A former Banks legislator dies by gun accident just months after his car was found in the river, a dance held in Timber and more in news from a century ago.
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March 2024 Banks Police Log
This month’s police log: A new citation program coming to Banks, a loaded gun stolen from an unlocked car and more.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County April 10, 1924
Watts Community Club has chicken dinner, and other comings and goings from April 10, 1924 in Banks and Gales Creek.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County April 3, 1924
A century ago: The namesake of the community of Roy dies, and a man is arrested for a Manning chicken theft. This and more in the news of 1924.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County March 27, 1924
A private fish hatchery near Mountaindale provides 5,000 trout to a Gales Creek man, and an accused moonshiner takes his own life in this week’s dispatches from history.
Banks Fire District February 2024 Fire Log
Statistics from February and a welcome to a new volunteer coordinator are in this month’s fire log from the Banks Fire District.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County March 20, 1924
A century ago, the Banks American Legion had a membership drive, and the Gales Creek Stage meant there were better mass transit options in the valley than there are today.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County March 13, 1924
Three men in the Washington County Jail on various charges related to moonshine and Prohibition escaped via the roof, “swinging to trees” in 1924. This and more in the news of a century ago.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County March 6, 1924
Forest Grove solves a problem with the help of Gales Creek, a Banks man establishes a hospital in Forest Grove and more from a century ago in the news.