The Dalles Police Department says it is investigating a home invasion and armed robbery that took place late Sunday night in the 800 block of Richland Court.  According to a statement from The Dalles Police, multiple suspects entered a home armed with weapons and detained the residents inside.  Property was taken from the residents, and the suspects fled the area.  Paramedics with Mid-Columbia Fire & Rescue were dispatched to the scene to attend to injuries of the victims.   At this time, there is no information supporting any ongoing threat to residents in the area.  The police department statement says due to the sensitive nature of the investigation, TDPD did not immediately release information regarding the case.  Police say the investigation is ongoing, and they are asking for assistance from the public.  Anyone with information regarding suspicious activity, including vehicles/persons parked in the 800 Block of Richland Court area between 10:00 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. on Sunday evening and Monday morning are asked to contact The Dalles Police Department at 541-296-2613.  

The group Columbia Riverkeeper has delivered a petition with over one-thousand signatures and comments to Northwest Senators and President Biden asking for removal of Snake River dams.  They claim it will help to stop salmon extinction and honor tribal rights.  The petition, signed by over 1,000 people from the Northwest and nationally since the beginning of 2022, asks federal leaders to enact a plan for Lower Snake River Dam removal before the end of the year.  Columbia Riverkeeper’s petition delivery is the latest in widespread efforts by tribal and conservation groups calling for government officials to deliver a plan for Snake River dam removal.

Oregon State University Extension in Wasco and Sherman counties will be offering a webinar and an online course dealing with preparedness in the agricultural community for wildfires.  OSU Extension’s Jacob Powell says with the rains the area has seen in April, fuel buildups are taking place that will dry out as the weather becomes hotter and drier.  Powell will hold a webinar on May 24 from noon to 1 p.m. on Wildfire Readiness for the Agriculture Community, and has developed an online course on Wildfire Preparedness in Agriculture through OSU’s Professional and Continuing Education program.  For information on both, go to the OSU Wasco County Extension website.

Conclusion of a waterline installation on Hostetler Street between 2nd and 6th in The Dalles will require a closure of that segment of the street between Monday and Tuesday. Crestline Construction says construction hours are anticipated 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. The road will remain closed during construction and overnight Monday evening, but will be reopened Tuesday evening. Road closure and detours will be posted. Through traffic on 2nd Street between Hostetler and Webber Streets will not have access to this small segment of Hostetler. Please avoid this area and use alternate routes.

Baseball

Hood River Valley splits with Redmond, winning 4-3 and losing 11-8:  The Eagles scored four runs in the fourth inning of game one, with Ryles Buckley driving in a pair and Drew Beam and Joe Reitz also coming up with RBI’s.  HRV’s Mason Spellecy had a huge second game with two home runs, a double, and five runs batted in, but the Panthers scored in each of the first five innings to win the nightcap.

  Boys Soccer

Seton Catholic 3, Columbia 0

The State Library of Oregon has awarded the Oregon Historical Society a grant to process and make publicly accessible the Yasui Brothers records, a large manuscript collection preserved in OHS’s research library.  Dating primarily from 1905 to 1942, the collection consists of over 180 linear feet of business and personal materials, over half of which is written in a pre-World War II Japanese language script that is difficult to translate.  Homer Yasui donated the records to OHS in 1991, but they have never been fully processed.  The records document the experiences and contributions of businessman and noted community leader Masuo Yasui, Homer Yasui’s father, and his family of first- and second-generation Japanese immigrants who lived in Hood River during the first four decades of the twentieth century.  Grant funds will support extensible processing of this collection, which includes the hiring of a professional archivist for the duration of the project and the engagement of contract translators to appropriately arrange and describe the bulk of the several thousand records in this collection, perform selective digitization and translation of the text, and rehouse documents for preservation.

Klickitat PUD will have a planned a power outage at its Bingen substation early Saturday morning.  The outage will start Friday night at 11:59 and continue until Saturday morning at 3 a.m.  This outage will be for Klickitat PUD to perform critical substation maintenance and will affect all customers in the towns of Bingen and White Salmon.  The surrounding areas also affected are Snowden, Pucker Huddle, West Jewett Blvd., Courtney Rd., Bill Moore Rd. and Panakanic Rd.  If you have any questions, call the Klickitat PUD Operations Department at 800-548-8357.

Port of Hood River Executive Director Michael McElwee says he will retire in early July.  McElwee has served in the position since July of 2006.  During his tenure the Hood River waterfront underwent a transformation with construction of several recreational facilities utilizing state and federal grant funding and significant private investment in light industrial and commercial developments.  The Port has also increased efforts to replace the Hood River-White Salmon Interstate bridge, upgraded the Ken Jernstedt Airfield and the Hood River Marina, and purchased the Lower Hanel Mill property, which the Port then converted from a brownfield to shovel-ready development site.  McElwee’s tenure of 16 years equals that of James O’ Banion who served as the Port’s Executive Director between 1980 and 1994, and an additional two years of service that took place after his retirement.  McElwee says he is looking forward to other life pursuits and intends to continue public service activities in Hood River.

Mid-Columbia Medical Center has appointed Jayme Thompson-Mason as its new chief nursing officer. In her more than two decades with MCMC, Thompson-Mason has served as a staff nurse in the emergency department, a nursing house supervisor and most recently as the director of emergency services, emergency management and nursing resources. In her new role, Thompson-Mason will oversee quality and safety initiatives, patient care delivery models, strategic and operational planning for nursing services, as well as clinical education, and development for 205 nurses across the MCMC health system, which includes the hospital and outpatient clinics. Thompson-Mason is replacing Don Wenzler, who will be retiring from MCMC later this month.

Softball

Stevenson sweeps Kalama 8-2 and 14-7

  Track and Field

Hood River Valley’s girls held off Scappoose and Parkrose in a triangular meet at Scappoose.  Simone Tillman won both the 200 and 400 meters for the Eagles.  The HRV boys were second to Scappoose.  Eliot Hawley won both the 800 and 1500 meters for Hood River.

  Goldendale’s Alden Williams won both the boys’ 800 and 1500 meters at the W. Scott Sexton Classic in Mabton.

  Girls Lacrosse

Tualatin 11, Hood River Valley 7