Banks' Independence Day celebrations, from a free event held on the grounds of Sunset Park, races at Sunset Speedway to ...

The Oregon Department of Emergency Management is urging Oregonians to be vigilant in the face of a National Terrorism ...

Freshly returned from a deployment in the Gorge, crews from the Banks Fire District and Gaston Rural Fire District joined ...

At 12:01 a.m. on Monday, June 23, fire season will begin in lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry in the ...

The Washington County Elections Division released the certified election results from the May 20 special district election ...

UPDATE 12:52 p.m.: The Banks Vernonia State Trail is closing near the fire. “State parks staff is aware of the situation and they are in the process of closing the Banks trailhead and the ...

A crash has closed Highway 26 west of the Timber Junction. According to the Oregon Department of Transportation’s tripcheck.com, the crash occurred near Music Road, west of the four county point area.

Helicopters, ambulances, and local fire agencies converged Saturday night on the scene of a two-vehicle fatal crash on Highway 26 near milepost 31, an area west of the Four County Point area.

A residential fire that has spread into adjoining wildland near Highway 26 and 47 in Manning has prompted a Level 1 evacuation for a one mile area south and east of the fire at the Highway 26 Highway ...

A wildfire northeast of the Mountaindale community began early Thursday morning, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue said. According to a social media post from the fire agency, a vegetation fire began ...

A note from Gales Creek Journal Editor Chas Hundley: We are expanding our small collection of columns (Banks Police Log, Banks Fire Log, and Dispatches from History) to include this occasional ...

Early results in Tuesday’s recall election—which are not yet final and do not include ballots still in the mail—are in, and the results are too close to call for one target of the recall, and another ...