A North Bonneville man was arrested Thursday night after a lengthy standoff with law enforcement officers.  The Skamania County Sheriff’s Office says 42-year-old Robert Lane was wanted on multiple warrants including stalking and violation of a protection order.  Deputies had contacted Lane by phone and learned he was at his residence in North Bonneville.  Contact with Lane was maintained through phone and text as he refused to exit the house.  Sheriff Dave Brown says after two hours of negotiating with Lane by phone, deputies made entry into the residence and were immediately confronted by Lane armed with a long gun that he raised toward the deputies, who exited without engaging him.  The Southwest Washington Regional SWAT assisted in continued negotiations with Lane by phone, and at about 8 p.m. Lane exited the residence and was taken into custody.  Lane claimed he attempted to overdose on medications prior to exiting the residence, and was examined on scene and transported to a medical facility for further observation.  He is now facing additional charges for first degree assault and felon in possession of a firearm.

South Wasco School District is closed.

Stevenson-Carson School District two-hour delay, no morning pre-school, Carrot Route has two stops on Snow Route: Berge and Dillon.  Corn Route also on Snow Route for Panther Creek.

Sherman School District two-hour delay.

Mill A School District two-hour delay.

Lyle School District on-time with Lyle Snowden/Appleton bus on snow route.

The Oregon Legislature’s Joint Carbon Reduction Committee will hold a hearing in The Dalles on Friday on House Bill 2020, the state’s cap and trade bill.  Republican 30th District State Senator Cliff Bentz is co-vice chair of the panel, noting it will be the fifth hearing being held around the state, adding they have been extremely well attended.  The hearing will run from noon to three Friday at The Dalles Civic Auditorium.

The Hood River County School District has started the process of studying of how to best adjust boundary lines for elementary and middle schools.  Superintendent Dan Goldman says they have done data collection, and staff is preparing a “spring board” proposal for a community committee to begin its work that will start on March 5 and continue for about eight weeks.  They will give recommendations to Goldman, who will then give his recommendations to the district board.  The district is dealing with buildings at capacity in the lower part of the Hood River Valley, while classroom space is available in the mid- and upper-Valley.

Applications are now available for the Columbia Gorge Community College Foundation’s 2019-20 full year scholarships.  The Foundation’s Steph Hoppe says the scholarships help cover the cost of attending the college, and anyone can apply for them.  Full-year awards are $2500.  Applications are now available on-line at cgcc.edu.  The deadline to apply is April 25.

Nine youngsters were taken to a hospital on Wednesday after the wheels of a Hood River County School District bus they were in went into a drainage ditch next to a driveway, causing the wheels of the bus to bounce over the entrance to the driveway.  District Superintendent Dan Goldman confirms the bus was going south on the Dee Highway at about 10:15 Wednesday morning when the incident occurred.  The bus continued on to both Wy’east Middle School and Hood River Valley High School.  Goldman says once the students reached their destination, some reported they had been jostled around as a result of what happened, and nine of them went to area hospitals for examination.  The OSP is investigating the incident, and Goldman said after that the district will conduct its own investigation.

Oregon Class 1A Boys Basketball Tournament at Baker City

Quarterfinals

Prairie City 52, Sherman 48:  Prairie City outscored the Huskies 18-5 in the fourth quarter to come from behind for the win.  Lucas McKinley’s jumper in the paint with two minutes lead gave Prairie City the lead for good.  Levi Burke had 15 points and 12 rebounds for Prairie City, while Keenan Coles had 13 points to lead the Huskies.

Nixyaawii 66, Horizon Christian 44:  Moses Moses scored 25 points to pace the Golden Eagles, as they took control with a 19-2 run during the first half.  The Hawks closed to within six midway through the third quarter, but the Golden Eagles put the contest away with a 14-2 run.  Derek Johnston lead the Hawks with 12 points. 

Consolation Semi-Final

Sherman 59, Horizon Christian 28:  Sherman never trailed in the game, dominating from start to finish.  Keenan Coles had 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Huskies, while Luke Martin added 16 points and Wade Fields tallied 11.  Bailey Holste led the Hawks with seven points.  Sherman meets Damascus Christian for fourth place Saturday at 8 a.m.

Oregon Class 5A Boys Basketball Tournament

Friday Games

The Dalles at Churchill, 6 p.m.

LaSalle at Hood River Valley, 6:30 p.m.

Klickitat County Commissioners have decided to hold a second opportunity for citizens to sound off on their opinions of Washington Initiative 1639  That initiative established new gun laws in Washington, but Sheriff Bob Songer has indicated he will not enforce them, believing they are unconstitutional.  A public meeting last week in Goldendale resulted in most speakers supporting that stance.  Commissioner David Sauter says the board decided yesterday they should have a similar session in White Salmon.  The meeting will be on March 12 at the Pioneer Center, with a time to be announced.

Hood River County School District is making plans to make up class time lost to winter weather conditions this month.  The district has had to cancel five full days of school this month.  District Superintendent Dan Goldman says a plan will be presented to the board at their meeting Wednesday evening to extend the school year by one week to June 18.  The emergency closure make-up days are already marked out in the district’s calendar.  Wednesday night’s board meeting is at 6:30 at Westside Elementary School.

Pacific Power will be installing about 9,000 new smart meters in Hood River, Grass Valley, Moro, Mosier, Rufus, and Wasco over six weeks starting March 11.  Pacific Power Regional Business Manager Diana Knous says the meters are already being used in 70 million homes in the United States.  She says the digital meter sends and receives energy usage through a secure wireless network and makes it available for the customer to see at any time.  Knous says having that information will allow customers to better manage their power usage.  Pacific Power customers will be receiving notifications in the mail on when their new meters will be installed.