In this column, we take a look back one hundred years ago in western Washington County. This week, the clips come from the Washington County News-Times, published January 1, 1925. These news clips are ...

Oregon’s new attorney general took office a few days early on New Year’s Eve, repeating his oath of office before the same federal judge who presided over his criminal mischief and reckless ...

Overnight winds brough trees down on area roads, littering Highways 26 and 6 with debris and taking out power for Portland General Electric and West Oregon Electric Co-op customers throughout the ...

The sixth annual Christmas Light Parade, held Dec. 14 in Banks, drew crowds and local businesses, groups, and floats to Main Street. My thanks to our readers for taking and sending in photos to the ...

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) will begin construction on a series of curb ramps in 2026 in Banks to make it easier for those with disabilities and wheelchairs, strollers , walkers, ...

Buxton’s Stub Stewart State Park will kick off the new year with two free guided hikes, joining 29 other state parks across Oregon Wednesday, Jan. 1 in a tradition known as First Day Hikes. “First Day ...

Following a wind storm that struck the region Christmas night and into the morning of December 26, homes and businesses on Western Oregon Electric Co-op (WOEC) lines stretching from Vernonia to Timber ...

A project to build a water connection to a new manufactured home near the corner of NW Trellis Way and NW Main Street will see intermittent road closures of Trellis Way between Dec. 26 and Dec. 31.

A husband-and-wife duo was cited by police after the wife shot a deer near the Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club and then the husband walked onto the golf course with an AR-15 rifle in search of the wounded ...

A large police presence just south of Banks near Highway 47 is due to a burglary, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said. “Deputies are investigating a burglary,” Washington County Sheriff’s ...

Chas Hundley is the editor of the Banks Post and sister news publications the Gales Creek Journal and the Salmonberry Magazine. He grew up in Gales Creek and has a cat.

Most Oregonians in 2025 will see residential electricity rates nearly 50% higher than they were just five years ago. The state’s Public Utilities Commission — a three-person governor-appointed group ...