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

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

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

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

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 judge in Washington D.C. temporarily blocked a freeze the Trump administration had planned to enforce Tuesday on federal grants and loans, the Associated Press reported just after 2 p.m.

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 ...

5:30 p.m. Update: OSFM deployed an additional three strike teams Wednesday evening, bringing their total to 15 strike teams. Original story below: “The Oregon Department of Forestry is sending six ...