Goldendale Sentinel

25/07/2024

This is the latest update from InciWeb, posted at 2 p.m. 7/25/24 as well as the current evacuation map posted by Klickitat County Emergency Management at 9 a.m. this morning.

Thursday, July 25, 2024, 3:45 p.m.

25/07/2024

“The rolling hills and surrounding farmland give no clue to the cache of curios, antiques, and fine artifacts the Whitmores have collected over the years,” writes Bob Elmer in a

24/07/2024

ON THE FRONT LINE: Peggy Woodard sent this picture of the Big Horn Fire near Bickleton from Naught Road at 4:25 p.m. Tuesday.

24/07/2024

Klickitat County residents face a welcome change in their dealings with county departments, following a policy decision made at the July 16 meeting of the Klickitat County Commission.

17/07/2024

Ballots for this year’s primary election will be arriving in mailboxes soon, and ahead of the voting The Sentinel presents interviews with the candidates in what may be the most

17/07/2024

Ballots for this year’s primary election will be arriving in mailboxes soon, and ahead of the voting The Sentinel presents interviews with the candidates in what may be the most

17/07/2024

Klickitat County commissioners held an abbreviated morning-only session at their July 9 meeting. Sheriff Bob Songer was scheduled to appear, but Undersheriff Carmen Knopes and Chief Civil Deputy Karen Elings

03/07/2024

After several years of serving the community out of their current space on W. Allyn Street, a funding campaign by the Goldendale Pregnancy Resource Center (PRC) found success beyond expectation.

03/07/2024

Klickitat County Commissioners voted formally to establish a new County Department of Corrections at their meeting June 25. The vote was unanimous, after Commissioner Dan Christopher asked that the establishing

28/06/2024

For area travelers headed west: the Hood River-White Salmon Bridge is closed Thursday afternoon after a semi crashed on the bridge.

26/06/2024

Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer suffered a minor stroke Sunday night but is back home recuperating.

26/06/2024

There were only a few tidbits on the jail situation coming out of the June 18 Klickitat County Commissioner meeting. Just half of the 12 people who gave opinions during

26/06/2024

Fahlenkamp a Navy commanding officer

Capt. Keith Fahlenkamp, a native of Goldendale, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to Strategic Weapons Facility, Pacific at Naval Base Kitsap, homeport of West Coast ballistic-missile and guided-missile submarines.

26/06/2024

Good news on the fentanyl front

We’ve run a lot stories in our fentanyl series—this marks the ninth—and all of them have been pretty grim. This one breaks that pattern: it’s a shout-out to victory over

19/06/2024

City hires new clerk-treasurer

The Goldendale City Council was on a roll Monday night. Councilors approved a new union contract, hired a new clerk-treasurer, took Public Works responsibilities from the city administrator to return

19/06/2024

Goldendale Community Days to celebrate Independence Day weekend

Goldendale Community Days is an annual event that brings together residents, visitors, and families for a weekend of fun, entertainment, and community bonding. This year the event promises to be

19/06/2024

Health Department visit upends Farmers Market

The Goldendale Farmers Market was visited by the Klickitat County Health Department (KCHD) June 8, resulting in four vendors being identified as not having required permits or licenses.

12/06/2024

Finding the conjunction of good medicine and sound ethics

We’ll need a running start to say the full name and title of this person, so here goes: he’s Dr. William P. Kabasenche, Professor of Philosophy, Career-track. Wait, just warming

12/06/2024

Commissioners, Sheriff at odds over presumed facts

The fate of the Klickitat County Jail continues to dominate meetings of the Klickitat County Board of Commissioners (BOCC). That was the case with the June 4 BOCC meeting, which

12/06/2024

2nd Street fire victims able to retrieve urn ashes

Just after 7 p.m. on June 10, the Klickitat County 911 Emergency Communications Center received multiple calls of a structure fire on the 600 Block of NE Second Street, and

07/06/2024

Stonehenge suffers vandalism

Friday, June 7, 2024, 2:46 p.m.

29/05/2024

After more than 80 years of The Goldendale Sentinel producing the Klickitat County Fair Premium Book (FPB) for free for the County Fair Board, the board has elected to undertake

29/05/2024

Memorial Day

Images from around the area this past week and on Memorial Day.

29/05/2024

Klickitat County Burn Ban Zone Two

Klickitat County is establishing a ban on open outdoor burning for Klickitat County Burn Ban Zone Two defined as lands between the Klickitat County Fire District No. 7 eastern boundary

29/05/2024

County presented with options for county jail

Concern over the future of the Klickitat County Jail, which has dominated recent sessions of the Klickitat County Commissioners, was far less evident at the May 20 meeting. There was

22/05/2024

Mayor appoints new city administrator

The Goldendale City Council did not have to look far for a new city administrator, following the announcement at the May 4 meeting that previous administrator Pat Munyan had decamped

22/05/2024

Ex-prisoner endorses jail

In place of the usual repetition of pro- and anti-Sheriff Songer sentiments expressed at Klickitat County Commissioner meetings, Goldendale resident Bruce Shelton offered a unique perspective at the May 14

15/05/2024

Celestial magic lights up the sky

Goldendale Observatory Administrator Troy Carpenter sends us this account—and the beautiful photograph above—of the Aurora Borealis that graced Goldendale skies in recent days.

15/05/2024

Proposal from solar firm draws fire

Two controversial items on the Klickitat County Commissioner’s agenda May 7 were postponed to later dates by unanimous vote. Commissioner Dan Christopher, who had been away the previous two meetings,

08/05/2024

City seeks new administrator

Goldendale is looking for a new city administrator. “He found another job,” The Sentinel was told when we asked about the sudden vacancy at Monday night’s Goldendale City Council meeting.