The City of The Dalles and the Columbia Gateway Urban Renewal Agency say the old “The Dalles Soda Works” building on 800 East 2nd Street has been successfully demolished with hazardous materials abatement. The building received $18,000 from the City’s Brownfield Revitalization Program and a new URA incentive program contributed about $21,000 to put toward the work. The building was originally built in 1928 and house a number of different businesses including cold storage, a food store, a warehouse, and most notably “The Dalles Soda Works” between 1948 and 1960. Aside from storage uses, the building has been vacant since 1995.
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April 27 Prep Sports Roundup
Baseball
The Dalles 9, Estacada 3: Will Booth had three hits while seven different Riverhawks drove in runs. Braden Schwartz struck out six in three innings of relief on the mound.
Culver 14, Sherman 2
Softball
The Dalles 15, Estacada 5: Madalynn Sagapolutele homered twice and drove in four runs and Zoe Lebreton and Jeliani Stewart also hit home runs as the Riverhawks moved two-and-a-half games in front of the Rangers atop the Tri-Valley Conference.
Boys Soccer
LaCenter 6, Stevenson 1
Boys Tennis
Hood River Valley 7, Canby 2
Girls Tennis
Hood River Valley 5, Canby 4: Emily Doss and Charlotte Fuller pulled out a third set, 10 point break to lift the Eagles to the win.
Port of HR To Launch Pilot Project For Nighttime Cashless Tolling
The Port of Hood River will launch a two-month pilot project to test the Hood River-White Salmon Interstate Bridge’s toll system capacities for cashless tolling during the off-peak hours of 10:00 p.m. – 6:00 a.m. beginning on Monday. Customers that would normally pay their toll with cash or credit card will have two options to pay tolls. One is to pay online at csc.portofhoodriver.com and select the Pay Tolls Before Invoice option. The other option is to pay by mail with an invoice that will be mailed to the address on the vehicle registration about a week after the crossing. Both payment options will have no additional ancillary fees added to the amount due for any crossings during these hours. BreezeBy customers will be unaffected by the pilot project and should continue to pass through the toll plaza as usual. For more information, contact the Port of Hood River via email to porthr@gorge.net.
Bowers Named Deputy District Ranger On Mt Hood Forest
John Bowers has been selected as the deputy district ranger for the Barlow and Hood River Ranger Districts on the Mt. Hood National Forest. He will help manage the eastern side of Mt. Hood as the Forest expands its wildfire risk reduction work on national forest lands. Bowers joins the Forest on May 8 and will be based in Parkdale. Bowers has a Master of Science degree from the University of Tennessee in forestry with an emphasis in silviculture. He worked as a research assistant for forest ecology and silviculture projects across the South. Most recently Bowers served as acting deputy district ranger on the Carson Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Nevada.
CGCC Residence Hall Occupancy Climbs
Occupancy at Columbia Gorge Community College’s Chinook Residence Hall in The Dalles reached 87 percent of capacity in its second year of operation. CGCC Director of Housing and Student Life Tiffany Prince says it is a dramatic increase after opening in the midst of the pandemic. Prince says they are finding a diverse group of students that are interested in on-campus housing, including those from The Dalles area as well as those from out of the area. The residence hall can house up to fifty people. Those who are interested in on-campus housing can get information on how to apply at cgcc.edu.
Cider Fest Set For Saturday
Hood River’s annual Cider Fest takes place Saturday at its new home at the Waterfront Event Site. Hannah Settje of Visit Hood River says tickets for the event are going fast, with a large lineup of cideries presenting their products there. Cider Fest will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday at the Event Site. Tickets, including a tasting glass and chips redeemable for cider samples, are available at hoodriverciderfest.com.
April 26 Prep Sports Roundup
Baseball
Milwaukie 8, Hood River Valley 6: The Mustangs scored four runs in the sixth inning to grab the win.
The Dalles 20, Crook County 7: Braden Schwartz went four for six with two doubles and a home run to lead the Riverhawks.
Softball
The Dalles 10, Crook County 3: Madalynn Sagapolutele had three hits, a home run, and four runs batted in as the Riverhawks stayed unbeaten in the Tri-Valley Conference.
Canby 10, Hood River Valley 0
Stevenson sweeps Castle Rock 17-2 and 19-3
Track and Field
Stevenson’s Hudson Holzhauer won two events as the Bulldog boys finished third and the girls fourth in a seven-school meet at Stevenson.
South Wasco’s Storm McCoy, Julie Hull, Macy Bell, and Sadie McCoy and Sherman’s Sophie Hulke and Morgan Geary won two events apiece at the South Wasco Invitational.
Boys Tennis
LaSalle 7, Hood River Valley 0
WA Legislature Approves Bridge Monies
Washington’s capital budget bill approved by the Legislature over the weekend includes the release of $75 million in transportation funding specifically to replace the Hood River-White Salmon Bridge. It also calls for an additional $50 million in future funding bringing the Washington total to $125 million on the project. When Governor Jay Inslee signs the bill into law, the bi-state bridge replacement project will draw significantly closer to full funding. Committed funding for the project’s projected total cost of $520 million is now about 35% percent complete. Passage of Oregon’s Senate Bill 431 would commit a further $125 million to the project. Funding from both states, combined with the local commitment through toll backed financing, will position the project to receive up to $200 million in federal grants, fully funding the project. The project’s committed funding is now complete enough for the project team to pursue a contract for design and to fund various kinds of surveying and other data-gathering efforts that precede design and construction. Local officials would like to see the replacement bridge completed and operating in 2029.
Housing Council Breaks Into Five Workgroups
The Governor’s Housing Production Advisory Council has started into the work of developing recommendations in five areas by the end of year. The group of 25 appointed by Oregon Governor Tina Kotek have broken into five work groups dealing with land availability, permit applications, codes and design, workforce shortages, and financing. Mid-Columbia Housing Authority Executive Director Joel Madsen is in the land availability and financing groups, and he says lands already in public ownership can be part of the process. The Governor has set a statewide housing production goal of 36,000 per year, and the Council is charged with developing budget and policy recommendations to meet that goal.
Puppies Rescued From Fire
Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue and Dallesport Murdock Fire District crews rescued a group of puppies from a structure fire at the In-Lieu fishing site behind the Oregon Department of Transportation location in The Dalles on Tuesday morning. According to a statement from MCFR…crews were called to the scene around 11 a.m. Firefighters found a pickup, camper, quad, and a fifth-wheel camper all burning. Engine crews were able to quickly knock down the fire. There were no injuries reported, and a total of five puppies were rescued.