Tuesday's crash on Highway 26 near Maller Road resulted in the deaths of two people after a 90-year-old driver drove into oncoming traffic, the Oregon State Police said Thursday afternoon
Ninety years ago to the day, the first fire of what would become known as the Tillamook Burn started near Gales Creek. We've gathered oral histories, written diaries, and newspaper clippings detailing what happened.
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.
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.
The Oregon secretary of state said Tuesday that Republican state senators who had at least 10 unexcused absences during this year’s session will not be eligible to run in 2024. That number includes Banks' State Senator Suzanne Weber.
From the outside, it's business as usual at the Banks Fire District offices. But step inside and you'll notice two things: The smell of fresh paint, and Roger Smith on a ladder.
A spate of hot weather looms in the forecast: At least five days of mid-to-upper 90s, with the possibility of triple digits starting Sunday in the Willamette Valley. Prepare now.
