Baseball
Gresham 6, Hood River Valley 1: The Gophers scored all their runs from the fifth inning on to come back and win.
Sherman 19, Dufur 1: Zander Bergland drove in three runs in the Huskies’ victory.
Softball
The Dalles 2, Pendleton 1: Hailey Johnston’s bunt single brought home Maddie Brock in the bottom of the sixth inning with the game-winning run.
Boys Lacrosse
Hood River Valley 13, Ridgeview 7
A 56-year-old man is in custody after two people died from apparent gunshot wounds Friday morning on Austin Road outside Goldendale. The Klickitat County Sheriff’s Office says when deputies arrived at the scene, they found the bodies of a 57-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman. The Sheriff’s Office says their identities are being withheld pending notification of family members. The suspect, 56-year-old David Joseph Lavine, was taken into custody at the scene without incident. The Sheriff’s Office says he is currently lodged at the Klickitat County Jail on two counts of second-degree murder. The Sheriff’s Office added its investigation is continuing.
Hood River Police seized a large amount of narcotics after an impaired driving stop on Friday. According to the HRPD, during the stop an officer observed several signs of impairment in the driver, and after field sobriety tests the adult male suspect was taken into custody for DUII-Controlled Substance. A search of the vehicle then yielded over 20 grams of cocaine and over 22 grams of a crystal substance the suspect identified as ketamine, which is a dissociative anesthetic that has some hallucinogenic effects. A large amount of money was also seized. Hood River Police say the suspect eventually acknowledged possession of the illicit drugs for the purpose of sales. The suspect was lodged at NORCOR.
Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed two bills authored by 14th District State Rep. Gina Mosbrucker to fight fentanyl addiction in Washington. House Bill 2396, also known as “Ivan’s Law,” creates an outreach educational program on the dangers of fentanyl. It also offers information to those released from jail on treatment programs related to fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. The bill is named after 24-year-old Ivan Howtopat, a Yakama Nation tribal member, who was suffering from fentanyl withdrawal when he committed suicide in the Klickitat County jail last May. The other Mosbrucker legislation the Governor signed is House Bill 1635, which creates a model program in Washington by July 1, 2025, for the training and certification of dogs to detect fentanyl. The measure also grants civil immunity to trained law enforcement officers who use a police dog in good faith in the line of duty to detect fentanyl. Both bills become effective June 6.
Programs for Peaceful Living is bringing attention to Child Abuse Prevention Month through blue pinwheels that can be seen in April in both Bingen and Goldendale. The Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families’ conducts the Pinwheels for Prevention Campaign. Last year, the group distributed around 15,000 pinwheels across the state as a reminder that it is not enough to respond to child abuse and neglect, and we also must build and support strong families through community engagement, programs, and policies. Programs for Peaceful Living operates as Klickitat County’s Crime Victims Service Center and supports the campaign locally. Community members are encouraged to wear blue in April and help share information and resources. To request blue pinwheels or receive local support, contact local advocates in Klickitat County during business hours by calling Programs for Peaceful Living in Bingen at 509-493-1533 or in Goldendale at 509-773-6100. If you need local support for a child abuse or neglect issue after hours, call the 24-hour crisis line at (844) 493-1709.
Baseball
Evergreen 7, Columbia 1
Softball
Camas 20, Columbia 2
Boys Soccer
LaCenter 5, Stevenson 0
The Skamania County Sheriff’s Office is investigating how an inmate in the county jail acquired Fentanyl that resulted in a corrections officer administering two doses of NARCAN to that inmate. The Sheriff’s Office says the NARCAN was effective and the inmate regained consciousness, then was treated by Skamania County EMS personnel and transported to a hospital. The incident occurred at about 11:25 p.m. Monday night. The Sheriff’s Office says it is suspected the inmate got the Fentanyl from another inmate, adding they are attempting to find funding for a body scanner to be used during normal booking procedures in an attempt to find contraband hidden internally. The Sheriff’s Office noted the law prevents routine invasive searches of inmates. An investigation is on-going, and charges for introducing contraband into the correctional facility have been submitted to the Prosecuting Attorney’s office.
Oregon Second District Congressman Cliff Bentz joined with 19 other Republican representatives in sending a letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams urging her to delist the Gray Wolf as a protected species under the Endangered Species Act. The letter follows a decision last month to not re-list wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains because the Fish and Wildlife Service found the wolf was not in danger of extinction anywhere across the Western United States. Bentz and his colleagues say despite that finding, nothing has been done to allow those bearing the burden of a predator’s reintroduction to protect themselves, livestock, or deer and elk populations from devastation by the predator. They believe the gray wolf should immediately be delisted as a protected species, which would allow the use of accepted methods of predator control to be used by ranchers and state agencies. Washington Fourth District Congressman Dan Newhouse also signed on to the letter.
The Dalles Public Works on Monday will begin work on patching the area of Union St. affected by the replacement and upgrade of a water main in the alley between 2nd St. and 3rd St. as well as Union St. and Liberty St. A full street closure on Union St. will remain in place from Monday to Thursday. Motor vehicles and bicyclists will be detoured to adjacent side streets. Pedestrian and sidewalk access will remain open through the duration of this work. Work hours are from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on each scheduled work day, but the trench must remain open to cure in place before the asphalt patch is installed. No parking will be allowed within the project areas to allow room for large equipment to safely work. No parking signs will be placed on the curb 48 hours before the project moves into each work area.
Tree planting operations along West 2nd Street and other side streets in The Dalles will lead to intermittent parking spot closures along 2nd Street from Tuesday through Thursday. Intended work hours will be between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m., and parking should be open and available outside of those hours. The City has contracted with Davey Tree Company to plant street trees along West 2nd Street. Both the North and South sides of West 2nd, including many of the side streets, will receive new street trees. In an effort to avoid impacts to businesses, sidewalks will remain open to all foot traffic throughout the planting process.
