The Klickitat County Board of County Commissioners Chairman Rex Johnston, along with Goldendale Mayor Mike Canon and Bingen Mayor Betty Barnes, verbally issued Declarations of Emergency Saturday, March 14, 2020, joining White Salmon Mayor Marla Keethler, who had issued their declaration on March 13, 2020. The declaration opens up support services to all the local communities in the county, including emergency services and health care facilities, according to a press release from Klickitat County Emergency Management. T
A perceived lack of progress on the SR 14/Bingen Point overpass project led the Klickitat County Board of Commissioners to issue a letter of concern near the end of June.
The majority of Klickitat County voters cast ballots for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, according to Tuesday’s preliminary General Election returns.
The Klickitat County Board of Commissioners heard a lot of testimony about what to do with the 2012 Husum-BZ Corner Sub-Area Plan and Zoning Update during its hour-and-a-half public hearing last Thursday at the Pioneer Center that was attended by nearly 90 people.
Gun enthusiasts of the Columbia River Gorge will soon have a place to let off some steam — or ammunition. Thanks to the efforts of Klickitat County Commissioner Rex Johnston, Klickitat County Engineer Jeff Hunter, and several others, a gun range will be opening in Dallesport this coming summer.
THE DALLES and Klickitat County officials gathered at the Columbia Gorge Regional Airport Tuesday to break ground on 17 lots on 35 acres at a cost of $1.2 million in a new business park.
