Travelers should be prepared for a number of construction projects coming to rural western Washington County roads in July ...

In an email to ODOT staff Saturday, Director Kris Strickler said the agency will be forced to eliminate hundreds of position.

The U.S. Department of Labor hauled Pamplin—the former owner of the Forest Grove News-Times—back into U.S. District Court in ...

In 1925, the life of Odie Wilmoth, a Banks youth, hung in the balance after a collision between a car driven by local farmer ...

Otto, a Dilley-area resident, took his oath, but Hammond, a Gales Creek resident, was unexpectedly absent. He’d joined a task ...

In advance of Independence Day, the Oregon Department of Forestry is raising fire danger from low to moderate in areas in and ...

Banks' Independence Day celebrations, from a free event held on the grounds of Sunset Park, races at Sunset Speedway to ...

The Oregon Department of Emergency Management is urging Oregonians to be vigilant in the face of a National Terrorism ...

2024 was forecast to be a fairly mild fire season in comparison to previous years like the devastating 2020 Oregon wildfire season. The reverse turned out to be true. The fire season was so expensive, ...

Freshly returned from a deployment in the Gorge, crews from the Banks Fire District and Gaston Rural Fire Protection District joined Forest Grove Fire & Rescue and other county agencies to head to the ...

The Washington County Elections Division released the certified election results from the May 20 special district election Tuesday, including precinct-level data on the election that saw just one ...

A fast growing wildfire in the Columbia River Gorge is being fought with the aid of local firefighters out of Gaston and Banks. According to the Oregon State Fire Marshal (OSFM), the Rowena Fire, ...