ROWENA — Evacuation areas continue to expand as the Rowena Fire has burned 3,500 acres as of Thursday afternoon. Teams responded Wednesday and were up against 25 mile an hour winds that pushed the fire east, burning at least 20 homes in the process.Â
SHERMAN CO. — Another fire has broken out in Sherman County five miles south of Cottonwood State Park. According to Gilliam County Sheriff's Office Highway 206 has been closed to through traffic between Condon and Wasco. According to the National Interagency Fire Center the blaze has ravaged…
NORTH WASCO CO. — On Tuesday morning, the Northern Wasco County People’s Utility District (NWCPUD) issued a notice that impersonators were reportedly attempting to enter the homes of customers. A spokesperson for the NWCPUD said that Tuesday morning they began to receive an influx of reports…
MOSIER — On July 30, the Central Cascades Interagency Management Team issued a daily update on the Microwave Tower Fire and said it was 'human caused,' but that was a misprint according to officials.Â
DALLESPORT — The Klickitat County 9-1-1 Dispatch and Emergency Management announced that evacuation levels have each been downgraded by one level and SR 14 is open.
UPDATE July 26, noon — The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) said the Microwave Tower Fire is now 53% contained and crews have taken control of the southern border.
KLICKITAT COUNTY — Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer said he was blindsided by the Klickitat County Commission’s 2-1 vote on March 29 to pursue closing the county jail and sending inmates to the Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facility (NORCOR) in The Dalles.
A male was stabbed in an altercation in The Dalles on March 7, according to The Dalles and OSP logs.
A camper fire took place near Irvine Street, The Dalles, on March 7. No injuries were reported, but a dog was temporarily lost.
The City of The Dalles celebrated National Night Out at City Park on Tuesday, Aug. 1. Local organizations including police and sheriff’s departments gave kids and adults alike the chance to explore things like an armored rescue vehicle.
A large scale grant program administered by the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) is now taking applications to reduce the risk of wildfire for projects taking place from 2023-2025.
THE DALLES — The Dalles Police Department responded to an armed robbery at Denny’s restaurant, 1710 West 6th Street The Dalles Tuesday, evening, May 9, according to a May 16 Facebook posting by the department.
Emergency crews responded to a reported structure fire at American Village Apartments on W. 10th Street Friday afternoon. Two apartments at the west end of the apartment complex appeared to be damaged, but no injuries were reported.
On the morning of April 6, 32-year-old Jacob Wilson of The Dalles was arrested on five charges following the murder of one victim and the assault of another in The Dalles.
THE DALLES — Officials identified the victim of a suspicious death that was discovered March 18 near Cherry Heights in Wasco County, just outside of The Dalles.
The Dalles Police is seeking the public’s assistance with identifying two suspects involved in a robbery Monday, March 13, according to a Facebook post.
At 8 p.m. on March 9, a fire was reported at the AmeriTies West plant. Crews from Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue responded, and nearly 30 minutes later, at 8:29 p.m., there was an explosion in a copper naphthenate diesel tank that had been taken out of service earlier in the day to be cleaned.
The Sherman County Sheriff's office has asked people to avoid the west end of Biggs Junction as crews work on a fire which consumed the TA Express, located on on the south side of Highway 30 at the west end, according to a post early this morning on the sheriff's Facebook page. The building was one of the newest built in Biggs. The fire was reported in the early hours of March 7.
The City of The Dalles Police Department assisted the Wasco County Sheriff’s Department and the Oregon State Police in the capture of an armed subject the evening of Feb. 28, according to a department press release.
Mid-Columbia Fire & Rescue firefighters responded to a structure fire Thursday afternoon. The small structure in the 1900 block appeared to suffer significant internal damage before the fire was extinguished.
Rufus Mayor Dowen Jones was arrested for attempted murder Nov. 1, following an incident in which he allegedly shot at a family of four in a passing vehicle.
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