Baseball Hood River Valley 16, The Dalles 0:  Mason Spellecy pitched a no-hitter as the Eagles cliched a semi-final spot in the Intermountain Conference tournament.  Spellecy struck out 11 and walked three on the way to the no-hitter.  Ryles Buckley drove in three runs to pace the HRV offense.   Softball Hood River Valley 7, The Dalles 2:  Three-run innings in the first and fifth lifted the Eagles to the win, which clinched a home game for HRV in the IMC tournament on Monday.  Sienna Davis  had three hits for the Eagles.   Boys Basketball Winlock 48, Stevenson 39 Columbia 68, LaCenter 45 King’s Way Christian 81, Goldendale 41

North Central Public Health District reports COVID-19 cases in Wasco County continue to drop.  The most recent 14-day lookback had 38 cases, down from 68 in last week’s 14-day lookback and 74 in the 14-day lookback the week before that.  The NCPHD says it has opened 100 first-dose appointments at its Thursday Moderna vaccine clinic at the Fort Dalles Readiness Center, and twenty slots are already taken.  To book an appointment, visit ncphd.org.  Walk-ins will be accepted.  NCPHD is also assessing interest from those who would like the Pfizer vaccine for their children age 12 to 15.  Parents are asked to call 541-506-2600 to get their child on a wait list.  Kids 12-14 must have their parent present to get vaccinated.

A City of The Dalles police officer has received a letter of commendation for his efforts to rescue a woman who had jumped from The Dalles Bridge.  According to a statement by The Dalles Police Department posted on their Facebook page, Officer Kris Wood located the woman late on the night of April 15 about 20 feet from the bank of the Columbia River sitting on a rock shelf, distraught and in danger of hypothermia.  Wood waded out into the river and safely brought the woman back to the shore by carrying her over his shoulder.  The statement says the woman’s body temperature was extremely low when she was taken to Mid-Columbia Medical Center, and permanent damage or death could have easily occurred with the further passage of time.

A juvenile male was taken into custody late Sunday night north of White Salmon on charges after his girlfriend was taken to a hospital with multiple stab wounds.  According to a statement posted on the Klickitat County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, deputies took a knife from the juvenile after he was located.  An investigation by officers found the juvenile had been involved in a physical altercation with his girlfriend, who was no longer at the scene.  She was found and taken to Skyline Hospital with multiple stab wounds, telling deputies the juvenile had physically restrained her when she tried to leave the scene and stabbed her.  The girlfriend was released by the hospital after receiving treatment for her wounds.  After a mental health evaluation, the juvenile was booked into NORCOR’s juvenile facility on domestic violence charges involving assault and unlawful imprisonment along with a pick-up order.

The Oregon Hunters Association is offering $1,000 for information that leads to an arrest or citation in the case of a mature buck deer that was shot by poachers out of season in the White River unit of the Mt. Hood National Forest and left to waste sometime around May 1.  A hiker came across the deer on May 1 and reported it to the Oregon State Police.  OSP Fish and Wildlife Troopers located the buck’s carcass near Bonney Crossing, just off US Forest Service road 2710.  The deer was probably shot about 100 yards from where troopers found it.  The meat was unsalvageable.  Leaving an animal to waste is an additional charge in poaching cases.  Anyone with information regarding this case is urged to contact the OSP Turn In Poachers (TIP) hotline at 1-800-452-7888 or *OSP (mobile).

Boys Tennis Redmond 6, Hood River Valley 2   Baseball Union-Cove 11, Lyle-Wishram-Klickitat 2   Girls Basketball Morton-White Pass 41, Stevenson 37 Columbia 62, Castle Rock 47

Wasco County’s budget committee is working on the financial plan for the 2021-22 fiscal year.  County Commission Chair Scott Hege says the County is in good financial health.  Hege says they are considering putting aside some money in a PERS side account. which is invested by the state to help reduce the costs of local contributions to the Public Employees Retirement System.        He adds they’ve done that a couple of times before, and it has been a positive for their overall budget.  

Hood River County’s vaccination rate is now over 50 percent.  County Commission Chair Mike Oates says as of Thursday, 51.3 percent of Hood River County residents were either fully or partially vaccinated, which continues to be above the rate statewide.  But Oates quickly adds the County needs to do better, citing state statistics showing over 98 percent of those who have been hospitalized in Oregon due to COVID-19 have not received the vaccine.  Hood River County is holding another walk-in clinic for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon at the County Health Department on 1109 June.  For vaccination information go to hrccovid19.org.

North Central Public Health District says Wasco County has cleared the threshold of having at least 40 percent of its total population receiving at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.  Helping the county edge toward that mark, through last week, at least 19,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in North Central Public Health District’s three-county service area of Wasco, Sherman and Gilliam counties.  In Wasco County, 40.46 percent of the total population has received at least one dose of vaccine.  In Sherman County its 38.42 percent and in Gilliam County its 30.05 percent.  All Oregonians 16 and older are eligible for the vaccine, and expectations are that the Pfizer vaccine will soon gain authorization for use in 12-15 year olds.  NCPHD is now taking walk-ins at its clinics, although appointments can be made at ncphd.org or by calling 541-506-2600.

The Port of The Dalles has received a Travel Oregon grant to do some improvements at the Port marina’s launch ramp.  Port Executive Director Andrea Klaas says some of the funds will be used to add signage to point visiting guests arriving by the Columbia River to downtown The Dalles, and do some infrastructure work, including upgrading degraded asphalt and adding additional lighting.  In addition, Klaas says the Port will be adding the ability to start taking online payments from those who use the guest moorage facility.