♻ Airport Additions to Renewables: What Klickitat BOCC Is Working On - 12/16-12/23

Klickitat County wrapped up December with updates on road and bridge projects, park funding requests, wastewater planning in Dallesport, solar and battery siting rules, ADU reform, and staffing changes under a new County Administrator structure.

🔥 Fire Survivors Wait as Gorge Commission Debates Recovery Rules - Dec 2025

The Gorge Commission spent hours debating disaster-recovery rule changes after the Rowena and Burdoin fires. While counties and survivors urged urgent action, unresolved tribal consultation and federal approval concerns stalled a vote, leaving rebuilding timelines uncertain.

👶 Busy Winter in Klickitat: Mental Health, Childcare, and Local Infrastructure - BOCC 11/12-12/12

Klickitat County’s last month of BOCC meetings covered road and bridge bids, budget adjustments, public health and mental-health strain, childcare shortages, wildfire recovery, energy siting debates, and staffing changes, including creation of a County Administrator role. Here’s what happened.

💵 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.