A 28-year-old man from Battleground, Wash., fell perhaps 90 feet to his death Saturday at the Rowena Crest viewpoint, after climbing over a concrete barrier and onto a rock ledge to get a better picture, an official said.
Dr. Erin Burnham of Sherman County Emergency Services is EMS Medical Director of the Year for 2016. Burnham, a Hood River resident, was honored last month at the Oregon State Health Division Annual Oregon EMS conference in Bend. The award honors a physician who serves or has served the EMS system by providing medical direction, on-line or off-line, and who has served with distinction.
Oregon State Police are investigating the death of a 48-year-old man who was found lying on the shoulder of Interstate 84 near Biggs Junction, according to a Friday police report. Police identified the man as Thomas L. Kelsey, 48, of Deer Park, Wash.
Local firefighters found a fitting alternate meaning of the acronym AED — which officially means automatic external defibrillator, but now also stands for “Amazing Ellen Dittebrandt” for the firefighter (and artist, and athlete) who was a cornerstone of Hood River Fire & EMS and lead CPR instructor who tragically died in August 2014.
Hood River Fire’s AED program has taken on a mission to connect local businesses with the training and gear they need to keep visitors safe when emergencies strike.
