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🔥 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.

💵 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.

🏥 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, 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.

⚙️ Skamania in Motion: Land Use Certainty & 2026 Utility Plans - Oct PUD & 10/21 BOCC Recap

October brought major decisions across county and utility boards: from finalizing Underwood’s long-delayed zoning to adopting new 2026 PUD rates, clean-energy compliance plans, and assistance programs for low-income customers.

💵 County Reallocates Federal Funds, Eyes 2026 Priorities - Skamania BOCC 10/14 Recap

Commissioners approved budget amendments and finalized plans to reallocate $4 million in federal funds for county upgrades. They also backed a wildfire mitigation grant, renewed Underwood’s water funding request, and met with state lobbyists to set 2026 priorities.

🔥“Why Are They Here?” - Skamania’s Fiery Land-Use Showdown at 10/7 Planning Meeting

“Why are they here, when we own the land?” After years of lawsuits and debate, Skamania’s Planning Commission voted 5–2 to open part of Underwood’s ridge to residential use, rejecting Friends of the Gorge’s bid to keep it forest-zoned.