A cyclist is struck in Banks, a stolen car, and more in the August police log.
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Fire danger rises again
Fire danger on the east side of the Tillamook State Forest was set to high Thursday morning as temperatures rose.
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.
Tillamook Forest Center to shift to fall hours before closing for season
This is the last weekend before the Tillamook Forest Center reduces hours for the fall and then closes in November. Should the center finish the season out this year—and, barring unforeseen catastrophe, there’s no indication that it won’t—it will mark the first full season the center has pulled off since 2019.
Fire danger to be lowered to ‘moderate’ Tuesday
Fire danger in this corner of the state has lowered enough that the Oregon Department of Forestry plans to reduce the fire danger level for public use restrictions to moderate (blue) Tuesday morning in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association (NWOFPA) region.
Oregon emergency officials look to 2020 wildfires for lessons learned
State report makes recommendations to prepare Oregon for the next disaster, wildfire or otherwise
Photos: 77th Annual Banks BBQ Truck & Tractor Pull
Photos and video of this year’s 77th Annual Banks BBQ Truck and Tractor Pull are here – no subscription required!
Banks 77th Annual BBQ gets a custom beer
There’s a new feature at the 77th Annual Banks BBQ Truck & Tractor Pull this year: A custom lager made by Forest Grove’s Ridgewalker Brewing.
Highway 26 closed in Manning for crash
Highway 26 is closed in Manning at Sell Road for what the Washington County Sheriff’s Office described as a minor crash.