(The Center Square) – The state of Ohio is downgrading the commercial driver’s license of 1,200 foreign-born truck drivers for failing to meet new federal requirements on documenting proof that they are in the United States legally.
Free news briefs: Washington State Patrol is launching the annual “Surviving Summer” traffic safety campaign June 11-13; the City of The Dalles has partnered with DocuPet to offer residents a modern licensing system; and Wasco County has been added to the federal major disaster declaration for the Dec. 15–21, 2025.
Urban Renewal Agency (URA) Administrator Will Norris said they have been working with ODOT to take over this section of the Heights for a year and a half.
(The Center Square) – Jing Dong, a U.S. citizen after immigrating from China, will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the quintuple fatal crash early Friday morning, State Police in Virginia say.
HOOD RIVER — Pirate trails had a history of popping up in Post Canyon, said Rachel Crowder, vice president of the volunteer-run, non-profit, Hood River Area Trail Stewards (HRATS). Through word-of-mouth and outdated maps, she started riding the area in spring 2008 on the unsanctioned trails scattered along the western flank of the Hood River County Tree Farm, run by the Forestry Department.
Free news: Please don’t try to turn around on the Hood River Bridge. That’s a gentle reminder from Kevin Greenwood, executive director of the Port of Hood River, after motorists attempted several illegal turnarounds on the bridge deck.
THE DALLES — Owners, employees and patrons of the Bargeway Pub & Catering packed The Dalles City Council meeting on April 27, addressing business impacts tied to the ongoing closure of Webber Street, which has significantly halted traffic in the port area.
