Story by Rodger Nichols for Gorge Country Media It was standing room only at the Klickitat County Commissioner’s Thursday morning workshop on data centers yesterday.  Approximately 150 people showed up for the discussion concerned about the [...]

Here are Week 1 previews for high school football teams in Southwest Washington from Castle Rock to White Salmon, with livestream links and predicted outcomes.

Story by Rodger Nichols for Gorge Country Media Tuesday’s Klckitat County morning workshop session was a bit of a quickie, clocking in at just 32 minutes. Here are some of the highlights: • Planning Director Scott [...]

Klickitat County Emergency Management this morning lifted all evacuation levels issued as a result of Wednesday evening fire near Avery Park.  The area in the vicinity of Avery Park at one point was at Level 3 “Go Now” after the fire broke out in windy conditions near Wishram.  Wishram Heights and Wishram both were at […]

A hearing on proposed amendments to Klickitat County’s ordinance governing standards for RV parks was continued to September 15 to allow Planning Director Scott Edelman to continue to get legal consultation on provisions for allowing waivers to the County’s 60 day occupancy limitation to help alleviate workforce housing issues.  Edelman noted there has been estimates […]

Story by Rodger Nichols for Gorge Country Media Klickitat County Commissioners had four major issues on the agenda yesterday in the afternoon session and went 50/50 on them, passing two and postponing two for more citizen input. [...]

Klickitat County Commissioners approved an extension of the moratorium on Battery Energy Storage Systems in some areas of the County’s Energy Overlay Zone to March 4 of next year.  County Planning Director Scott Edelman says that’s to allow for more time to receive a report from legal consultants on a draft of an ordinance to […]

Klickitat County Commissioners approved a 10% increase of wastewater rates in Dallesport.  That will move the base rate from $68.07 to $74.88.  There will also be a small increase in the hook-up fee to $6,000.  Commissioner Ron Ihrig said after holding a question-and-answer session with Dallesport residents last week, he said there are a few […]

Klickitat County Commissioners continued their examination of how to fill child care needs in the County by talking with representatives from Garfield County about how they have gone about developing a facility set to open next year.  Garfield County Public Health Administrator Martha Lanman told the Commission that hiring a child care navigator was a […]

A busy Tuesday for the Klickitat County Commission will include a workshop to continue the discussion around creating more child care opportunities in the County.  Commission Chair Ron Ihrig says they will be joined by guests from Garfield County on what they’ve done to assess the need for a child care facility.  He says that […]