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Dispatch Squatch

A mysterious cryptid who occupies the woods of Skamania county, and shares a love of Gorge Gossip.

📍 Skamania County

💵 County Budgets, Timber Fears & Overtime Pressures - Skamania BOCC Recap 11/25 - 12/2

Commissioners heard strong public objections to the Underwood zoning ordinance (now delayed), reviewed tight year-end revenues, and grappled with rising jail overtime, delayed state funds, and justice-system staffing strain.

🧠 Mental-Health Crisis Deepens & WIC Shortfalls: Klickitat Board of Health Update Fall 2025

Klickitat’s Board of Health met Nov. 4 to review severe WIC funding shortfalls, rising food and housing insecurity, and plans to expand rural outreach with KVH and Skyline Health. The county is preparing its 2026-28 Community Health Plan amid growing behavioral-health and isolation concerns.

🏥 Skamania Public Health Update – Vaccines & Winter Readiness, Fall 2025

Skamania’s Board of Health wrapped its final 2025 meeting with updates on flu and COVID vaccination outreach, WIC funding stability through late November, and environmental-health coordination with Clark and Klickitat counties. Planning began for a new quarterly meeting schedule in 2026.

⚡ Special Report: Klickitat County’s Solar & Battery Storage Ordinance

A major BESS and solar ordinance is nearing a vote in Klickitat County. Supporters see grid reliability and renewable-energy benefits; neighbors and tribes are raising safety, farmland, and scenic-area concerns. Here’s what’s at stake, and why Skamania should watch too.

🔥Bridges, Wildfire Recovery & WIC Strains - Klickitat BOCC Update 11/4-11/12

Klickitat County wrapped two weeks of major updates: bridge and road bids, radio-system interference issues, new public health funding, WIC shortfalls, wildfire recovery, short plat approvals, and progress on the 2026 GMA update and transportation plan.

🏘️ Housing, Enforcement & Public Safety: Klickitat City Govts Recap - October 2025

October council updates from across Klickitat County: White Salmon eyes a major upzone and debates drone policy, Goldendale plans park upgrades and reviews budget priorities, and Bingen faces pushback on stream buffer rules while weighing a public safety sales tax.

🌉 Bridges, Budgets & Bonneville: 11/4 BOCC + PUD Recap

County and utility leaders tackled big infrastructure and energy topics this month, from new bridge and road projects to updated industrial and cannabis rates, long-term BPA power planning, and the start of 2026 budget hearings across both boards.

⚾ Let's Play Ball! Budgets, Sports Courts & Sanitation: October Skamania City Government Round-Up

From sewer bill shock in Stevenson to greenhouse gas policy in North Bonneville and grant-funded upgrades in Underwood, here’s what happened across Skamania’s city governments in October, and how neighbors are shaping what comes next.

💸 Special Report: Inflation Takes its Toll in Skamania County

Rising costs are reshaping every corner of Skamania County government, from road work to water systems. This special report looks at how inflation affects local budgets, services, and what residents can do to strengthen our community’s resilience.

𖣑 Bridges, Broadband, and Behavioral Health - Klickitat BOCC October 2025 Recap

Klickitat County commissioners covered critical public safety, health, and infrastructure updates in October, from 911 system planning and bridge repairs to rural health needs and a new Medicaid reentry initiative connecting jail healthcare with community care.