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The Dalles Council Approves Strategic Plan

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The Dalles City Council approved its strategic plan for the next three years.  There are 126 goals included in the plan with seven different areas including public relations and community engagement, public infrastructure, fiscal sustainability, having a safe community, housing production, economic vitality, and workplace organization.  Mayor Rich Mays noted resiliency in economic development was a key part of the goals, particularly encouraging additions to the city’s economy that last for a significant amount of time.  Resiliency can also be applied to infrastructure, with Mays noting whatever they might do in that area, they want it be something that lasts.

 

Man Arrested In Lyle Barn Arson

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A 35-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an alleged arson fire in the Lyle area last week.  In a statement, Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer says the suspect was taken into custody after two days following the fire that burned down a barn.  When deputies went to serve a warrant on the suspect two days after the fire at their property, the suspect drove a pickup toward deputies and did not obey commands to stop, eventually hitting a patrol car and letting out a female with a baby.  The man resisted arrest and a struggle ensued before the suspect was taken into custody on charges including first degree arson, first degree reckless burning, and residential burglary.  Songer said two deputies were injured in the struggle, one with a sprained wrist and the other with a compression fracture to the spine.

Hood River URA Approves Changes To Middle Housing Incentives

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The Hood River City Council, in its role as the Urban Renewal Agency board, approved changes to the URA’s Middle Housing Incentive Program after not receiving any applications in its first year of existence.  Urban Renewal Administrator Will Norris presented three revisions.  One was to detach the program from middle housing standards and moving to simply size-based standards, another would provide the funding incentives earlier in the development process, and a third move from a sliding scale of development fee equalization to a flat $12,500 per unit.  Norris noted there was a need to make the program simpler and more predictable for developers to able to attract funding for projects.  Norris said the Urban Renewal Advisory Committee recommended the program be looked at again in six months to see if the changes make a difference.

 

TD City Council Adopts Employment Opportunities & Lands Inventory

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The Dalles City Council adopted an employment opportunities analysis and employment buildable lands inventory.  It’s the first update to the analysis since 2007, with an attempt three years ago having gone without adoption because lands held by Google were being considered as available and buildable under Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development standards.  That has changed in this report, which shows while there are 204 acres of buildable lands available for industrial growth, consultant Matt Hastie points out there is a deficit of needed sites for the next 20 years in all categories.  Mayor Rich Mays pointed out the accuracy of the report is important when the City and Wasco County seek expansion of the Urban Growth Boundary from the Columbia River Gorge Commission.

February 20-21 Prep Sports Roundup

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Swimming

Hood River Valley’s Felipe Mendez finished third in the boys’ 100 breaststroke as the Eagles’ grabbed three placing finishes during Saturday’s Oregon Class 5A Swimming Championships at Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center.  Kane Wagner was fifth in the boys’ 100 freestyle, and the HRV boys’ 200 medley relay finished sixth.

 

The Dalles had three relay teams place in the Class 4A Championships.  The Riverhawk boys were third in the 200 freestyle relay and fourth in the 400 freestyle relay, and the girls were fifth in the 200 freestyle relay.  Rhett Loughmiller was sixth in both the boys’ 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke, and Kaiya Doty was sixth in the girls’ 100 breaststroke.

 

Wrestling

Stevenson had three wrestlers earn placing finishes at the Class 1A Mat Classic in the Tacoma Dome.  Sophia Mahoney was third in the girls’ 105 division, Regan Minnis was fifth in girls’ 135, and Benjamin Shane was fifth at boys’ 150.

 

Hood River Valley advanced six to the Oregon Class 5A Championships from the Northwest Oregon Conference boys’ wrestling tournament.  Three earned second place finishes:  Risor Reierson at 190, Drew Lucas at 132, and Ethan Clough at 120.  Third place finishers included Copeland Louis at 126 and Leyton Adams at 138, while Tsadiku Coffman advanced by finishing fourth at 126.

