Cherry Fest is hitting a fevered pitch as locals throw it into high gear tomorrow. Even the weatherman is getting in on it. Temps on Saturday are to hit 71 degrees Fahrenheit with winds in the single digits, according to the National Weather Service. Some events downtown kick off at 4 p.m. today

“I feel like I needed this to be pushing myself,” Peterson said on Thursday, April 24 from the town of Idyllwild, Calif, an unincorporated town of 3,000 with a labrador for a mayor near the San Jacinto Wilderness. “We’re hiking everyday, camping and packing, but it is cool how everything is so different everyday.”

“We’re not looking to flip it,” said Stephen Davis, Regional Director with VIP in a recent tour of the hotel. “This will be a lifestyle boutique hotel, and once we buy a property we keep it and run it.”

“We’re hoping to get started this summer but we need to talk with the city and engineer and figure out timelines,” said Jason Alford this morning, April 22. “We’re a little bit behind from where we were hoping to be.”

Stephen grabbed onto the passenger side of the truck while the driver, Matthews, tried to drive away from the scene, preventing Stephen from stopping the theft, according the District Attorney. Matthew sped and swerved, dragging Stephen, throwing him to the ground, and running him over.

The feature quilt in this year’s show is 130 years old and from the Sandoz family of Sandoz Farm. And it’s crazy. It’s supposed to be. And there is a lot to crow about.

Peterson and Douillard said they hiked out to the highway to catch  the 11 mile hitch into Julian on Monday morning as they were looking forward to free slice of pie at Mom’s Pie House - a PCT tradition. Meanwhile here at CCCNews headquarters we got a call from Victor Johnson who pointed out that Julian was the epicenter of a 5.2 magnitude earthquake at 10:08 a.m. that morning. 

Appellant Pam Danzer, who lives just below the proposed development is representing 23 neighbors who signed a petition against the subdivision as currently designed. She argues it poses safety, infrastructure, and livability concerns that must be addressed before the project proceeds.

An all out effort was made by police the last several days to find the third suspect, Jonathan Bradley Matthews, 31, of a houseless man from The Dalles. He was arrested today, April 15 at 12:09 p.m, in The Dalles, according to a Hood River Police press release. He is being held on suspicion of murder.

The Hood River County Health Department is looking into the deaths of two individuals as officials have confirmed one case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and suspect two others.

The Dalles City Council is set to convene tonight at 5:30 p.m. to decide on issues of proposed cost-of-living adjustments for city employees, regulations surrounding fireworks displays, and policies on overnight parking within city limits.​

Two suspects in the death of Stephen M. Hayes of Hood River are being held on $1.1 million bail while police continue to search for a third person of interest in the alleged altercation and hit and run murder that occurred in Hood River on Friday, April 11.

A Hood River man who confronted a car clout was killed when the alleged thief reportedly hit him with his pickup on Friday, April 11.

Sentencing dives deep into the behavior of former Haven From Domestic and Sexual Violence Director Tara Koch as Circuit Court Judge grapples with an appropriate sentence and abuse shelter continues to pick up the pieces after years of embezzlement.

The Judge told Koch the theft of $178,511 “won’t be accepted in our community or in our state.”

Prosecutor Tingleaf disagreed in his memorandum to the judge, stating Koch had violated the public trust, created multiple victims and had a lack of remorse. “The State urges the Court to impose the presumptive sentences for each count running four of the presumptive 24 months prison terms consecutive for a total of 96 months in prison.”

A local man was injured badly on Highway 35 when he collided with a truck on Saturday Afternoon on his way to his Mill job on Saturday, April 5 at 12:15 p.m. On April 5th, according to the Hood River County Sheriff’s Office.

CCCNews Podcast Finding Your Sole: TD Grad starts 2,650-mile Journey today, April 8

Protesting is expected to ramp up this Saturday, April 5 in Hood River as locals from around the Gorge converge at the national Hands Off protest in the Port of Hood River in the grass north of Ferment Brewing at 11 a.m.

He said he was prepping on Kelly Avenue in The Dalles as there were 400 hives for he and his brother to get out to a few local orchards to ensure a red dawn this June when it’s an all-out Cherry Jamboree.