WASHINGTON COUNTY, Oregon — In this week's Let's Get Out There, we head to Washington County to check in on a new trail in the works to connect Banks and the coast. A railroad isn’t typically ...

Residents of a small Oregon town are urgently fighting to preserve a historic property that is slated to be torn down. The Banks Historical Society launched its campaign to save the former Banks ...

A century ago, a railroad moved big timber along a line that starts in Banks. Today, it's the Banks-Vernonia Linear State Trail, and a state scenic byway corridor.

The Banks-Vernonia State Trail didn't come about by accident. Beginning in the 1920s, trains hauled logs and lumber over this route from the Oregon-American mill in Vernonia to Portland.

A washed out railroad line could become a trail connecting Banks to the Oregon coast. (Photo courtesy of Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad) CORRECTION APPENDED A proposed 86-mile trail through Oregon ...

Perched atop the steep banks of Cave Creek, a charming lodge has always offered visitors to Oregon Caves National Monument a warm hearth to rest after exploring the marble halls of the nearby cavern.

The Salmonberry Trail would be the 22nd stretch of railroad turned into a bike path in Oregon. The most famous is the Banks-Vernonia State Trail, which runs along 22 miles of modest Washington ...

If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide or a mental health crisis, call or text 988 for free, immediate support 24/7. After Jesse Banks died alone in his cell at Oregon ...

The 21-mile Banks Vernonia State Trail is paved and open to hikers, bikers and equestrian use. Since it was an old railroad, ...

Most Banks leaders are for the project, which would transform the unused Port of Tillamook Bay railroad into a multipurpose trail. Most Banks leaders are for the project, ...

The Salmonberry Trail will not only be a scenic journey from Banks through the Coast Range and to Tillamook, but it would follow a historic path along old railroad tracks.

VERNONIA, Ore. (AP) - There’s a state of mind known to long-distance hikers best described, I suppose, as “autopilot.” It’s the moment when walking becomes so fluid you only consider the ...