Banks and Buxton area runners joined more than 500 people who finished the Vernonia Marathon, Half Marathon or Marathon Relay on Sunday on a route that mostly followed the Banks-Vernonia State Trail from Vernonia to the Banks High School.
The cornhole tournament to benefit the Banks Youth Football is from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. It'll be the third year that the fundraiser has been held during the Banks BBQ, a necessity borne from the COVID-19 pandemic that turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
The Banks Braves defeated the Cascade Christian Challengers 3-0 on Saturday, June 3 in Eugene, winning the OSAA/OnPoint Community Credit Union’s 3A baseball championship final.
The Banks High School girls varsity basketball team defeated Corbett 47 to 38 Saturday March 4 to become 3A OSAA state champions for the first time in school history.
A short parade begins at Trellis Way at 2:15 p.m. today, while a cannon will fire blanks every time the Braves score at tonight's football game VS Rainier.
The Hillsboro Hops will hold a joint community night for Banks and North Plains Wednesday, August 17, and Banks Mayor Stephanie Jones is expected to throw out the first pitch.
The Banks City Council heard from Washington Co. Commissioner Jerry Willey during a recent council meeting about concerns surrounding ties between an event scheduled at the Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club to Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.
The Banks Braves Logo. Photo: BSD
Two separate sporting events Banks student athletes were scheduled to play in were cancelled after a positive COVID-19 test was reported from two separate
