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Port Of The Dalles Gets Grant For Designs Ideas For Former Rodeo Property

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The Port of The Dalles has received a planning and marketing grant from Business Oregon to come up with a couple of design options for the former rodeo grounds and a few surrounding parcels.

Port Executive Director Andrea Klaas says those lands are challenging to develop because there are both wetlands and hard basalt rock in the area.

The Port Commission will decide at its meeting this month whether to approve moving forward with the study.

Klaas added this will be a subject for The Dalles Community Outreach Team when it makes its March visit to Washington, D.C. to talk with various representatives and agencies.

 

February 6-7 Prep Sports Roundup

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Boys Basketball

Hood River Valley 67, Hillsboro 59

Columbia 58, Seton Catholic 52:  The Bruins move on to host Rochester in a Southwest Washington District Tournament play-in game on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

South Wasco 64, Dufur 45

South Wasco 73, Horizon Christian 32

Dufur 61, Klickitat-Glenwood 54

Klickitat-Glenwood 66, Trout Lake 22

Echo 72, Trout Lake 48

Sherman 56, Lyle-Wishram 42

Sherman 66, Spray-Mitchell-Wheeler 40

 

Girls Basketball

Hood River Valley 45, Hillsboro 36

Seton Catholic 38, Columbia 21

Dufur 57, South Wasco 43

South Wasco 51, Horizon Christian 16

Trout Lake 53, The Dalles JV 27

Sherman 55, Spray-Mitchell-Wheeler 24

Echo 63, Trout Lake 29

 

Girls Wrestling

Hood River Valley’s Ayleen Marquez won the 110 pound division at the Northwest Oregon Conference Girls Wrestling Championships.  Marquez recorded two falls, then won the championship match over Kinley Walters of Canby by injury default 2:50 into the match.  Asai Akhmedova, Xiomara Gordian-Gomez, and Valeria Solorio Campos all had second place finishes for the Eagles, who were fifth in the team standings.

 

Stevenson’s Sophia Mahoney won the 110 pound division at the Jack Berger Invitational in Silverton, while HRV’s Xiomara Gordian-Gomez was first at 155 pounds.

 

Boys Wrestling

Stevenson’s Lindon Wieman placed second at 190 at the Trico League Championships in Kalama.  Thorn Bliss, Benjamin Shane, and Matthew Trollier earned third place finishes for the Bulldogs, while Giovanni Ruiz and Robert Grabb IV had third place efforts for Columbia.

 

February 4 Prep Sports Roundup

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Boys Basketball

South Wasco 96, Trout Lake 36

Condon 54, Sherman 38

 

Girls Basketball

The Dalles 49, Pendleton 41

South Wasco 44, Trout Lake 41:  The Redsides pull even with the Mustangs for second in the Big Sky League.

Sherman 45, Condon 9

 

Boys and Girls Wrestling

Hood River Valley 42, Putnam 33

Hood River Valley 45, Wilsonville 27:  Leyton Adams, Aaron Smith, Drew Lucas, and Copeland Louis had two wins apiece for HRV.

 

Girls Wrestling

Centennial 54, Hood River Valley 22:  Ayleen Marquez, Asai Akhmedova, Melissa Jara Vela, and Xiomara Gordian-Gomez scored wins for Hood River.

Heritage Apple Preservation Bill Passes Committee

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Legislation sponsored by Washington 14th District State Rep. Gloria Mendoza to preserve Washington’s rare and historic apple varieties unanimously passed the House Postsecondary Education and Workforce Committee.  With Mendoza’s leadership, the committee approved substitute language for House Bill 2525, which would establish a Heritage Orchard Registry Program at Washington State University to identify and register heritage orchards across the state and maintain a list of rare and lost apple varieties.  A heritage orchard is defined as an orchard with at least five apple trees more than 74 years old, or one containing at least a single tree of a rare or lost apple variety.  The substitute also directs WSU to adopt rules to implement the program.  The bill is now expected to be referred to the House Appropriations Committee for funding.

Waters Introduces Fuel Break Agreement Bill

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Washington 17th District State Representative Kevin Waters has introduced a bill to authorize counties to enter into shared stewardship agreements with federal land management agencies to maintain and manage fuel breaks on federally owned lands within one mile of roads.  The Skamania County Republican says under the bill, counties would be able to retain proceeds from timber sales resulting from fuel reduction and forest health work performed under the agreements.  Waters does not think the bill will make it through during the current short session, but expects it can in 2027.  He notes that the bill is receiving supporting from both sides of the aisle.

Bridge Of The Gods Report Released

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As the Bridge of the Gods enters its centennial year, the Port of Cascade Locks, has received early findings of an ongoing study focused on pedestrian safety, bridge preservation, and seismic resilience.

The study by Parsons Transportation Group began in early 2025.

Early phases of the Bridge of the Gods study have included extensive technical fieldwork and analysis to better understand existing conditions, and has found foundations and substructure are in better-than-expected condition, seismic conditions are more favorable than expected, critical information gaps have been filled, and continuous data collection is helping the Port understand real-time strains and stresses.

With a technical baseline now established, the study moves into its next phase of work, including a vessel collision assessment to better understand navigation risks, continuing monitoring structural health and performance data, and beginning the conceptual development of potential retrofit actions.

 

Daybreak & Bakeoven Solar Projects Begin Operations

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Energy company Avangrid says it has started commercial operations at the Daybreak and Bakeoven solar projects in Wasco County, sending power to the Portland General Electric grid.  Daybreak has a capacity of 189 megawatts, and Bakeoven can deliver up to 80 megawatts.  Avangrid installed a combined 650,000 solar panels at Daybreak and Bakeoven, which are located adjacent to each other.  Together, the projects are expected to produce hundreds of gigawatt-hours of electricity annually.  Construction supported over 300  jobs, and Avangrid estimates the two projects will generate approximately $40 million in tax revenue over their life span, and support several permanent, full-time jobs for the ongoing operation and maintenance.  Daybreak and Bakeoven are the first commercial-scale solar projects built in Wasco County.

Chicago Man Dies In Highway 97 Accident

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One man died in a collision between a van and a truck and trailer on Highway 97 in Klickitat County on Monday morning.  According to the Washington State Patrol, a van driven by a 42-year-old Chicago man was southbound on Highway 97 at milepost 11 just south of Goldendale just after 7:30 a.m. Monday when it crossed the centerline and struck the oncoming truck and trailer.  The Chicago man, whose identity has not been released pending notification of next of kin, was declared deceased at the scene.  The truck driver, 53-year-old Abel Martinez of Vancouver, was transported to Klickitat Valley Hospital in Goldendale for treatment of injuries.  Cause of the accident remains under investigation.  Another truck and trailer could not stop in time and drove through the debris on the roadway.  The WSP said the driver of that truck was uninjured.

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