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City council focuses on airport
One of the main topics of discussion at the Goldendale City Council meeting Monday night was the city's airport, which recently received a $550,000...
City changes fireworks times
One of the key things to come out of Monday night’s Goldendale City Council meeting was a reminder that an ordinance passed a year ago by the city takes effect before the next City Council meeting....
Council hears of rise in crime calls
The Goldendale City Council met Monday night in an abbreviated session with an abbreviated group, following the resignation of Councilor Carmen Knopes. In the absence of Mayor Mike Canon, Councilor...
Police, hoping for best, train for worst
Goldendale Police Chief Reggie Bartkowski focused on active-shooter scenarios in a six-hour training-session drill on Saturday, March 23. Such drills...
Council hears about burglaries
A bare quorum of four Goldendale City Council members were present for a brisk 20-minute meeting Monday night. Councilors Andy Halm, Shannon Middleton, and Carmen Knopes were excused due to travel and...
Civil rights suits target parts of I-1639
Two civil rights lawsuits in Washington state have challenged the constitutionality of certain bans enacted through the gun control measure, Initiative 1639. Each lawsuit is built on the premise that...
22 of state's 39 counties won't enforce I-1639
The number of Washington law enforcement and government leaders balking at upholding gun control measures approved by voters in November is growing....
More law agents come out against I-1639
Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer was one of the first in Washington State to say he will not enforce the state’s new Initiative 1639 (I-1639)...
Police: crime in city down from last year
The Goldendale City Council met Monday night and approved several new contracts for services. Those include a $10,000 contract with the Goldendale Chamber of Commerce to promote economic development,...
Fire on Burgen Street contained
A fire broke out on a city block of Goldendale early this morning. At about 4:40 a.m. (Dec. 19), the Goldendale Fire Department was paged for a report of smoke coming from the roof of a vacant home...
Energy site gets grant
The proposed pump storage electrical generation project in Klickitat County took a huge step forward Monday. City Council member Miland Waling reported at Monday night’s council meeting that a year...
City to hold hearing on 2019 budget
The Goldendale City Council had another double session Monday night. It started with a special city council meeting at 6 p.m. continuing a workshop aimed at updating the city’s Park and Recreation C...
City agrees to hire firm for sewer plan
It was another quick and breezy Goldendale City Council meeting Monday night, with few official actions but several interesting tidbits. On the...
Bill to require law enforcement training put on ballot
In the wake of last week’s ruling on Initiative 1639, the Washington Supreme Court has issued another ruling that clears the way for ballots and voters’ pamphlets to be printed and delivered in...
Town Hall meeting on drugs
Drug abuse in this area, according to some reports, is at an all-time high. The Coalition for Preventing Abuse in Klickitat County wants to do something about it, but can’t do it alone. It takes a...
Six-year street plan approved by city
There were two main items on the Goldendale City Council agenda Monday night: housekeeping budget amendments for the first and second quarter, and a resolution approving the six-year street plan. No...
Council hears talk on deer problem
When is a city council meeting not a meeting? When there’s lack of a quorum. That’s what happened Monday night when only three of the seven council members—Miland Waling, John Sullivan, and...
New laws address dangerous dogs, gas franchise fees
Goldendale City Council covered a lot of ground in a brisk hour-long meeting last Monday night, July 2. A trio of ordinances passed unanimously on their second reading. An ordinance modifying the...
City considers new fireworks, dog ordinances, approves fire truck
With the passage of three ordinances, the Goldendale City Council made major upgrades in the city’s rolling stock at Monday’s meeting. Those ordinances authorized purchases of a new fire truck, ne...
Care facility sale approved
A sense of progress was in the air at the Goldendale City Council meeting last night, with trio of positive developments. First, councilors voted to accept a modified agreement for Goodnoe...
City asked to consider BMX track
One of the items on the Goldendale City Council agenda last night caused concern to one motivated citizen with a dream. Brock Warner has been preaching the benefits of constructing a BMX track for...
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...
Sheriff sees new tasks
Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer can fill pages with his accomplishments during his first term in office—and he did in his announcement that...
Crime down, says police chief
Short and sweet were the watchwords for Monday night’s City Council meeting, which clocked in at a spare 26 minutes. The only action item on the agenda was a unanimous vote on an agreement with...
Burglars nabbed
The Goldendale Police Department (GPD) has submitted charges to the Klickitat County Prosecutor on two male juveniles who burglarized the Easy Outlaw Skate Shop on March 12. GPD is requesting that...
