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Free from Oregon Journalism Project: The settlements are for far less than jury verdicts but bring some closure for damages suffered five years ago — and beat a federal tax penalty.
Wasco County is in serious need of 911 dispatchers, and staff can see potential employees in all kinds of places. The dispatch center is short three positions, and the Wasco County Board Commissioners recently agreed to hire two contract dispatchers, who they hope will start at the first of the year,
FREE NEWS: According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Thanksgiving Day has the highest number of home-cooking fire incidents across the nation, and residential fires are approximately three times more likely to occur on this day than on any other day of the year.
FREE NEWS: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., and 38 members of Congress urged 19 Democratic governors to block U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from accessing driver license and registration information of people living in their states.
FREE NEWS: “Reasonable people will have varying opinions on immigration policy,” said Rep. David Gomberg. “But we should all agree that the bedrock of good government is transparency."
FREE NEWS: “It’s been disturbing to see raid after raid terrorizing our communities with ICE agents violently detaining people solely based on the color of their skin, denying their Constitutional right to due process."
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FREE NEWS from Uplift Local: Seven years after a crash sent three people to the hospital, organizers of Cruise the Gorge are hoping to get city officials in The Dalles to help them make the annual car show safer. Before approaching the city council, they stopped by the fire department, where they got a lukewarm reception.
Injury crash — A jeep on Highway 30 turned in front of a Subaru and they collided. Fire and EMS responded to extract the jeep’s driver (who got three citations) from the vehicle, and all occupants of both vehicles were transported to a local hospital.
STEVENSON — Skamania County Sheriff Summer Scheyer wants to change the way her office manages volunteers. Two volunteer groups, Search and Rescue and the Dive Team, are connected to the sheriff’s office through their official names, but aren’t under its oversight. Search and Rescue is, in fa…
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FREE NEWS: Proper installation, testing, and maintenance of carbon monoxide detectors is essential for preventing carbon monoxide poisoning.
THE GORGE — Free walk-in expungement clinics will continue serving residents in Hood River and The Dalles, offering help to those seeking to set aside eligible criminal records, according to a press release.
HOOD RIVER — On Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 9:23 p.m., Oregon State Police responded to a three-vehicle crash on Highway 281, near milepost 7, in Hood River County.
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FREE NEWS: The Bingen-White Salmon Police Department has arrested one person who was involved in a shooting outside the Ayutlense Family Mexican Restaurant this past July, but the investigation is still ongoing.
In 2019, House Bill 5050 added funds to OSU Extension’s budget for fire resistance and resilience. The program’s $1 million annual budget supports six regional fire specialists with expertise in topics like fire ecology, rangeland management, home hardening and prescribed fire.
FREE NEWS: A single-vehicle fatal crash on Highway 197 near milepost 37 on Oct. 5 resulted in the death of a Maupin man.
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