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Cowlitz Complex At 34% Containment

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The Cowlitz Complex of fires in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest is 34% contained with a total of 695 acres and 342 personnel.  Forest Service officials say firefighters worked around the 22-acre Mission Fire near Forest Road 21 to contain the fire from a spillover that occurred on Saturday.  There was slight growth in the Grassy Mountain Fire but it still poses no threat to the communities of Randle or Packwood.  Crews will continue to monitor and patrol the Mission and other smaller fires in the forthcoming days.  There was less smoke Sunday and it will likely be light this week, although fires from outside the area may add to regional haze.  There are 30 fires in the complex.  The fires started August 25 after a lightning event across the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.  All fires are being managed under full suppression strategy. 

 

September 15-16 Prep Sports Scoreboard

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Football

Scappoose 41, Hood River Valley 21

Goldendale 34, The Dalles 13

Montesano 48, Columbia 6

Stevenson 20, Fort Vancouver 0

Sherman 26, Dufur 20, OT

Perrydale 54, Lyle-Wishram-Klickitat 14

South Wasco 62, Spray-Mitchell-Wheeler 37

 

Boys Soccer

Trout Lake 1, Grand View Christian Academy 1

 

Girls Soccer

Oregon Episcopal 0, Trout Lake 0

 

Volleyball

The Dalles split a pair of matches at the Sisters Tournament

Columbia won two matches at the Riverside Tournament

South Wasco won three out of six matches at the East-West Classic at Powder Valley

Stevenson def. Elma 3-0

 

Cross Country

The Dalles girls were sixth and boys eighth at the Oregon City Invitational.  Alaina Casady was 13th in the girls race and Tyson Long 27th in the boys race.

Quick Action By Hotel Worker Leads To Rescue Of Kidnapping Victim

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Hood River Police say the quick actions of a Hood River Best Western employee allowed officers to rescue a kidnapping victim from Trout Lake and arrest the suspect.  According to a statement by the Hood River Police Department, officers were sent to the Hood River Best Western on Tuesday evening on a report of a possible kidnapping.  An employee had called the police to report suspicious activity between a man and a woman.  Responding officers located the pair and found the woman to be visibly distressed, and after an investigation they learned the 36-year-old woman had been taken by force from a Trout Lake residence.  Police say 32-year-old Logan Olmstead of Hood River was booked and lodged at NORCOR on charges of kidnapping, menacing, reckless endangering, coercion, and interfering with making a report.

 

DNR Preliminary Report Finds Human/Railroad Ops Likely Tunnel 5 Fire Cause

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The Washington Department of Natural Resources has released a preliminary report indicating the cause of the Tunnel 5 Fire near Underwood in early July was most likely human and railroad operations related.  The preliminary findings of the cause of the fire is based on scene observations, witness statements, first responder accounts, and evidence collected on-scene.  Burlington Northern-Santa Fe was listed as the train company responsible for emitting “some object(s) which started fire” in three areas over a distance of approximately 690 feet.  The DNR report says with these emissions from the train, paired with dry vegetation and west winds, the Tunnel 5 fire began, burning over 500 acres and numerous homes in Eastern Skamania County.  The report from Department of Natural Resources is preliminary and the investigation is still on-going.

California Man Dies In I-84 Motorcycle Accident

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A California man died in a Thursday evening motorcycle accident on Interstate 84 in Gilliam County.  According to the Oregon State Police, a preliminary investigation indicated a motorcycle operated by 60-year-old Scott Bastin of Simi Valley, California was westbound on I-84 near milepost 134 at around 6:40 Thursday evening when he traveled out of the lane of travel and onto the inside gravel median for unknown reasons.  The motorcycle continued several hundred feet down the median and struck the cable divider.  The OSP says Bastin was pronounced deceased at the scene.

WDFW Biologist Dies In Wind River

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A 31-year-old Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist drowned in the Wind River north of Carson on Wednesday.  According to the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office, emergency dispatchers received a report of a woman entrapped in the Wind River.  In spite of efforts from numerous search and rescue personnel the woman, who was conducting a summer steelhead survey for the Fish and Wildlife Department, was recovered deceased.  Skamania County Sheriff Summer Scheyer says a full investigation of the incident was conducted, and it was found to be a “tragic accident.”

 

 

September 14 Prep Sports Scoreboard

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Volleyball

LaSalle def. Hood River Valley 25-12, 25-7, 19-25, 25-15

Crook County def. The Dalles 25-15, 25-16, 23-25, 25-13

Columbia def. Elma 3-0

Goldendale def. White Swan 3-0

Ione-Arlington def. Horizon Christian 25-16, 25-7, 25-13

Dufur def. Lyle-Wishram 25-7, 25-5, 25-10

South Wasco def. Trout Lake-Klickitat-Glenwood 25-13, 25-8, 25-15

 

Boys Soccer

Hood River Valley 6, Ridgeview 0

Southwest Christian 10, Horizon Christian 0

 

Girls Soccer

Ridgeview 3, Hood River Valley 2

Elma 5, Columbia 0

Mabton 4, Goldendale 0

 

 

 

Fire South Of Dufur Burns Four Acres

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A fire south of Dufur on Tuesday afternoon burned about four acres and forced Level 3 evacuations for a time before its forward progress was stopped.  The Wasco County Sheriff’s Office says the fire was first reported around 3:10 p.m. in the area between upper Fivemile Rd., Valley Dr., and Ridgetop Rd.  Fire bosses were brought in to provide aerial support to crews from Dufur, Wamic, Tygh Valley, and the Central Oregon District of the Oregon Department of Forestry.  Forward progress was stopped around 5 p.m., with one structure lost.  Level 3 “Go Now” evacuations were issued for all of Sportsman’s Paradise, Upper Fifteen Mile Rd to Dufur Valley Rd and all of Ridgetop Rd, but that was reduced to Level 2 by the early evening.  There is no cause of the fire at this time.

Updated COVID Vaccines Coming Soon

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State officials say updated COVID-19 vaccines could be available in Oregon as soon as next week.  The Moderna and Pfizer boosters were recommended for use on Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization practices.  Daron Ryan at the Hood River County Health Department says the new vaccines were designed to target the XBB.1.5 subvariant, but they should be effective against newer strains as well.  Ryan adds flu vaccines are available at this time.

Get Ready The Dalles Preparedness Fair On Saturday

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The annual Get Ready The Dalles emergency preparedness fair is scheduled for this Saturday.  Tonya Brumley of NW Natural says they have 28 different agencies lined up to attend and provide tips on how to be ready for any kind of emergency.  OSU Extension and the Columbia Gorge Food Bank will help people learn how to prepare foods for an emergency, and NW Natural will providing “Go Bags” to help people get started preparing an emergency kit.  Saturday’s event will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mid-Columbia Fire & Rescue on 1400 West 8th in The Dalles.

 

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