The Wasco County Board of commissioners split over whether to endorse the current draft of the Climate Change Action Plan presented to them by Columbia River Gorge Commission on Aug. 3, as the board and staff sought clarification of language implying restrictions on agriculture within Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.
Representatives of Home At Last (HAL) animal shelter in The Dalles will be meeting with county staff and commissioners to discuss funding options as the shelter addresses inflationary costs and a decline in dog adoptions and donations.
Representatives of Home At Last (HAL) animal shelter in The Dalles will be meeting with county staff and commissioners to discuss funding options as the shelter addresses inflationary costs and a decline in dog adoptions and donations.
Body cameras will soon become part of the every-day gear worn by Wasco County Sheriff deputies following board approval of a 5-year, $73,000 contract approved June 1 by the Wasco County Board of Commissioners. The contract will provide cameras, cloud data storage and new cameras every 18 months.
THE DALLES — The Head Start program in Maupin has temporarily closed due to the loss of its only certified teacher, which has forced the program to adopt a “home-based” model that offers homework and limited classroom time with parents on site, according to Nancey Patten of Child Care Partners.
THE DALLES — Preliminary results from the January 2022 Point in Time (PIT) count of those experiencing homelessness in Hood River, Wasco and Sherman counties show an increase in both houselessness and the number of shelter beds in the region since the last count in 2020.