One man died in a single vehicle crash Tuesday night on Interstate 84 near milepost 149 in Gilliam County.  According to the Oregon State Police, a preliminary investigation revealed that the car driven by 70-year-old Robert Cleveland of Rice, Washington was traveling eastbound on I-84 when it for an unknown reason left the roadway onto the right shoulder and rolled.  Cleveland sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased.  The accident occurred at about 9:20 pm. Tuesday.  The OSP was assisted by the Oregon Department Of Transportation, Morrow County Sheriff’s Office and Gilliam County Sheriff’s Office.

The Port of Hood River Commission talked about its goals for what is known as the Barman property, less than an acre located on 2nd and Riverside at the entrance to the waterfront.  The Barman property is zoned for commercial use.  Port of Hood River Executive Director Michael McElwee says there have been a number of inquiries about the Barman property, including parties interested in a small hotel, mixed use with parking, and senior housing, and he said the consensus was any of them could meet Port goals, but a traffic study on the Interstate 84 exit 63 interchange to see if thresholds set by the Oregon Department of Transportation ten years ago have been reached that would require street improvements needs to be completed before making decisions.  McElwee says the traffic study should be done in about eight weeks.

A bill authored by Washington 14th District State Representative Gina Mosbrucker to require law enforcement, county coroners, and medical examiners to submit a missing persons case and, if possible, DNA samples to the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Missing and Unidentified Persons System within 60 days of the report is before the House Public Safety Committee.  The bill is known as Cody’s Law, and Mosbrucker says providing the samples can help solve a number of missing persons cases and bring closure to families.  The bill is named after 26-year-old Cody Turner, who has been missing from his Yakima home since July 2015.

Girls Basketball

Ridgeview 49, The Dalles 40:  The Ravens broke a tie atop the Intermountain Conference, remaining the league’s only unbeaten team and dropping the Riverhawks back into a second place tie with Pendleton.  Raine Codding led The Dalles with 18 points.

Crook County 53, Hood River Valley 32:  The Cowgirls took advantage of the Eagles’ cold shooting in the middle quarters.  Grace Meyers scored 12 points for HRV.

Dufur 46, Condon-Wheeler 34:  The Rangers moved with a half-game of Ione atop the Big Sky Conference standings.

Sherman 66, Klickitat-Glenwood 18

Trout Lake 55, Yakama Tribal 42

 

Boys Basketball

Crook County 68, Hood River Valley 66:  The Cowboys held off the Eagles, pushing HRV two games out of a playoff spot in the IMC with six to play.

Ridgeview 60, The Dalles 41:  The Ravens won their first league game of the season.  Jacob Hernandez scored 17 points for the Riverhawks.

LaCenter 79, Stevenson 53

King’s Way Christian 99, Columbia 20

South Wasco 74, Horizon Christian 40:  The Redsides pulled into a tie for first in the Big Sky with Ione.

Dufur 75, Condon-Wheeler 51:  The Rangers  are now in third place in a tight scramble for league tournament spots.

Yakama Tribal 91, Trout Lake 43

Hood River County Commissioners have asked their legal counsel to make some wording changes to a proposed public safety levy expected to go before voters in May.  Commission Chair Mike Oates says they want to make sure voters understand exactly what the County is asking for and where the money from a levy of 78 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value that would be in effect for five years is going to go, most notably toward pushing the Sheriff’s Office toward 24-hour coverage.  The Commission will hold one more worksession this Monday at 9:30 a.m. in the County Administration Building to review the wording changes.  The measure will be the subject of a public hearing on February 18 before the Commission formally votes on whether to place it on the May ballot.

The Dalles Middle School gymnasium is back in use by physical education classes after cleanup of water damage suffered on Friday when a kicked ball led to the fire sprinkler system in the building going off.  D-21 Superintendent Candy Armstrong says the walls of the gym are concrete so water intrusion under the walls is not a worry, but there is some sponginess on the floor and they won’t know for a few days how bad that damage is.  Armstrong added the kicked ball hit a fire sprinkler deflector, which caused the system to discharge water.  She says they are working with the sprinkler contractor to come up with a solution to prevent this kind of discharge from happening again.

The Washington House Environment and Energy Committee is expected to vote Tuesday on a bill to designate the proposed Goldendale Pumped Storage Project as a “Project of Statewide Significance.”  14th District Representative Gina Mosbrucker of Goldendale authored the bill.  She says the designation would allow the project to receive expedited permitting by local government jurisdictions and put it in line for funding opportunities.  The Goldendale Republican adds the project would move Governor Jay Inslee toward his goal of 100 percent “green” energy generation, and could bring 3,000-plus jobs to the region for four years.

 

The White Salmon City Council will hold a public hearing Wednesday evening on the six-month moratorium on development in residential zones that Councilors adopted last month.  The moratorium was instituted to address what is being termed as “inconsistencies” between city codes and the current comprehensive plan as they relate to attainable housing, but with a number of exemptions, most notably development of single-family residences.  Councilors indicated they want to focus on zoning review and amendments, taking input on actions the council is considering regarding funding, encouraging, and implementing affordable housing development, determining affordable housing thresholds as they relate to development in the form of accessory development units, townhomes, duplexes, and multi-family residences, and steps to stop the continuing decline of mobile home residences in designated residential zones.  The hearing will be Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the White Salmon Fire Hall.

Boys Basketball

Sherman 58, Dayville-Monument 25

Yakama Tribal 87, Lyle-Wishram 33

 

Girls Basketball

Sherman 47, Dayville-Monument 16

Yakama Tribal 75, Lyle-Wishram 44

The Hood River city public works department says crews will perform night-time street-sweeping operations starting this coming Sunday night and continuing until Thursday night.  Sweeping will take place from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. each night.  City officials say that in preparation for the city-wide sweeping, residents will be allowed to sweep their sidewalk debris into the street in advance of this schedule.  That’s normally treated as a storm-water violation and is against municipal code.  Residents are asked to park off-street when possible during the street-sweeping schedule, particularly on State Street between 6^th and 9^th streets on Sunday and Monday nights in order to completely clean the north and south sides of State Street.