Cloudy with periods of rain. Low 37F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 80%. Rainfall near a quarter of an inch..
Cloudy with periods of rain. Low 37F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 80%. Rainfall near a quarter of an inch.
Updated: November 25, 2025 @ 4:24 pm
HOOD RIVER — The Hood River County Board of Commissioners met Oct. 20 and started off with two public hearings. The first was on the FEMA flood plain ordinance, which was adopted.
The second was on the legalization of Evans Creek Drive, a process where an “as traveled” road becomes aligned with the surveyed land. The county has a few roads like this that are in various stages of legalization, including Neal Creek Road — which commissioners also received a brief update on.
During the commissioners’ reports, Chair Jennifer Euwer reported difficulties in staffing the OSU Extension office due to the new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, often the type agricultural researchers need.
Commissioners heard updates on the Urban Growth Boundary that would affect what updates property owners can make to septic systems on land that comes up against city and county utilities, and saw a demonstration of a map that allows a visualization by parcel of the utilities overlap. They also spent some time discussing questions to ask the senate candidates, a discussion that focused on making sure the candidates could properly focus on representing the district, as reported in the Oct. 29 issue of Columbia Gorge News.
The fiscal assessment of the county was another important discussion, and commissioners received an update about the Fiscal Sustainability Analysis, for which the county is in the process of contracting Baker Tilly. Commissioners were concerned about making sure the analysis was done for the whole county’s budget so that savings could be found across the board.
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