Banks High School math teacher Wymon Smith was arrested again Thursday. "To date, investigators have spoken with nearly 20 ...

The Washington County Sheriff's Office said they worked with Oregon State Police to make two arrests this week on Highway 26, ...

Banks is under a Winter Weather Advisory, while higher elevations like Timber are under a Winter Storm Warning.

As presented to the Banks City Council in January by deputies with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. The Banks Post ...

Roads throughout the region are icing up, and Highway 26 is closed several miles west of the Timber Junction. According to ...

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden will host a Washington County town hall Saturday, February 15 at 12 p.m. in Hillsboro.

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

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

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

Most of Oregon’s fire crews sent earlier this month to California, including four Banks firefighters and Forest Grove-area state crews, are returning after two weeks. The Banks Fire District sent a ...

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 ...

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, ...