Mid-Columbia Today for Thursday, May 21, 2026

Mid-Columbia Today For Friday, May 29, 2026

In the first half of the show Mark talks to Sarah Allaben of Mt. Adams Resource Stewards about the online Klickitat Wildfire Resource Hub at wildfirereadyklickitat.org [http://wildfirereadyklickitat.org], then Caroline Grew from the United Way of the Columbia Gorge joins the show to talk about a pair of upcoming fundraising events in June (unitedwaycolumbiagorge.org [http://unitedwaycolumbiagorge.org]).

Mid-Columbia Today for Thursday, May 28

In the first half of the show, Jakob Lillivik from the Mid-Columbia Innovation Hub previews tonight's Gorge Pitchfest at 5:30 p.m. at the Granada Theater in The Dalles (free tickets at midcolumbiainnovationhub.org [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gorge-pitchfest-2026-tickets-1981803172638?aff=oddtdtcreator]), then Mark spends some time going over last night's Hood River County Planning Commission decision to deny a permit for Amazon's proposed distribution warehouse on Highway 35 near Neal Creek Mill Road, and why he his experience covering land use stories in the region leads him to believe that appeals in this case will take a long time to unwind, and lead to a remand.

Mid-Columbia Today For Wednesday, May 27, 2026

With a late guest cancellation, Mark and Cameron chat about various topics in the news and eventually why Mark thinks newspapers were better for consuming news than digital devices, then it's Washington Gorge Action Programs outgoing director Jennifer Pauletto and incoming director Julie Hester.

Mid-Columbia Today for Tuesday, May 26, 2026

The show leads off with Tim Harkins of Columbia Center for the Arts talking about CCA's The Big Sing Benefit with the Low Bar Chorale this Friday evening at 6 p.m. (tickets at columbiaarts.org [http://columbiaarts.org]).  Then Mark talks with The Dalles Mayor Rich Mays about the just completed budget and tonight's planned City Council discussions on a water management plan and moving into the process of developing a wastewater facilities master plan.

Mid-Columbia Today for Friday, May 22, 2026

Mark is joined by Brian Hukari, John Rust, Dan Mahr, and Nate Gephard of the Crag Rats, as the mountain search and rescue organization celebrates its 100th anniversary.  The Crag Rats will hold a 100-year celebration on Saturday, May 30 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Ruins in Hood River.  It's free and open to the public, and will feature a centennial presentation at 6 p.m., music by Rattlin' Bones at 7 p.m., demonstrations of their rescue systems, and they will auction off a night at Silcox Hut to benefit their project to construct a 100-year legacy training wall.  Go to cragrats.org [http://www.cragrats.org] for all the details.