There are a limited number of tickets remaining for Maryhill Museum of Art’s “Echoes of the Gorge” fundraiser set for September 6. Museum CEO Amy Behrens says they are raising funds for their programs and exhibits as they prepare for a milestone next year: the Centennial of the museum’s dedication by Queen Marie of Romania. Behrens adds that funds raised at the gala also goes toward providing access to the museum by subsidizing ticket revenue as part of several partnerships to make sure anyone who wants to visit Maryhill can do so. Tickets for the September 6 gala are available at maryhillmuseum.org.
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Line Painting In The Dalles This Week
The Dalles Public Works Department will be painting the center and side lines on streets throughout the community through Thursday beginning at 6 a.m. each morning, weather permitting. Motorists are asked to watch for the crews and avoid driving on the wet paint. The paint truck will be preceded and followed by warning vehicles, with signs calling attention to the wet paint. The trucks will be spaced according to the necessary drying time of the paint. Attempting to pass or drive between the trucks will result in a messy striping job and paint damage to the motorist’s vehicle. Motorists are strongly advised to avoid the wet paint because it cannot be easily removed from vehicles.
Tickets For Distinguished Citizens Award Banquet On Sale
Tickets are on sale for The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Citizens Award Banquet coming up on Thursday, September 11 at the Fort Dalles Readiness Center. It’s the first time they’ve held the banquet in the late summer. Chamber CEO Lisa Farquharson says they made the move to get away from weather issues in the winter time that have led to some postponements in past years. She says with the selection of September 11 as the banquet date, they will also honor first responders. Tickets can be purchased at thedalleschamber.com.
North Bonneville Man Injured In Highway 14 Accident
A 63-year-old North Bonneville resident was injured in a one-vehicle accident that the Washington State Patrol attributed to the man having a medical episode while driving. According to the WSP, the truck the man was driving was westbound on Highway 14 at milepost 37 in Skamania County just before 5 p.m. Saturday when the vehicle drifted into the eastbound lane. It struck the guardrail and came to rest blocking the eastbound lane. The man was taken to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver. No one else was reported to be in the truck. The WSP did not indicated the nature of the medical episode.
Scheduled Planning Hearing On Hotel Cancelled
A scheduled hearing before the Hood River City Planning Commission on a site plan review application for a 135-room hotel at the location of the former Hood River News building on State Street across from the Hood River Library has been cancelled. Municipal Planning Director Dustin Nilsen says Monday’s hearing to review the application for development of the five-story Marriott hotel was scrubbed at the request of applicant Line 29 Architecture, and there is no date certain for it to be rescheduled. He adds a new notice of hearing will be required in the future should it be rescheduled. The proposed hotel had drawn plenty of negative comments. The packet for the hearing included mostly negative public feedback on the proposal, mostly centering around downtown parking and traffic impacts, and the size of the building itself being out of character with the surrounding community.
Construction To Start On White Salmon Water Infrastructure
Construction is set to begin Monday on water infrastructure upgrades along Spring Street and North Main Avenue in White Salmon. It is the start of the North Main Booster Pump Station Project, and city officials say it is designed to improve both everyday water service and emergency fire flow capacity for residents in the North Main/Simmons Road pressure zone. The new booster pump station is intended to restore and improve service to the zone by connecting it to the Spring Street Reservoir, which has sufficient capacity to meet current and future needs. The project is being funded by a $2.4 million state Public Works Board Loan as well as $177,500 in American Rescue Plan Act funding. It was originally scheduled to begin three weeks ago. The public should expect traffic impacts and potential detours in the construction area, especially as work moves westward. A detour map is available online at whitesalmonwa.gov.
Single Lane Traffic On West 6th Week Of August 18
Starting Monday West 6th Street in The Dalles will be down to a single lane between John L Scott and Spookys Pizza for the installation of a 24-inch PVC storm line. Bi-Mart entrances will be affected and closed one at a time as contractors bring the storm line north along the curbline and then turn west and connect into an existing storm manhole in the northern entrance to Bi-Mart. Installation of the storm line is estimated to take two to three weeks, but the single lane flagging is expected to only take pkXW next week. Pour and placement of the new curb and sidewalk on West 6th has progressed well with a majority being completed this week. Grading for the first phase of paving is currently scheduled for the week of September 15.
City of Hood River Preps For 2026 Bond Measure
The City of Hood River is beginning the process of preparing for a bond measure in November of 2026. City Manager Abigail Elder presented City Councilors a timeline for exploring going to the voters with a bond proposal, starting with a presentation on the process at the panel’s next meeting on September 8. Elder says they will have a special facilitated meeting on September 29 to consider a potential project list for bond funding. Once a list is gathered and levy rate estimates are put together, the final two months of this year the City will work with a consultant to do polling to gauge public support for a bond measure. The City Council identified general obligation bond funding as a “critical project” in its 2025-26 work plan.
HR County Hears From ODOT on Possible Cuts
Hood River County emergency officials and the Oregon Department of Transportation held a meeting to discuss issues when traffic jams up in the Hood River area due to a freeway closure, but a large part of it became ODOT talking about what will happen if a transporation funding package does not pass in a special legislative session at the end of the month. County Commission Chair Jennifer Euwer says ODOT representatives told them if a package does not pass, service to major roads in the area like Highway 35 will decrease. The ODOT representatives floated the idea of local governments backfilling, but Euwer pointed out Hood River County doesn’t have the money to do that. She added emergency agencies represented at the meeting, including Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital, expressed their concerns about their employees being able to report for work if plowing levels decrease.
Hege Says Work Continues To Pay For Phase 2 Of Fire Recovery
Wasco County Commissioner Scott Hege says they are still working with state officials to do phase two of Rowena Fire. Hege says in a meeting with the Governor’s office, Oregon Office of Emergency Management, and the Department of Enviromental Quality, local officials were given an estimate of $5.9 million, but that number is going to get revised. Hege says a meeting next week will look at developing a more accurate estimate. Hege says once the number is refined, they hope to go to the Legislative Emergency Board and get the money to do the phase two work from there.