Mid-Columbia Today for Thursday, June 18, 2026

Mid-Columbia Today for Thursday, June 18, 2026

Today's show features Isabel Ulland, Henry Mason, and Sophia Mosqueda from the Hood River Valley High School Solar Storms, who are constructing a solar-powered car to race in the Solar Car Challenge starting July 14 in Texas (they are raising funds for the trip, go to hrvhsolarcar.org [http://hrvhsolarcar.org] to learn more and donate), then Mark talks with The Dalles Mayor Rich Mays about the new Community Reserve Fund establish during the just concluded budget process and the slow progress on the First Street project.

Mid-Columbia Today for Wednesday, June 17, 2026

In the first half of the show, Wasco County Community Development Director Kelly Howsley-Glover gives an update on the work of the Rowena Fire Long-Term Recovery Group one year after the devastating fire, then White Salmon Valley School District Superintendent Rich Polkinghorn talks about the latest moves toward developing a K-12 campus.

Mid-Columbia Today for Tuesday, June 16, 2026

In the first half of the show, Mark talks with Hood River County School District Superintendent Bill Newton about summer programs and the establishment of the district's five-year strategic plan.  Then it's White Salmon Mayor Marla Keethler on the recent City Council adoption ordinance requiring new residential construction to be ready for electrical vehicle chargers, and continued fire prevention steps.

Mid-Columbia Today for Monday, June 15, 2026

On today's show, Mark talks and debates issues around the Port of Hood River with Port Executive Director Kevin Greenwood, and then retiring The Dalles Chamber of Commerce CEO Lisa Farquharson joins the program.

Mid-Columbia Today for Friday, June 12, 2026

We begin today by talking to Columbia Gorge Orchestra Association founding director Mark Steighner about the upcoming Piano Summit (information and tickets at gorgeorchestra.org [http://gorgeorchestra.org]) and his retirement from the CGOA, and then Lesley Wright updates us about what is going on at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center.