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

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

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

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 ...

In 1976, Banks' new community library planned a craft night with a Bicentennial cake as the prize, and Roy and Verboort ...

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 ...

Washington County Land Use and Transportation is seeking public comment on its draft road maintenance program for the upcoming fiscal year, with bridge repairs, surface work and drainage projects ...

Oregon workers making minimum wage will get an additional 50 cents per hour beginning in July, the state’s Bureau of Labor and Industries announced Thursday. The state has three different minimum ...

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.

Legendary Oregon journalist, author and teacher Grant McOmie died Thursday after a brief illness, KGW said. The longtime host of Grant’s Getaways was known across the state, and had close ties to the ...

Update: With the end of the fire season in the local Oregon Department of Forestry region on Friday, Washington County fire agencies followed suit by lifting a countywide burn ban. "Initially ...

As Oregon lawmakers stare down a deficit of at least $373 million over the next two years they asked all state agencies to create lists of ways to cut 5% of their legislatively approved budgets. The ...