The agreements would provide city funding to cover water service costs for the county's Kramer Fields and Northern Wasco County Parks and Recreation District, totaling $192,000. The discussion comes after the city cut $320,000 from the Parks budget by eliminating transient room tax funding.

Officer Jeremy Dutton, a 10-plus year member of The Dalles Police force, is accused of first-degree theft of $1,000 or more from the City of The Dalles on four separate time periods between May 2023 and January 2025.

A Wasco County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Ezekial Laclaire of The Dalles alleging three felony counts: Rape in the Second Degree, Sodomy in the Second Degree, and Sex Abuse in the First Degree, according to a press release from the Wasco County District Attorney.

Suspect in 80-mile police chase accused of having burglar tools and is being scrutinized for thefts in Mid-Columbia. Long track record of theft convictions adds to suspicion.

"Her energy, vision and commitment to our community will be invaluable as we work to expand affordable broadband access across Wasco County," added Tyler Stone, Wasco County Administrative Officer. Lance is also the Secretary for Dufur Volunteer Fire and Ambulance.

“Wait so Hood River County votes on taxation in Wasco County…??,” asked one person on Facebook. That’s a yes or no, depending on how you look at it.

The Dalles Lions had a brisk business this morning as dozens of vehicles rolled through the ballot drop-off site next to the Wasco County Courthouse. 

Survivors of violence stay for a multitude of reasons, be they financial, religious, fear, and more.  Survivors of violence are more likely to die after they leave the violent relationship and the perpetrator has lost all control/access to them.  We must stop asking "Why didn't they just leave" and instead start asking the real question of "Why perpetrators of Domestic Abuse choose to abuse"? Because Domestic Violence is always a choice that is being made by the perpetrator.  

Ballot returns thus far in the general election continue to be far off from returns in the 2020 presidential bid in Wasco and Hood River counties. So what is going on? Wasco County Elections Clerk Lisa Gambee provides some insight and theory.

Ballots are trickling into the Wasco County Courthouse after being delivered mostly on Saturday, Oct. 19. 

With the upcoming forecasted cool wet weather, local Fire Districts, Wasco County, and The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) have agreed to lift the seasonal burn ban on Saturday, October 19, 2024, at 12:01 a.m. This will allow for burning in barrels and small debris piles. Burning of larger slash piles is not included in lifting the ban.

Tara Koch who was originally arrested on the allegations more than two years ago pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree theft and five counts of first-degree aggravated theft before Wasco County Circuit Court Judge Marion Weatherford. 

Suspect in sex crimes alleged in Alabama and Wasco County surrenders in Alabama. DA to attain a warrant for his return to Oregon where he faces prosecution. The month-long nationwide manhunt that included state and federal law enforcement agencies ends.

Already this year, more people in Oregon have tested positive for pertussis than in any year since 2018. In the past month, several people in Hood River and Wasco counties tested positive for pertussis.

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Mid-Columbia Fire & Rescue Chief set to retire in December. Bob Palmer started with The Dalles Fire Department in 1980 and was an integral player in merging two districts into the fire service we have today that serves 120 square miles and takes some 3,500 calls for help annually.

The 51-year-old man accused of starting the Larch Creek Fire near Dufur is currently wanted on an arrest warrant after he failed to show up at Wasco County Circuit Court on Monday, Sept. 16.

A 33-year-old former jail guard at NORCOR was sentenced to 60 days jail time and three years probation after pleading guilty to having sex with a female prisoner in April 2023. 

Federal Marshals are seeking the whereabouts of a local man who has been charged with sex abuse in cases tied to Wasco County and Alabama.

The Wasco County Fairgrounds will be hopping today as check-in for 4-H animals begins. Local kids have been working and learning for months in preparation for showing and selling their animals at the fair, which opens to the public on Thursday, Aug. 15 with Family Free Day. Temps are looking favorable, in the 80s the rest of the week, as the fair runs Aug. 15-18 in Tygh Valley.