A project to connect people with the Indigenous history of Celilo Falls is on hold due to opposition from the Yakama Nation tribal government, according to a Confluence Project press release.

Motorists traveling I-84 east of The Dalles should be prepared for “rolling slowdowns” near the Celilo railroad bridge into July as Western Construction, contractors with the Bonneville Power Administration, use helicopter airlifts to haul electrical transmission lines from the Washington side of the Columbia River to the Oregon side.