GOLDENDALE — Did your business suffer substantial loss in the Burdoin Fire? If so, the Klickitat County Emergency Management Department would like to hear from you.
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Charges — Aug. 24-30, Hood River police charged people with driving suspended (one), false info (two), harassment (two), interfering (one), mischief (one), offensive littering (one), restraining order violation (one), theft (two), warrant (three), weapons (one). Last week, Oregon State polic…
FREE NEWS: In July, the Wy’East fire district, serving Odell, Pine Grove and the area east of Hood River in the lower valley, got hit by a check-washing thief. Now protection will cost the district $1,020 a year.
FREE NEWS: A body was discovered inside a van parked in the Edward Jones parking lot on Wood Court after the vehicle had reportedly remained in the same spot for approximately two weeks.
FREE NEWS: Ticket W192 was the winner of the Columbia Gorge Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) playhouse raffle, drawn on Aug. 29.
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FREE NEWS: Gov. Tina Kotek directed Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and the Division of Emergency Management to “expeditiously begin” phase two on Aug. 29.
GOLDENDALE — On Friday, Sept. 12 at 6 p.m., Sheriff Songer will swear-in the new Klickitat County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Dog named Zeus and Deputy McBride as his handler, at the Goldendale Grange located at 288 E. Darland Drive in Goldendale.
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GOLDENDALE — It was a good news, bad news story Sept. 2 as County Auditor Heather Jobe presented the preliminary 2026 budget to Klickitat County Commissioners at their morning workshop session.
Gorge Food Access Survey extended — Those in Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Klickitat and Skamania counties can take the survey at beav.es/GorgeFoodSurvey through Nov. 7. Twenty participants will be chosen at random to receive a $50 gift card. “The 2015 Gorge Food Access Survey helped bring in …
Some suppression repairs and forest health assessment activities may take place now, while others must wait for wetting rains
Charges — Aug. 11-24, Bingen-White Salmon police charged people with DUII (1), mischief (1). Aug. 17-23, Hood River police charged people with driving suspended (1), harassment (1), sex crimes (1), theft (1), warrant (1). Last week, OSP added driving suspended (1), DUII (1), fail to report a…
FREE NEWS: A fire was called in to The Dalles at 9:05 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept 2, which quickly spread across farm fields and wildland terrain between Mill Creek and Cherry Heights. At one point, flames were so tall that people in Dallesport could see them from across the river.
FREE NEWS: For the second time in as many months, Skamania County Superior Court Judge Randall Krog ruled that a petition seeking to recall Stevenson City Council member Lucy Lauser met the requirements to move ahead.
FREE NEWS: In July, the Wy’East fire district, serving Odell, Pine Grove and the area east of Hood River in the lower valley, got hit by a check-washing thief. Now protection will cost the district $1,020 a year.
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HOOD RIVER — Public comment opened the Aug. 19 Port of Hood River regular session, and residents voiced concerns about a man who was accused of taking photos of children at Frog Beach near Nichols Basin in late July.
GOLDENDALE — Klickitat County Corrections Director Bill Frantz had some sobering financial numbers for county commissioners at their Aug. 26 meeting.
FREE NEWS: In place of the traditional gate fee, TDHS is asking fans for donations to support those affected by the Rowena Fire. The effort is part of a student-led initiative to show solidarity with local families impacted by the recent tragedy.
Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to contact The Dalles Police Department at 541-296-2613 or 541-296-2233.
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THE DALLES — Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District Rep. Cliff Bentz attended the Rotary Club of The Dalles meeting at Spooky’s Pizza on Aug. 20, where he focused on aspects of the recently passed Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) that “will help this community economically over the next 10, if not long…
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