Combines line Highway 47 on August 17, 2018. Photo: Chas Hundley After a year’s hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Annual Banks BBQ, Truck & Tractor Pull will return to Banks from August 20 – 22 at Sunset Park. What would have been the 75th year in 2020 of holding[Read More…]
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Former Cornelius mayor, F.G. School Board member Ralph Brown missing now for 30 days
Ralph Brown. Photo courtesy WCSO Ralph Brown was last seen on May 16, 2021 near his Cornelius home, where he reportedly left around 6:30 p.m. It’s been 30 days, and his whereabouts remain unknown. “Unfortunately, there are no new updates to report at this time,” wrote Washington County Sheriff’s Office[Read More…]
Banks Fire District May 2021 Fire Log
The Banks Fire District #13 headquarters in Banks on March 3, 2019. Photo: Chas Hundley
Search continues for Ralph Brown, missing from Cornelius since Sunday
Ralph Brown. Photo courtesy WCSO Ralph Brown was last seen leaving his Cornelius home on Sunday, May 16 in a 2014 Blue Nissan Sentra. Brown, 76, hasn’t been seen since, launching a search that has spanned at least two counties as deputies seek Brown, who, according to his family, has[Read More…]
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
Body of man missing in Forest Grove found in waters of Gales Creek
Toufik “Tom” Tanous. Photo courtesy of WCSO The body of a man who walked away from a memory care facility in Forest Grove three days ago was found just outside of city limits in the waters of Gales Creek on Thursday shortly before 3 p.m. According to the Washington County[Read More…]
Police continue search for man missing from Forest Grove
Toufik “Tom” Tanous. Photo courtesy of WCSO 79-year-old Toufik “Tom” Tanous walked away from the Hawthorne House Care Facility in Forest Grove Tuesday night. The Forest Grove Police Department and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office are searching for Tanous, who has Alzheimer’s. According to a Washington County Sheriff’s Office press[Read More…]
Banks Fire District February 2021 Fire Log
County Board to host town hall; county installs new economic development director
Matt Craigie. Photo courtesy Washington County The Washington County Board of Commissioners is hosting a virtual town hall on March 6 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the county’s Zoom platform with commissioners participating. The county commissioners plan to discuss their 2021 priorities followed by a live Q&A with[Read More…]
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