Vida Moore, Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer, and Angie Moore at the Sept. 19 opening of Matt Marzano’s “Showdown for Sheriff” documentary in Goldendale.
The Business of the Year award went to Gorge Academy of Cosmetology and Massage, led and owned by Kerri Weed, pictured here with Lisa Farquharson, chamber president and CEO, at the chamber’s annual Distinguished Citizens Awards Banquet.
As local religious leaders give a blessing, people touch a totem pole created to generate awareness of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule and the effects its possible rescission could have on forests. More than 100 people gathered at the Rockford Grange to submit comments in opposition and celebrate a totem pole specially carved for the cause.
Vida Moore, Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer, and Angie Moore at the Sept. 19 opening of Matt Marzano’s “Showdown for Sheriff” documentary in Goldendale.
Pear harvest was in full swing come September, and those at Duckwall Fruit expected a “record” year for the industry after the smallest crop in four decades in 2024, which was largely fueled by a prolonged freeze up in Wenatchee.
The Business of the Year award went to Gorge Academy of Cosmetology and Massage, led and owned by Kerri Weed, pictured here with Lisa Farquharson, chamber president and CEO, at the chamber’s annual Distinguished Citizens Awards Banquet.
Kat Tabor photo
Community members gathered Sept. 11 at the Fort Dalles Readiness Center for the 2025 Distinguished Citizens Awards Banquet, an annual celebration hosted by The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, and then Matt Marzano’s debut documentary feature, “Showdown for Sheriff: A Constitutional Conflict,” premiered at the Goldendale Grange on Sept. 19. The film unpacks the 2022 Klickitat County race between Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer and Sargent Garique Clifford of the Bingen-White Salmon Police Department.
Columbia Gorge News also reported that local charitable food and resource distributor Bread and Blessings will have to find a new home. After another discussion concerning transient food merchants and public right of way, The Dalles City Council took action on Sept. 22, passing an updated ordinance to repeal municipal code and broaden the definition of mobile vending.
Separately, officials learned that 3 million cubic yards of carcinogen-laden mud dredged up from a Superfund site in Portland may get dumped in Wasco County’s landfill, owned by Texas-based Waste Connections. The company had quadrupled its intake of Portland waste over the past 10 years, and roads leading to the landfill have blind corners, among other safety issues, as documented by Columbia Gorge News. Involved parties are supposed to sign a consent decree by 2027.
As local religious leaders give a blessing, people touch a totem pole created to generate awareness of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule and the effects its possible rescission could have on forests. More than 100 people gathered at the Rockford Grange to submit comments in opposition and celebrate a totem pole specially carved for the cause.
Nathan Wilson photo
In preparation for the typical winter surge, the North Central Public Health District launched a website that tracks the prevalence of COVID-19, the flu and respiratory syncytial virus using local data.
Late this month, the Port of Hood River published a draft contract on their website for proposed plans to build a 48,960-square-foot Amazon warehouse and distribution center along Neal Creek Road in Odell. The port had spent years cleaning up and preparing the Lower Hanel Mill land for rural industrial development, and Amazon agreed to a $3.47 million price tag.
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