The outage that hit our sister site kept me from writing much this week. It's fixed now, and I'm headed to a conference for a ...

More Oregonians had their ballots rejected for late postmarks during the May primary than in any prior election.

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 ...

August fire response statistics and a reminder that cooler, rainy weather doesn't lift the burn ban are in this month's Banks ...

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

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

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.

Banks Fire District was among the crews that responded to a five-vehicle crash on Highway 26 in Clatsop County on Friday that ...

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

In 1976, three people between 16 and 20 died in separate weekend crashes near Banks and Gaston, pushing Washington County's traffic toll to 26 for the year. A Vernonia man also pleaded guilty in the ...