Politics

Finalists for Hood River City Manager announced

By Noah Noteboom
Aug 18, 2021

Four candidates for position of City Manager were released on Aug. 13.

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Police say they don't know where missing woman's fiancé is

Robert Durst found guilty of first-degree murder

Video shows patron assaulting hostess over vaccine mandate

Merkley to hold remote town hall for Hood River County

Updated Jun 15, 2021

Oregon U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley will hold a remote and telephone town hall for constituents in Hood River County on Friday, June 18.

May 18 election: Special district positions open on Hood River ballot

Feb 24, 2021

A wide range of special taxing districts — ports, school districts, fire districts and others — will be on the May 18 Hood River County Special Districts election ballot for the purpose of electing members, commissioners or directors. The election will conducted by mail.

OR lawmakers appalled by U.S. Capitol violence

By Gary A. Warner, Oregon Capital Bureau
Jan 12, 2021

Oregon’s congressional delegation found themselves trapped by protestors who stormed the Capitol in protest of the Electoral College vote to verify the election of Joe Biden as President.

Sen. Merkley slams 'attempted coup'

Jan 12, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Jan. 6, Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley's office released the following statement after a mob, incited by President Trump, assaulted police officers and stormed the Capitol, and a group of Republican senators attempted to block the congressional certification of the Ele…

HR city voters stay the course for city hall

By Kirby Neumann-Rea
Nov 18, 2020

Hood River voters firmly decided Nov. 3 to stay the course when it comes to leadership at City Hall.

Bentz winning 2nd Congressional District

By Gary A. Warner Oregon Capital Bureau
Updated Nov 6, 2020

Republican Cliff Bentz of Ontario was winning by a wide margin in the race for the open congressional seat representing Central and Eastern Oregon, voting returns showed Nov. 3.

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Ballot turnout tops 40 percent in Wasco, Hood River counties; ‘Things are hectic,’ Klickitat clerk says as Nov. 3 date nears

By Kirby Neumann-Rea
Updated Oct 28, 2020

Voter turnout is running high throughout the Mid-Columbia, a reflection of acute concerns over ballot security throughout the U.S.

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Time to vote, and vote correctly

Kirby Neumann-Rea
Updated Oct 22, 2020

General Election Day, and the start of election results week, is just under two weeks away.

Congressional District 2 rare GOP bastion in Oregon

By Gary A. Warner Oregon Capital Bureau
Oct 21, 2020

Congressional District 2 is a big splash of Republican red in the otherwise solid blue Democratic map of Oregon’s House districts.

Fagan, Thatcher vie for Oregon Secretary of State

By Gary A. Warner Oregon Capital Bureau
Oct 21, 2020

The top two candidates for Secretary of State said Oct. 12 they did not want to use that office as a stepping stone to running for governor in 2022 and questioned each other’s independence from influence by their political parties.