With no long-term fix in sight for the crumbling Highway 6, county leaders declared an emergency Tuesday morning, asking the ...

Some of the biggest, strangest, or just most impactful stories we wrote in the Banks and Forest Grove areas last year.

Highway 6 has closed again after a new crack formed in the only lane still in operation near milepost 35. The highway is ...

L. J. Creps dies, poetry rings in the new year, and more snippets of life from western Washington County a century ago.

"Whether it's supporting our local events, caring for our community, or simply checking in on a neighbor, every small act ...

Last year’s legislative session saw a historic number of bills — more than 3,400 — introduced in at least two decades. Some ...

"Whether it's supporting our local events, caring for our community, or simply checking in on a neighbor, every small act makes a big difference here," writes Banks Mayor Marsha Kirk in this month's ...

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency arrested 807 people in Oregon between Sept. 1, 2023 and Oct. 15, 2025, with nearly 660 people of those arrested in the first 10 months of 2025 alone, ...

A Christmas Eve windstorm with gusts of up to 45 mph are expected on Christmas Eve, weather agencies, utility companies, and ...

The Washington County Board of Commissioners voted to declare two separate states of emergency in response to federal actions, one over food insecurity and the other over a sharp increase in ICE ...

The front of the building and parking lot at at Hornshuh Creek Fire Station #14 on October 28, 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley Crafted with locally-milled logs on the exterior, the new Hornshuh Creek Fire ...