The Oregon Department of Forestry lowered fire danger to moderate and industrial precaution levels to IFPL 1 across northwest Oregon, including the Tillamook State Forest, early Thursday.

This week: the August Banks Fire log, nominations open for the 2026 Banks Citizenship Award, fire danger drops to moderate ...

Who can vote and serve in Banks, Banks council weighs rezoning fees and land purchase, Public survey on county transit needs ...

Crews from three counties, scooper planes and a helicopter worked the Wolf Creek Fire off Highway 26 on Wednesday. By ...

The Gales Creek Community Club is taking vendor applications for its Nov. 14 holiday bazaar, with room for crafters, makers ...

Crews from Clatsop, Washington and Columbia counties and the Oregon Department of Forestry are fighting a wildland fire off ...

Officials detailed their investigation, laying out how five people were killed one by one at a rural property west of Forest ...

The five people found dead at a rural property on NW Otis Lane included a grandmother, her daughter and granddaughter, the ...

Five people were found dead at a rural property west of Forest Grove early Saturday, and the Washington County Sheriff's Office is investigating the deaths as a homicide, detectives said Sunday. No ...

Nominations for the city's annual Citizenship Award are open through Sept. 30, honoring a Banks-area resident whose good ...

All Oregon voters will receive ballots by mail and should plan to return them by mail or an official dropbox despite a legal ...

This week: the Otis Lane killings west of Forest Grove, the Wolf Creek Fire, and a 1976 history column on a deadly weekend of ...