 

Kianna Dominguez of The Dalles advanced to the Class 4A girls’ state tournament with a third place finish at 100 in the District 3 Tournament in LaGrande.

 

 

 

Boys Basketball

Centennial 60, Hood River Valley 57

The Dalles 70, Gladstone 58

The Dalles 79, Baker 49

 

Big Sky Conference

Championship:  South Wasco 79, Ione-Arlington 57

Third Place: Condon 64, Lyle-Wishram 58

 

Girls Basketball
Hood River Valley 46, Centennial 19

The Dalles 56, Gladstone 18

 

Southwest Washington Class 1A District Tournament

King’s Way Christian 34, Columbia 24

 

Big Sky Conference

Championship:  Dufur 33, Trout Lake 32

Third Place:  South Wasco 41, Ione-Arlington 36

 

Alpine Skiing

Rowan McKenna’s first place finished led the Hood River Valley girls’ to a Mt. Hood League slalom win at Mt. Hood Meadows.  The Eagles grabbed four of the top five places.  Lars Welch finished third and Harrison Kunkler fourth to help HRV to the boys’ team win.

Klickitat County Commissioners Work On STR Regulations

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Klickitat County Commissioners are working on developing more sideboards for short-term rental regulations in the County’s unincorporated areas.  County Commission Chair Ron Ihrig says he has two goals:  get people permitted properly and in compliance, and ensure that when there are conflicts with a neighboring property, there is someone available to address it.  Ihrig says in their current draft of proposed STR regulations, there has to be emergency contacts available to respond within 24 hours of the home being rented.  He adds they are currently working through the STR issue at the staff and workshop level, and will eventually roll them out to the Planning Commission and the County Commission.

First Phase Of Mariposa Village Progresses Toward Completion

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The Mariposa Village housing project off of Rand Road in Hood River is progressing with the expectation of the first phase of occupancy expect in late summer.  Hood River Mayor Paul Blackburn has been impressed with pace of work, noting 90 personnel are on site working to complete the first set of units.  The second phase of units should be ready early next year.  City Manager Abigail Elder noted the project will also include a new public park within it.

Big River Looks For More Funding For Avalon Project

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With Big River Community Land Trust having received a $2 million federal allocation for its plans to develop about three acres of property on Avalon Road in Hood River for affordable housing, there are some more funding sources still to be tapped and local fundraising coming as well.  Big River Executive Director Alysha Sherburne says they just submitted a grant application to Oregon Housing and Community Services, and the federal funds are a key step toward success there.  She says they are beginning to consider local contributions, looking at options for partnerships with local employers and private donors.  Sherburne says they hope to submit their land use application to local officials in a couple of weeks.  The Avalon Road property is already zoned R-2 residential.  The hope is to build around 40 housing units, with an estimated cost of $24 million.

Fishery Manager Set Columbia Spring Chinook Season

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Fishery managers have set the Columbia River recreational spring Chinook salmon fishing season.  The Columbia River will be open from March 1 to April 8 from the Buoy 10 line upstream to Beacon Rock, plus only the Oregon and Washington banks from Beacon Rock upstream to the Bonneville Dam deadline marker.  From April 1 to 26 and on May 2 the Columbia River will be open from the Tower Island power lines approximately six miles below The Dalles Dam upstream to the Washington/Oregon border, plus only the Oregon and Washington banks from Bonneville Dam upstream to the Tower Island power lines.  Daily limit for salmon and steelhead is six, with no more than two adults, and only one may be an adult chinook.  All wild steelhead and salmon other than hatchery Chinook must be released.  Salmon must be at least 12 inches to keep.  Shad retention is permitted, with no size minimum or daily limit.  The 2026 forecast for upriver spring Chinook is 147,300 fish, which is less than the 154,703 that returned to the Columbia River in 2025, but higher than the 10-year average return of 126,248.

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