Baseball
Pendleton 3, The Dalles 1
Softball
Nelson 14, Hood River Valley 13: The Hawks scored six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to win a wild game in Happy Valley. That came after Marina Castaneda hit a grand slam and Isa Rivera clubbed a two-run homer to give the Eagles the lead as part of six-run sixth inning.
Boys Lacrosse
Hood River Valley 15, Newberg 5
Wasco County Commission Chair Steve Kramer says he will have a meeting with an Oregon Health Authority official on Tuesday as the drive to seek funding to construct a long-planned mental and behavioral health Resolution Center in The Dalles continues. Center backers have been trying to get the OHA to release $9.3 million in funding designated to go to the original provider for the Center that withdrew from the project, and give it to Wasco County to move forward. Kramer told fellow County Commissioners on Wednesday that he has been disappointed with communication with the OHA, but hopes the meeting with Behavioral Health Strategic Projects Director Christa Jones will be productive, adding they will be direct with their questions. The Resolution Center would serve the entire Mid-Columbia region.
Klickitat County Commissioners got an update from staff Tuesday afternoon on where they are at in the fact-finding on the future of the Klickitat County Jail and whether a contract with NORCOR in The Dalles to house inmates is feasible. That came after an emotionally charged morning session with over two hours of public comment that ranged from praising heading toward closing the jail as proactive to condemning the Commission for not doing enough to provide the jail what it needs, and jail employees who felt insulted that commissioners had not talked to them to hear what they go through on a day-to-day basis. Staff said they have contacted many stakeholders but they have some steps still to take, and Commission Chair Lori Zoller said they weren’t ready to present any kind of resolution.
The morning began with Zoller and Anderson making statements as to why they had moved forward with a motion during a special meeting last Friday to enter into negotiations with NORCOR. Anderson said he could not comment on the pending legal cases stemming from the jail and contract negotiations with corrections officers, but said he had been talking to stakeholders for a number of months, and shared a financial analysis of the jail that shows a projected $635,000 deficit for 2024, noting the County cannot continue with the status quo. But Commissioner Dan Christopher said that he had no knowledge of what the other commissioners were doing in regards to the jail before Friday’s meeting, and called moving to close the jail a rush to judgement. Commissioners did ask for staff to provide updates on their jail research at their weekly Tuesday meetings.
Firefighters were able to contain a late Monday night fire at Café Genevieve’s on South Columbus and East Court in Goldendale to the southside of the building. A statement from the Goldendale Fire Department indicates the main progression of the fire was knocked down within a short period of time, but work efforts extended well into Tuesday morning. The fire extended through the walls and ceiling but was contained to the southside of the building, while smoke did extend throughout the structure. Goldendale Fire Chief Noah Halm credited the quick fire extinguishment to engine crews arriving on scene within six minutes of the call being paged by emergency dispatchers. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
The Next Door is taking applications for its Summer Youth Employment Program. Youth Services Department Manager Heather Howard says the jobs involve doing projects on the Mount Hood National Forest. Applications are being taken for crew members, with youth age 14 to 20 eligible. Howard says they are also seeking crew leaders, who should be 21 or older. To apply, go to nextdoorinc.org.
Visit Hood River is taking applications for its Community Investment Matching Grants program until the end of the week. Visit Hood River’s Hannah Settje says they have up to $50,000 to award to support businesses and economic vitality in the Hood River area. Each project requires its own application, and applicants must demonstrate the ability to meet the matching funding requirements. The Community Investment Matching Grant Program application and guidelines are available on the Visit Hood River website in English and Spanish.
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.
