Articles from the April 18, 2018 edition
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Ready for a worst case no one wants
Members of city and county law enforcement agencies, together with personnel of regional and county fire departments and emergency responders, joined...
Small schools return for big track performances
The Lyle-Wishram Cougars track and field team was busy last week, competing at Wednesday's Trico League Meet in White Salmon before heading to... Full story
Oregon Trail Rally, Travis Pastrana return to Goldendale
"There's a hierarchy of insanity in motor sports. Normal people think all racers are crazy. Folks who race sedans think people in open-wheel cars are... Full story
Cougars win first EWAC baseball contest
After dropping both games of their league-opening doubleheader against Tri-Cities Prep back on March 31, the Lyle-Wishram-Klickitat Cougars picked up... Full story
Dillon Rising runs to school 3,200 record in Pasco
Goldendale senior Dillon Rising knows how to run on the big stage. He's ran in the state cross country meet all four years in high school and later... Full story
Goldendale Golf Club members and high school team get lessons from pro coach
Last Wednesday and for the previous 10 years at the Goldendale Golf Club, professional golf coach Jeff Bender has made the trip to Goldendale from... Full story
Girls tennis bounces back after first loss
The unbeaten streak for the Goldendale girls was snapped last Tuesday in Naches, a match that head coach Channon Bighorn said he was nervous about.... Full story
Rising pay scale causes ripples
The start of 2018 brought big changes to worker laws in Washington State with the passage of the voter-approved Initiative 1433. Initiative 1433—passed in 2016—will steadily increase the minimum...
State to city: you need day care
The Goldendale City Council had a solid meeting Monday night. In the biggest item on the agenda, councilors approved construction of a new 9,000-square-foot building to house equipment for the public... Full story
Growers banquet a huge success
On Saturday, March 21, the annual Klickitat County Livestock Growers Banquet was held at the Elk’s Lodge in White Salmon. The sold-out crowd of 250 enjoyed an evening of a prime rib dinner, slide...
The Woods are calling to these kids
Students from Goldendale Middle School Theater Club will offer Goldendale an amusingly different way to think about everyone's favorite fairy tale...
New guide to the ivories in town
Goldendale has a new piano and music teacher in Nicole Becerra, who is now offering lessons to people of all ages and skill levels, from beginners to...
County designates new burn ban zones
In an effort to better provide for mitigation of the diverse wildland fire hazard conditions that exist across the approximately 100-mile length of...
Candidate filings window coming
The Klickitat County Auditor’s Office will accept candidate filings for local offices the week of May 14-18. Candidates may file online at: https://wei.sos.wa.gov/county/klickita...
Vincent A. Jussila
Vincent A. Jussila, age 92, a resident of Wishram Heights, died Saturday, the 7th of April. He was bom on Oct. 10, 1925 in The Dalles to Esther Yeacke... Full story
Lorene Ladiges
Anna “Lorene” Lewis Ladiges, a wonderful woman who is loved and will always be missed and cherished, passed away at home on April 13, 2018, of complications related to dementia. The hardest thing... Full story
Looking Back
March 13, 1919 J.H. Beeks of Sundale was in the city the first of the week on business. He has sold 780 acres of his land in that section to his three sons, Sam, Dewey, and Gus, who will erect...
WGAP seeks funds against a backdrop of frustration
Since our stories earlier this year on the Washington Gorge Action Programs (WGAP) coup against the Goldendale Food Bank (GFB), a number of people...
Letters from the community
How Democracies Die The title of this letter is also the title of a new book that I believe every voter and indeed every citizen of this great country of ours should read. The authors, Steven...
Annual Lyle Community Clean Up went well
The annual Lyle Community Clean Up started off kind of slow but picked up speed and ran right through until closing at 5 p.m. Two “boxes” from Republic Services were filled and ready for pick-up...
City-wide yard sale headed this way
The second Annual Goldendale City Wide Yard Sales are gearing up for their yard sales on June 15-16. The first one was very successful, with over 65 sales all over Goldendale and Centerville. Just joi...
Iron Mustangs qualify
We are saddened to hear of the passing of Lorene Lewis Ladiges. Lorene spent all of her 94 years in Glenwood and married Hank Ladiges after high school. She is the beloved mother of Kathleen, Warren,...
