"Timber Road is an important connector between Highway 6 and Highway 26," an August 6 Washington County Board of Commissioners agenda item to award a bid reads. "Community members, the Banks Fire District, the Oregon Department of Forestry and Stimson Lumber have all expressed support for this proje
Do you know what to do when an evacuation is issued in the Banks area? Find info on how to build a plan in this month's Banks Fire District log, along with stats from June.
More Oregonians are suffering from respiratory, heart and mental health issues caused by extreme weather events linked to climate change, and rural, elderly and minority communities are being hit the hardest, a new state report found.
A Killen pioneer (namesake of the Killen Wetlands) of near Banks passes, a young Gales Creek woman is robbed of a $65 watch and more in the news of a century ago.
The Washington County Fair opened Friday evening, drawing crowds to Hillsboro from all over the county and beyond.
The free event, running now through July 28 at what are now
Washington County officials plan to start a new diversion program to combat the state’s fentanyl crisis in September. But officials say state funding does not pay for enough outreach workers to respond every time police interact with a person with illicit drugs.
Planes were grounded, hospitals cancelled surgeries, Starbucks mobile ordering was hit, and the city of Banks lost phone service: A global tech outage hit everyone on Friday.
Stub Stewart State Park is host to a variety of activities — disc golf, horseback riding, mountain biking, to name a few — and for one night on Saturday, July 20, the park will transform into a movie theater for a free showing of Director Nicolas Roeg's The Witches.
