One person is dead as the result of a head-on collision on Highway 14 in eastern Klickitat County on Saturday evening.  According to the Washington State Patrol, a car driven eastbound on Highway 14 crossed the centerline at milepost 151 east of Alderdale and struck a westbound SUV head-on.  The WSP report says the driver of the car was killed in the accident.  The 35-year-old Pasco man has not yet been identified, pending notification of next-of-kin.  The driver of the SUV, a 66-year-old woman from Kennewick, was taken by Lifeflight to Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland.

Baseball

The Dalles splits with Crook County, losing game 1 13-11 but winning the second contest 12-3:  Manatu Crichton-Tunai drove in five runs in game two as the Riverhawks broke an 11-game losing streak and won for the first time in Intermountain Conference play.

  Dufur sweeps Pilot Rock 10-0 and 7-0:  Dufur takes over sole possession of first place in District 7 as Weston-McEwen split a twinbill with Grant Union.  The Rangers are at Weston-McEwen for a doubleheader next Saturday.

  Softball

The Dalles sweeps Crook County 5-2 and 10-4:  Despina Seufaulemua drove in three runs in each game as the Riverhawks moved ahead of Crook County for the IMC’s third and final playoff spot.

  Hood River Valley 9, Redmond 3:  Abby Kahler and Mallory McNerney both homered in a six-run first inning.  Game two of a scheduled doubleheader was rained out, and will be made up as part of a doubleheader tomorrow in Hood River.

  Track and Field

Both The Dalles boys and girls finished second at the Rex Putnam Invitational.  Juan Diego Contreras and Zoe Dunn each won a pair of events for the Riverhawks.

  Horizon Christian was the boys’ winner at the Condon Invitational, while South Wasco’s girls grabbed a second place finish.  Lyle-Wishram’s Aaron Smith won three events, while South Wasco’s Julie Hull won both girls’ hurdles races, and Sherman’s Sophie Hulke won the girls’ shot put and discus.

  Dufur won the girls’ title and was second in the boys’ standings at the Pirate Invitational in Bickleton.  Emily Crawford of Dufur and Trout Lake’s Violette Anderson won two events apiece in girls’ competition.

  Columbia’s girls finished second just 2.5 points behind Washougal at the Spudder Classic in Ridgefield.  Hannah Polkinghorn won the 200 meters for the Bruins, and the CHS 400 and 1600 meter relay teams earned first place finishes.

  Goldendale’s Alden Williams won the boys’ 800 meters and Casen Doubravsky the boys’ discus at the High Mountain Classic in Cle Elum.

  Boys Lacrosse

Oregon Episcopal 11, Hood River Valley 7

  Boys Soccer

Columbia 2, Montesano 0

A suspect in a murder in Kennewick was taken into custody in Skamania County on Thursday.  According to reports from the Kennewick Police Department and the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office, officers received reports that 44-year-old Christopher Calvert was in Stevenson.  Calvert was seen driving the murder victim’s vehicle and was pursued by law enforcement into a rural area of the County where the vehicle was pushed into a ditch and became disabled.  Calvert was taken into custody without further incident and transported back to Benton County where he was booked into jail.  He faces first degree murder charges in the death of 76-year-old Clayton Wick, who was found dead in his Kennewick home on Tuesday as the result of a violent assault and blunt force trauma.

The Dalles Police Department says it is investigating a home invasion and armed robbery that took place late Sunday night in the 800 block of Richland Court.  According to a statement from The Dalles Police, multiple suspects entered a home armed with weapons and detained the residents inside.  Property was taken from the residents, and the suspects fled the area.  Paramedics with Mid-Columbia Fire & Rescue were dispatched to the scene to attend to injuries of the victims.   At this time, there is no information supporting any ongoing threat to residents in the area.  The police department statement says due to the sensitive nature of the investigation, TDPD did not immediately release information regarding the case.  Police say the investigation is ongoing, and they are asking for assistance from the public.  Anyone with information regarding suspicious activity, including vehicles/persons parked in the 800 Block of Richland Court area between 10:00 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. on Sunday evening and Monday morning are asked to contact The Dalles Police Department at 541-296-2613.  

The group Columbia Riverkeeper has delivered a petition with over one-thousand signatures and comments to Northwest Senators and President Biden asking for removal of Snake River dams.  They claim it will help to stop salmon extinction and honor tribal rights.  The petition, signed by over 1,000 people from the Northwest and nationally since the beginning of 2022, asks federal leaders to enact a plan for Lower Snake River Dam removal before the end of the year.  Columbia Riverkeeper’s petition delivery is the latest in widespread efforts by tribal and conservation groups calling for government officials to deliver a plan for Snake River dam removal.

Oregon State University Extension in Wasco and Sherman counties will be offering a webinar and an online course dealing with preparedness in the agricultural community for wildfires.  OSU Extension’s Jacob Powell says with the rains the area has seen in April, fuel buildups are taking place that will dry out as the weather becomes hotter and drier.  Powell will hold a webinar on May 24 from noon to 1 p.m. on Wildfire Readiness for the Agriculture Community, and has developed an online course on Wildfire Preparedness in Agriculture through OSU’s Professional and Continuing Education program.  For information on both, go to the OSU Wasco County Extension website.

Conclusion of a waterline installation on Hostetler Street between 2nd and 6th in The Dalles will require a closure of that segment of the street between Monday and Tuesday. Crestline Construction says construction hours are anticipated 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. The road will remain closed during construction and overnight Monday evening, but will be reopened Tuesday evening. Road closure and detours will be posted. Through traffic on 2nd Street between Hostetler and Webber Streets will not have access to this small segment of Hostetler. Please avoid this area and use alternate routes.

Baseball

Hood River Valley splits with Redmond, winning 4-3 and losing 11-8:  The Eagles scored four runs in the fourth inning of game one, with Ryles Buckley driving in a pair and Drew Beam and Joe Reitz also coming up with RBI’s.  HRV’s Mason Spellecy had a huge second game with two home runs, a double, and five runs batted in, but the Panthers scored in each of the first five innings to win the nightcap.

  Boys Soccer

Seton Catholic 3, Columbia 0

The State Library of Oregon has awarded the Oregon Historical Society a grant to process and make publicly accessible the Yasui Brothers records, a large manuscript collection preserved in OHS’s research library.  Dating primarily from 1905 to 1942, the collection consists of over 180 linear feet of business and personal materials, over half of which is written in a pre-World War II Japanese language script that is difficult to translate.  Homer Yasui donated the records to OHS in 1991, but they have never been fully processed.  The records document the experiences and contributions of businessman and noted community leader Masuo Yasui, Homer Yasui’s father, and his family of first- and second-generation Japanese immigrants who lived in Hood River during the first four decades of the twentieth century.  Grant funds will support extensible processing of this collection, which includes the hiring of a professional archivist for the duration of the project and the engagement of contract translators to appropriately arrange and describe the bulk of the several thousand records in this collection, perform selective digitization and translation of the text, and rehouse documents for preservation.

Klickitat PUD will have a planned a power outage at its Bingen substation early Saturday morning.  The outage will start Friday night at 11:59 and continue until Saturday morning at 3 a.m.  This outage will be for Klickitat PUD to perform critical substation maintenance and will affect all customers in the towns of Bingen and White Salmon.  The surrounding areas also affected are Snowden, Pucker Huddle, West Jewett Blvd., Courtney Rd., Bill Moore Rd. and Panakanic Rd.  If you have any questions, call the Klickitat PUD Operations Department at 800-548-8357.