Around 200 homes in the Banks area were without power as high winds ripped through the area. According to Portland General Electric, homes in Banks and a few north of the city were without power. The ...

The Portland office of the National Weather Service issued a Flood Watch for much of Northwest Oregon, including the greater ...

Oil in Buxton. Moonshiners in Gales Creek. Banks was freshly a legal town. Timber had a West Timber. Welcome to 1925 in far western Washington County. In this column, we take a look back one hundred ...

According to the state's tripcheck.com, all lanes were closed on Highway 26 as of the latest update made around 8:30 p.m.

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.

As presented to the Banks City Council in February by Deputy Ryan Pope with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. The Banks Post does not write, edit, or alter the contents of the police log. Good ...

Three people who were mistakenly registered to vote at Oregon’s Motor Vehicle Services Division could face a criminal investigation for voting despite not being U.S. citizens. A spokesperson for the ...