A fire 11 miles northeast of Goldendale about three to four miles west of Brooks Park had burned about 105 acres, .and containment is now at 25 percent.  Rain and cooler temperatures Sunday slowed the Headwater Fire’s growth and let dozers and ground crews contain about 25 percent of the fire.  Crews worked through cold temperatures Sunday night to solidify containment lines, and Monday’s efforts are expected to increase containment to approximately 40 percent.  Commanders expect the fire to be fully contained by the end of Thursday.  The fire started on Saturday afternoon in an area of heavy timber.  A Southeast Washington Interagency Incident Management Team has been assigned to the fire.

The Dalles Public Works will begin a pavement preservation project Wednesday on East 10^th Street between Thompson Street and Dry Hollow Road.  A full road closure will be in effect Wednesday and Thursday mornings.   During road closure hours, motorists are encouraged to use East 12th Street as an alternative route to avoid the work area.  Chip sealing work is scheduled on Wednesday from 7:00 a.m. to approximately noon.  When East 10^th is reopened for traffic, speeds will be reduced to 15 or 20 miles per hour to keep vehicles from dislodging the cover rock and reduce the instances of loose flying rock as the chip seal cures. Early morning street sweeping will begin on Thursday at 7:00 a.m. in order to remove loose rock before a thin coat of asphalt is applied to extend the useful life of the repaired road surface.  All work is expected to be completed by noon.

A man who lives outside of Biggs Junction was arrested by the Oregon State Police on suspicion of having a BHO lab in his home.  According to the Oregon State Police, troopers went to the residence of 39-year-old Trevor Patrick Beers Wednesday evening to execute a search warrant stemming from an assault involving Beers and a commercial truck driver at a truck stop in Biggs earlier in the day.  Troopers found evidence indicating Beers was involved in manufacture and extraction of cannabinoids from marijuana in concentrated form within his home.  Manufacturing BHO in a home is illegal in Oregon.  Beers was taken into custody without incident and lodged at NORCOR on charges of unlawful manufacture of marijuana extract, and two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and harassment resulting from the altercation with the truck driver.

There are planned power outages in the Klickitat PUD service area this weekend.  The first starts at midnight Friday and continues until 5 a.m. Saturday affecting all customers in Lyle, High Prairie, Timber Valley, and Appleton, including Old Highway 8, Highway 142 to milepost 6, Balch Road, Lyle-Snowden Road, McGowan Road, Appleton Road, Fisher Hill Road, the Centerville Highway to milepost 12, High Prairie Road, Oda Knight Road, Struck Road, Hartland Road, Schilling Road, and surrounding areas.  The second will begin at midnight Saturday and continue until 5 a.m. Sunday affecting all customers in the towns of Bingen and White Salmon, and surrounding areas of Snowden, Pucker Huddle, West Jewett Boulevard, Courtney Road, Bill Moore Road, and Panakanic.  In both cases, the outages will allow the BPA and Klickitat PUD to perform critical transmission line maintenance.

The Joan Burchell Fund of the Gorge Community Foundation announced grants to six recipients for its 2017 grant cycle.  The Burchell Fund supports projects ranging from arts to social services, health care and the environment.  2017 Burchell Grant recipients include the Washington Gorge Action Program for a new hydroponic farming system to provide fresh produce to those in need…the Hood River Warming Shelter for sleeping bags and cots…the White Salmon Valley Education Foundation for a program to teach youth health life skills…the Rowena Wildlife Clinic to provide care for native eagles…FISH to provide summer meals to underserved children…and Gorge MakerSpace for tools and furniture for a new makers’ facility in Bingen  Over $71,000 has been granted through this fund since its inception in 2010.

A wildfire is burning on the north end of the Warm Springs Reservation has quickly grown to 16,800 acres, and two structures are now reported to have burned.  KTVZ in Bend is reporting that one home has been lost in the Nena Springs Fire along with a historical structure.  A fire public information officer is indicating the buildings were in the Schoolie Flats subdivision.  Residents of about 70 homes remained under a Level 2 pre-evacuation notice Thursday morning.  The fire started within the Juniper Flat Rural Fire Protection District on Tuesday and moved on to Warm Springs land, putting out heavy smoke.  The fire has burned through juniper, sage, grass and dense stands of Ponderosa Pine.       Fire behavior has been extreme with spotting, crowning and wind driven runs.  A Type 2 incident management team is taking over fire operations Thursday.  A regional structure-protection task force is protecting homes threatened by the fire in three subdivisions.  Cause of the fire is undetermined.

The Indian Creek Fire in the Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness in the Mount Hood National Forest remains at 83 acres, as the fire continues to creep and smolder.  Smoke was visible Wednesday from similar locations on the west flank of the fire where smoke was observed last week.  Air drops continue to be used to be minimize fire growth in the steep terrain that makes it unsafe for crews to directly fight the fire that started over a month ago and is expected to continue until the first major rain in early fall.  Officials indicate replacement of a heavy helicopter with a Type 2 aircraft has greatly reduced the effectiveness of drops through the dense canopy, and they will evaluate the need for an additional aircraft.

The Neon Cruise Weekend is arriving in The Dalles.  Friday evening brings the cruise downtown.  This year the cruise will start at 7 p.m. with a one-hour controlled cruise for only those registered through Mid-Columbia Car Club to participate before it is completely opened up at 8 p.m.  Steve Hudson of the Mid-Columbia Car Club explains they don’t have specific qualifications to participate in the controlled cruise, and is open to anyone who registers.  The weekend continues with Show In The Shade at Sorosis Park at 9 a.m. Saturday, the Neon Cruise Party at Lewis and Clark Festival Park at 6 p.m. Saturday, and drag races at Columbia Gorge Regional Airport in Dallesport on Sunday.

The Dalles-Wasco County Library has been handing out sunglasses to view the solar eclipse, but some of them were not the right ones.  The City of The Dalles says some of the glasses may not be ISO certified for eclipse viewing.  If you received sun glasses from The Dalles Library that do not have the ISO mark on the frames, you are encouraged to return to the Library and exchange them for ISO certified glasses.  Do not use glasses that do not have the ISO mark to view the eclipse.  For more information call The Dalles-Wasco County Library at (541) 296-2815.

A wildfire is now burning on Warm Springs Reservation land about 35 miles south of The Dalles.  The Wapinitia Fire started within the Juniper Flat Rural Fire Protection District, but has moved on to Warm Springs land.  There is limited information at this point, but it is estimated to have burned 4,500 acres.  It is burning in grasslands.  The fire was reported on Tuesday.  There is no containment figure at this time.