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| SMOKE AND MIRRORS: A volunteer firefighter is seen in the rearview mirror extinguishing flames Tuesday at a brush fire east of Grass Valley. Klickitat County’s Rural 7 Fire District was called to assist Sherman County in the effort. Photo by Rachel Cavanaugh. |
Andrew Christiansen
Reporter
Thunderstorms rolled into Klickitat County last Sunday with tinderbox conditions, and more lightning than rain, setting off several fires north of Goldendale.
Firefighters attacked blazes on Observation Hill and along Pipeline Road, with help from Ellensburg-based helicopters dumping buckets of water drawn from the Columbia River. Goldendale resident, Heidi McCarty, noted smoke around 7:30 p.m., a couple of hours following lightning strikes that appeared much farther away from town.
A large local response flooded the area with firefighters, drawing water from town hydrants. By nightfall, smoke filled valleys on both sides of Highway 97, making it difficult to discern where fires might be flaring, as lightning continued to flash, east toward Bickleton.
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A proposal to manufacture electric cars at the idle aluminum plant outside Goldendale was put forward by a local businessman this week.
If the idea materializes, it would create about 100 jobs its first year and likely more after that. The plan’s founder, White Salmon entrepreneur John Gotts, said he intends to submit a formal business plan to the smelter owners within two weeks.
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A rock mining operation will be authorized approximately eight miles north of Roosevelt, on East Road, if the conditional use permit is granted by the Klickitat County Planning Department. The Department has the mitigated determination of non-significance on file and is open for public appeal until 5 p.m. on July 7.
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