 6, 1923
The Banks Hog and Dairy Show is prepared, the Gales Creek Road gets a fresh coat of paint, and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales Creek, Buxton, and beyond from September 6, 1923.
Banks July 2023 Police Log
Sunset Laundry makes it into this month’s police log not once but twice, and windows are broken by unknown miscreant(s) at the Banks Elementary and High Schools.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County August 10, 1923
A train crash near Buxton, a judge vacations in the Gales Creek-area neighborhood of Watts, and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales Creek, Buxton, and beyond from August 10, 1923.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County August 2, 1923
Clapshaw, Love, and Hundley are just a handful of the family names scattered throughout this week’s edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales creek, Buxton, and beyond from August 2, 1923.
Banks Fire District June 2023 Fire Log
June statistics and a message on wildfire prevention from the Banks Fire District in this month’s fire log.