A lightning storm early Thursday knocked out power to thousands across rural western Washington County, sparked a fire at a ...

Engine 15 and four Banks firefighters joined a Washington County task force headed for the East Evans Creek Fire in Jackson County, the district's second wildfire deployment in five days.

A breakdown of June police calls by category and year-over-year statistics, as delivered to the Banks City Council meeting in ...

In 1976, Banks' Ann Marie Duyck married William Schmidt at Roy, the Banks High class of 1966 planned its 10-year reunion, and ...

People suspected of stealing from Washington County retailers will now be arrested and booked into the county jail rather than cited and released, under a new countywide policy announced July 16 by ...

Oregonians making minimum wage will get a 50-cent bump per hour beginning Wednesday, resulting in an average of $573 more per year for someone working full time. In the Portland metro, the floor for ...

Kipperlyn Sinclair, a Hillsboro City Councilor, is one of six candidates running for Washington County Commissioner, District 4. Sinclair did not respond to a request for an interview; the following ...

Ryah Naomi Jones, the 22-year-old woman reported missing Monday in Verboort, was found Tuesday morning near the Hillsboro Public Library at Shute Park after an overnight search involving multiple ...

A Banks High School senior and a Banks Middle School eighth grader are the latest Youth Citizens of the Month from the Rotary Club of Forest Grove. By Chas Hundley Connor Mahoney, a senior at Banks ...

Mental Health Awareness Month also draws attention to Oregon's overall suicide rate, which is 50% higher than the national rate.

The year is 1976. Hagg Lake is brand new, and the water is rising. In Forest Grove, Poppio’s is still slinging slices, and over in Banks, the newly remodeled Brown Derby is serving breakfast until 2 a ...

Banks will celebrate the Fourth of July on Saturday, July 4, with an afternoon of free carnival games, a talent show and a pie eating contest at Sunset Park, followed by a night of racing and a ...