A report on the Banks City Council meeting, this months police and fire logs, an update on a man missing possibly in Gales Creek or Hillside and more in this week's Banks news!
Robert Carlson of Banks arrested again after allegedly lying about the booze that totally wasn't hidden in his woodshed during Prohibition and other tidbits of life in 1925 in Banks and beyond.
"Parties were again notified and counseled to try to solve their differences or separate for a while and to not unnecessarily utilize law enforcement for their relationship struggles," and other items in this month's police log for the city of Banks.
The Banks School District will host an open house at the district offices, formerly the Banks Union High School, on Wednesday, Oct. 15 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
The Washington County Open Studios Tour will return to the county on October 18 and 19, with more than 60 artists across 50 locations opening their workspaces to visitors, including in the Banks area.
A local school board furiously called the county superintendent when the teacher didn't show on the first day of school. As it turns out, it was their fault: They had botched the opening day of the Hillside school. The teacher wasn't contracted to start until the next week.
The Banks Fire District will throw open the (bay) doors to the Banks Fire Station on October 11 from 12 to 4 p.m. for an open house to promote Fire Prevention Week.
The Banks High School homecoming court will parade down Trellis Way to Main Street, and into the Banks High School and Banks Middle School parking lot Friday, Oct. 10. That evening, the Braves will take on the Kennedy High School Trojans.
The driver of a flatbed truck was flown by Life Flight helicopter to a trauma center with serious injuries after emergency crews carried them up the embankment of an irrigation ditch on Highway 47, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said.
