Water & Sewer Rate increases coming - esp for industrial & irrigation customers. Hood River City Council meets 4 times in March. Sigh. Monday's agenda and ZOOM info…
Read MoreHood River City Councilors gave a lot of "love" to parks during their February 6th work session. As a practical matter, they seemed to agree placing a bond measure on the November 2022 ballot to…
Read MoreFebruary 22 Hood River City Council Updates ... we'll post a few of these separately for easier viewing, but you can find the full video here…
Read MoreWe'll post the full video from the Hood River County Commissioners meeting on February 16th later, but we'd like you to have immediate access to County Health Director Trish Elliott's full info on the vaccination situation and other health info for the county.
Read MoreToday's Hood River County meeting just wrapped up after a LONG discussion on their compensation strategy and how to use county comparisons. More on that to come.
For now, here is the Covid-19 update:
Health Director Trish Elliott gave the overview -->…
Read MoreKudos to Wasco County ... their info pages are almost always so easy to read and find! The open spots up for election are shown here: https://bit.ly/3oC2ALQ - First date for filing is February 6…
Read More3 positions on the Hood River Library District come up for election on May 18, 2021. Positions held by Karen Bureker, Megan Janik, and Sara Marsden end in June 2021…
Read MoreIn the January 25th City Council meeting, Al Barton of the Mid-Columbia Center for Living was asked about 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱 to calls involving someone that may have mental health issues. The inference was…
Read MoreThree positions for Port Commissioner at the Port of Hood River are up for election on May 18, 2021. John Everitt (position 2), Ben Sheppard (position 1), and David Meriwether (position 3) all have terms expiring June 2021…
Read MoreTwo openings are up for election in May for Hood River Parks and Rec Department. Terms for Nan Noteboom and Anna Cavaleri expire this year in June…
Read MoreWe're pleased to provide last week's Hood River City Council discussion excerpts on "Missing Middle" housing code with Spanish subtitles. Simply go to the YouTube link (https://youtu.be/wKKbr_XRKsY), click…
Read MoreThe January 25th Hood River City Council meeting gave direction on code changes for "missing middle" housing:
- Denser is better, - Maximize lot coverage (70% is fine)…
Read MoreThe Dalles City Council meets on January 25 at 5:30pm. Among discussion items will be the final draft of the "Employment Buildable Lands Inventory." This document and discussion will…
Read MoreHood River County commissioners and department heads complete their multi-year strategic planning with workshop #4. Monday, January 25, from 2pm to 5pm, they will refine goals, get agreement, and talk about plans for implantation and…
Read MoreThe Middle Housing Code discussion continues at the Monday January 25th Hood River City Council meeting:
Read MoreIn 7 minutes, you can get the scoop on the last two years' saga of the Hood River Police station planning ... with clips from Monday's meeting where work came to a screeching halt. https://youtu.be/-BXho4ToewoOn
Read MoreTwo new Hood River Planning Commission appointments were made at tonight's HR County Board of Commissioners meeting. Applicants were Larry Martin, Erick Von Lubken (currently on Planning Commission, & serving since 2009), Paul Henke, and Jay Lyman.
Read MoreThe Hood River County Board of Commissioners session is STILL going (started at 4pm) but we'll use their break time for an update on what the County Health Dept had to say. See pages 33-81 (https://bit.ly/3ixXmzl) of the agenda for all the details.
Read MoreThe Hood River County Commissioners will meet on January 19th beginning at 4pm. See…
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