Roy marriage classes, a dance to benefit the Timber Rural Fire Protection District and more in the news from the 1970s!

The Gales Creek Garden Club, established in 1976, is inviting present and former members, members of garden clubs in the ...

The year is 1976. Hagg Lake is brand new, and the water is rising. In Forest Grove, Poppio's is still slinging slices, and ...

Potlucks are now in city code, Banks students honored and more, plus more than a dozen local events.

The Washington County Sheriff's Office is recruiting teens ages 14 to 17 for its Search and Rescue program. The Washington County Sheriff's Office is recruiting teens ages 14 to 17 for its Search and ...

The Washington County Sheriff's Office is accepting registrations for its Spring 2026 Community Academy, an eight-week class ...

Washington County Auditor Kristine Adams-Wannberg is asking the public for ideas on what county government programs, services, and processes should be audited in 2026.

Washington County announced it would open 24-hour inclement weather shelters at 12 p.m. Friday through at least Sunday, Jan. 25 at 12 p.m. as mid-20 degree weather is forecast. "These beds supplement ...

The first free fishing weekend of 2026 is February 14-15, just in time for Valentine's Day. What's more romantic than a ...

The Banks School District announced the hiring of Brian Sica as the district’s next superintendent. He will begin July 1. Sica’s credentials begin in Idaho, where he worked Banks School District to ...

Almost the entire edition of the Washington County News-Times in 1926 was devoted to all things automobile as a huge car show ...

The city of Banks has put out their annual call to fund the annual Independence Day fireworks show at Sunset Speedway. With $8,000 already secured from the speedway, the city seeks $13,000 more from ...