Boys Basketball
Wilsonville 70, Hood River Valley 65 (OT)
Molalla 71, The Dalles 70
Castle Rock 51, Columbia 45
Lyle-Wishram 75, Ione-Arlington 66
Dufur 56, Horizon Christian 50
Girls Basketball
Wilsonville 55, Hood River Valley 19
Molalla 64, The Dalles 45
Dufur 79, Horizon Christian 19
Energy company Avangrid says it has started commercial operations at the Daybreak and Bakeoven solar projects in Wasco County, sending power to the Portland General Electric grid. Daybreak has a capacity of 189 megawatts, and Bakeoven can deliver up to 80 megawatts. Avangrid installed a combined 650,000 solar panels at Daybreak and Bakeoven, which are located adjacent to each other. Together, the projects are expected to produce hundreds of gigawatt-hours of electricity annually. Construction supported over 300 jobs, and Avangrid estimates the two projects will generate approximately $40 million in tax revenue over their life span, and support several permanent, full-time jobs for the ongoing operation and maintenance. Daybreak and Bakeoven are the first commercial-scale solar projects built in Wasco County.
Boys Basketball
Seton Catholic 77, Stevenson 36
Girls Basketball
Columbia 58, Castle Rock 28
Seton Catholic 69, Srevenson 7
One man died in a collision between a van and a truck and trailer on Highway 97 in Klickitat County on Monday morning. According to the Washington State Patrol, a van driven by a 42-year-old Chicago man was southbound on Highway 97 at milepost 11 just south of Goldendale just after 7:30 a.m. Monday when it crossed the centerline and struck the oncoming truck and trailer. The Chicago man, whose identity has not been released pending notification of next of kin, was declared deceased at the scene. The truck driver, 53-year-old Abel Martinez of Vancouver, was transported to Klickitat Valley Hospital in Goldendale for treatment of injuries. Cause of the accident remains under investigation. Another truck and trailer could not stop in time and drove through the debris on the roadway. The WSP said the driver of that truck was uninjured.
Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley will hold town halls with in-person community conversations in Hood River and Wasco Counties on Friday. The town halls will be held at the Mt.Hood Town Hall on 6575 Highway 35 in Hood River County on Friday at 11 a.m., and then Merkley moves on to the Mid-Columbia Senior Center at 1112 West 9th in The Dalles at 2 p.m. for another session. These sessions will bring the total of town halls Merkley will have done so far this year to 20. Merkley says the conversations help lay out the current interests and needs of Oregonians to advise his work.
The Oregon Legislature gathered Monday for its 35-day short session, with transportation funding figuring to be front and center. 52nd District Representative Jeff Helfrich says his goal is to make sure maintenance and preservation of roads come first in whatever the Oregon Department of Transportation receives, adding no matter what occurs, there will be cuts. One of the focuses of the early weeks of the session will be an effort by Democrats to move a vote on a referendum to repeal the gas tax increase passed last year from November to May.
Lawmakers in Olympia have approved a memorial urging Congress to give states and tribes more flexibility to protect salmon runs from sea lion predation. The memorial from Spokane Valley Republican Representative Rob Chase asks Congress to modernize federal law so states and tribes can better manage sea lions and seals that prey on endangered salmon. Supporters say Washington has invested billions restoring salmon habitat, but recovery efforts are undermined when growing numbers of sea lions consume large numbers of returning fish. Republican Representative Kevin Waters of Stevenson says relocating sea lions has proven ineffective. He notes they just come back. The memorial does not change state law but formally urges Congress to update the Marine Mammal Protection Act to give states and tribes more flexibility to protect salmon runs across Washington waters.
Boys Basketball
Hood River Valley 62, Milwaukie 48
Fort Vancouver 92, Columbia 47
Castle Rock 50, Stevenson 41
Lyle-Wishram 88, Trout Lake 40
Klickitat-Glenwood at Ione-Arlington
Horizon Christian 52, Sherman 51
Condon 45, Dufur 37
South Wasco 78, Crane 28
South Wasco 74, Spray-Mitchell-Wheeler 52
Girls Basketball
Hood River Valley 43, Milwaukie 24
Sherman 52, Horizon Christian 19
Dufur 56, Condon 19
Crane 63, South Wasco 35
South Wasco 45, Spray-Mitchell-Wheeler 28
Alpine Skiing
Hood River Valley took five of the top six places in the girls’ portion of a Mt. Hood League Giant Slalom at Mt. Hood Meadows. Rowan McKenna was the individual winner. Jess Aubert finished in the boys’ race for the Eagles.
Boys Wrestling
HRV’s Copeland Louis and Drew Lucas earned second place finishes at the Hood River Invitational. Columbia’s Titus DeHart grabbed a third place finish.
Boys & Girls Wrestling
Jesus Chavez, Adrian Miramontes, and Quinn Brenner grabbed fifth place finishes for The Dalles in the boys’ portion of the Bank of Eastern Oregon Invitational in Heppner, while Marie-Louise McCracken was third at 135 in the girls’ half of the tourney.
Boys Basketball
Estacada 81, The Dalles 72 (OT)
Girls Basketball
The Dalles 44, Estacada 32
Columbia 45, Fort Vancouver 40
A Hood River teenager has been taken into custody and a man is still being sought in the shooting death of a 21-year-old man in the area of 1695 Oak Street in Hood River in the early morning hours of January 17. The Hood River Police Department says the 16-year-old male was arrested on Wednesday, and booked and lodged at NORCOR on second degree murder, first degree manslaughter, and other charges in the death of Yahir Castillo-Alvarez of Hood River. Police are also looking for the public’s help in locating a second suspect, 30-year-old Noel Hernandez of Hood River, who is wanted on second degree murder and first degree manslaughter charges. Police advised the public not to approach Hernandez and to contact law enforcement with any information. Anyone with information related to this case is urged to contact Hood River Police Department Detective Ben Oka at 541-387-5257, or by email at b.oka@cityofhoodriver.gov.
