Klickitat County News

John and Jane Schreiner are the type of pet owners who gladly travel cross-country for their newest exotic critter.

Boeing's low-cost, long-endurance UAV at 4 feet long with a 10-foot wingspan - is being used by the Navy and the Marine Corps.

Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, is looking to ship its garbage to Washington or Oregon after a landfill closes next year in the province.

State Public Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark has delayed a proposed land trade between the Department of Natural Resources and timber titan Pope Resources.

New state Rep. David Taylor, R-Moxee, announced Thursday that he'll hold three town hall meetings later this month in far-flung areas of the expansive 15th Legislative District he represents.

GOLDENDALE, Wash. -- A Klickitat County couple accused of failing to ship motorcycle parts purchased over the Internet has been ordered to pay nearly $90,000 as part of an order shutting down their business.

Folks can enjoy a Texas-style barbecue deep in the heart of the Horse Heaven Hills at McKinley Springs Winery on June 13.

It runs from noon to 10 p.m. today and noon to 9 p.m. Saturday in E'kone Park. Set to play both days are Northwest bluegrass bands Ida Viper, Coyote Ridge Bluegrass Wranglers, Chickweed, Fiddlegrass, Deadwood Revival and Urban Monroes.

Workers removed nearly 30 tons of creosote-covered wood and other debris Thursday at Iverson Spit and other beaches along Livingston Bay, an important estuarine habitat that supports fish, shorebirds and marine mammals.

A sparkling gem in Clark College's educational tiara prepares for its first rush of students on Sept.

A state investigation of a rock-climbing accident that claimed the life of a Washougal man and his sister-in-law has determined they fell due to errors in placing metal stoppers in cracks and attaching them to their webbing.

In this Thursday, April 23, 2009 picture, Jim McClanahan assembles an unmanned surveillance aircraft at their production facility in Bingen, Wash.

WHITE SALMON, Wash., - A power-theft investigation led Klickitat County sheriff's deputies to an illegal marijuana-growing operation over the weekend, authorities announced today.

The Department of Licensing has suspended plans to close driver-licensing offices in Friday Harbor; Walla Walla; Poulsbo, Kitsap County; Forks, Clallam County; and Goldendale, Klickitat County.

A company that started out in a garage 15 years ago has turned into a major player in the Columbia Gorge economy - making drone surveillance aircraft for the military.

Think of it as Bingen's Boeing. Insitu, the firm that started in a garage 15 years ago, last year generated $148 million in revenue and provided more than 500 jobs, mostly in rural Klickitat and Skamania counties.

By Kathy Gray of The Chronicle DALLESPORT - After two call errors in less than a month resulted in delayed ambulance response times, Dallesport residents filled the community center Thursday to talk about ongoing concerns with Skyline Hospital service.

Finding the "Bluebird Capital of the World" is not easy. It's remote, roads lack direction signs, and once you're there you'd better have plenty of gas in your tank because there's no place to fill up.

The ScanEagle was on board the USS Bainbridge and was launched to take surveillance video of the lifeboat where four Somali pirates were holding Capt.

Authorities are still trying to piece together events that led to the rock-climbing deaths of a police detective and his sister-in-law in a Washington state park this weekend.