Mid-Columbia Today

It was an hour of candidates on Mid-Columbia Today this morning...first Mark talks to Wasco County Commission candidate Mike Urness, then it's Oregon House District 52 candidate Hank Sanders.

In the first half of the show, Mark talks with Wasco County Commission Candidate Robb Van Cleave, then he is joined by Jakob Lillvik of the Mid-Columbia Economic Development District about the upcoming Gorge Pitchfest 2026 (https://midcolumbiainnovationhub.org/gorgepitchfest26/).

To start the show Mark is joined by Hood River County Administrator Allison Williams and County Commission Chair Jennifer Euwer to talk about the upcoming election and the County's on-going evaluation of its operational needs, then Wasco County Commission Jeff Justesen discusses the recent decision by the County to purchase the land to allow the Basalt Commons project in The Dalles to proceed.

In the first part of the show Mark talks with Stephen Douglas of Mid-Columbia Center For Living on crisis intervention team training for first responders, then Andrea Klaas of the Port of The Dalles discusses the Port board's recent visit to Dufur and an update on the latest visit to Washington, D.C. by The Dalles Community Outreach Team.

In the first half of the show Mark vents on why he has never liked writing stories about Oregon's land use process, and then Columbia Gorge Discovery Center Executive Director Cheryl Ragar discusses the Center's recently released annual report.

The show begins with an interview with Wasco County Commission candidate Lisa Gambee, then Mark is joined by Providence Hood River orthopedic surgeon Dr. David Putnam.

In the first part of the show, Leslie Naramore and Elizabeth Fernandez of Mid-Columbia Community Action talk about the Roots and Reach Alliance,, a multi-agency effort to strengthen the region's response to houselessness from the ground up.  In the second half, Mark discusses with Daron Ryan of the Hood River County Health Department observing Public Health Week and continued concerns about measles outbreaks in the state of Oregon.

In the first half of the show, Hood River Watershed Group board member Greg Short and Executive Director Cindy Thieman talk about how fishing in the Hood River has changed in the last 40 years, and then Mark discusses on guiding youth dealing with social media with Debby Jones of YouthThink of Wasco County.

In the first part of the show, Sarah Fox talks about upcoming Sense of Place events, and the long-running series becoming its own standalone non-profit organization, and in the second half of the show Mark talks to Wasco County Commission candidate Nichole Biechler.

In the first half of the show we meet Oregon State Senate District 26 candidate Nicole Bassett, then Dr. Mike Foss from Alpine Veterinary in Hood River discusses pain management for our pets.