Chas Hundley is the editor of the Banks Post and sister news publications the Gales Creek Journal and the Salmonberry ...

A federal funding freeze, now temporarily blocked by a judge, left some local officials uncertain as to what the impact would ...

Oregon leaders were scrambling Tuesday morning after an announcement from the Trump administration that it was at least ...

Most of Oregon's fire crews sent earlier this month to California, including four Banks firefighters, are returning after two ...

After many twists and turns, the Banks City Council is back to a full board, selecting former Mayor Stephanie Jones from a slate of four candidates who had submitted themselves for consideration to ...

Banks High School math teacher Wymon Smith has been arrested on charges of sexual abuse in the second degree and luring a minor. According to a press release from the Washington County Sheriff’s ...

Efforts are underway, the Oregon Journalism Project has learned, to unwind one of the great timber fortunes in the state—at the order of the federal government. On Dec. 26, Dr. Robert Pamplin Jr., 83, ...

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 15, 1925. These news clips ...

Cal Mukumoto, the head of the Oregon Department of Forestry announced his resignation in a brief letter Thursday, noting his last day would be Jan. 23. “This email is a notice that I am resigning my ...