Girls Basketball
Columbia 56, Fort Vancouver 35: A 21-5 second quarter lifted the Bruins to the win. Sydney Aman scored 13 points, Mya Aman 11, and Maggie Bryan 10 to lead a balanced CHS offense.
Milwaukie 81, Hood River Valley 28
Girls Basketball
Columbia 56, Fort Vancouver 35: A 21-5 second quarter lifted the Bruins to the win. Sydney Aman scored 13 points, Mya Aman 11, and Maggie Bryan 10 to lead a balanced CHS offense.
Milwaukie 81, Hood River Valley 28
Installing the Breeze-By electronic tolling system on the Bridge of the Gods in Cascade Locks will hopefully help relieve congestion at the bridge. The Port of Hood River is providing the backend system for electronic tolling at Cascade Locks, and will use the same accounts as are used for the Hood River-White Salmon Interstate Bridge. Port of Hood River Executive Director Michael McElwee says the system should reduce backups at the Bridge of the Gods. The joint system will also allow those who cross at both Cascade Locks and Hood River to use the same account for both bridges. Sign-ups for new BreezeBy accounts are available at both port offices and their websites.
As the Pacific Northwest eyes using more renewable energy, one big question arises: how will it be stored? New research from the firm Energy and Environmental Economics finds the region’s current storage capacity could fall short by 10-thousand megawatts by 2030. One solution could be pumped hydro storage facilities, which are made up of upper and lower reservoirs. Sources like wind and solar pump water to the upper reservoir, creating stored potential energy. Eric Steimle with Rye Development says when users need energy but the wind stops blowing or the sun isn’t shining it is released into the lower reservoir. Rye Development has proposed a 1,200-megawatt facility 20 miles south of Goldendale and a 394-megawatt facility near Klamath Falls. But these facilities do have some drawbacks. They require large upfront costs and take three to four years to build.
Boys Basketball
Hood River Valley 56, LaGrande 48
Hood River Valley 70, Madras 59
Madras 69, The Dalles 62
LaGrande 53, The Dalles 49
Hoquiam 57, Columbia 44
Heppner 46, Dufur 39
Horizon Christian 51, Elgin 40
Hosanna Christian 51, Sherman 37
Cascade Christian 55, Sherman 18
Siletz Valley 57, South Wasco 55, overtime
South Wasco 75, Willamette Christian 42
Condon-Wheeler 56, Trout Lake 37
Griswold 48, Klickitat-Glenwood 42
Kiona-Benton 69, Goldendale 64
River View 76, Goldendale 50
Girls Basketball
Reynolds 52, Hood River Valley 36
Hillsboro 51, The Dalles 43
Columbia 48, Hoquiam 37
Heppner 46, Dufur 35
Sherman 30, Hosanna Christian 14
Cascade Christian 57, Sherman 29
South Wasco 49. Siletz Valley 27
Southwest Christian 45, South Wasco 28
Trout Lake 52, Condon-Wheeler 35
Arlington 59, Klickitat-Glenwood 37
Kiona-Benton 41, Goldendale 15
River View 52, Goldendale 41
Swimming
The Dalles’ girls were second and the boys third at Scappoose High School’s River City Invitational. The Riverhawk girls had four first place finishes on the day, including two by Kendall Webber along with one for Lydia Degenaro and a first place in the 200 freestyle relay.
Nordic Skiing
Hood River Valley’s girls were fourth and the boys fifth in the nine-school season opening race at Meissner Sno-Park in Deschutes County. Celia Acosta was the top finisher for the Eagle girls in 14th place, while Sean Arpag was 31st for the HRV boys.
Mid-Columbia Economic Development District Executive Director Amanda Hoey is leaving the organization to become the next Chief Executive Officer for the Oregon Wheat Commission and the Oregon Wheat Growers League. Hoey has been with MCEDD since 2006, moving into the Executive Director role in 2008. She grew up on a dryland wheat farm in Wasco County. Hoey will work with MCEDD through February as that organization goes through the process of finding a successor. MCEDD’s Executive Committee has begun the process of taking applications, and will do so through January 21.
Girls Basketball
Sandy 56, Hood River Valley 38
Trout Lake 60, Stevenson 50
Boys Basketball
Stevenson 101, Trout Lake 35
A wide variety of health care providers, government agencies, and non-profit groups have completed the 2019 version of a Community Health Assessment for seven Mid-Columbia counties. The Columbia Gorge Health Council coordinates the study, which incorporates a wide range of topics that impact health, from social factors to access to care. Providence Hood River Chief Mission Officer Mark Thomas says the study found it is predictable demographics experiencing more difficult challenges, with income being the most obvious factor. Thomas notes the hope is that the collaborative approach taken in the Mid-Columbia can help break down some of those barriers to positive health outcomes.
The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce and the Main Street program are urging residents in The Dalles to take part in a social media campaign to be featured on the Small Business Revolution program available on various streaming programs. The Dalles is among ten towns being considered to be featured on the program and have six small businesses receive $500,000 in investment from small business financial services company Deluxe Corporation. Chamber Executive Director Lisa Farquharson is urging people use #thedalles on social media. She says the show uses a point system on social media activity, and the show will pick five of the ten cities being considered to move on to a final public vote starting January 14.
A faulty heater was determined to be the cause of smoke that led to the Wasco County Courthouse being evacuated on Wednesday. The Wasco County Sheriff’s Office says the smoke was detected on the third floor of the building at about 8:50 a.m. The Wasco County Sheriff’s Office, The Dalles Police Department, and Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue did an investigation, and found the source of the smoke was a faulty heater. People were allowed to return to the building about 40 minutes after it was cleared.
North Wasco County School District 21’s Long-Range Facilities Planning Community Meeting on Tuesday decided to start with replacement of The Dalles High School as the first priority in their ten-year plan to submit to the Oregon Department of Education, but they will convene one more meeting in January to receive a final draft. Superintendent Candy Armstrong says the ten-year plan required by the state is more practically a 15-year plan for repair and replacement. Armstrong notes this process does not get into detailed plans for actual replacement of the high school. The next priority for replacement would be Colonel Wright Elementary School, followed by Chenowith and Dry Hollow schools.