Goldendale News

Saturday, Maryhill's Stonehenge Memorial becomes a stage for Shakespeare when the Portland Actors Ensemble performs "King Lear." In the Bard's uncompromising tragedy, the proud King Lear declares his intention to divide his kingdom between his three daughters based on which one loves him most.

Operation of the popular branch library at Westfield Vancouver is secure for another two years, under a lease extension reached by shopping mall operators and the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District .

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.

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.

A potential wind farm envisioned straddling a ridgeline near Larch Mountain in east Clark County has been put on hold.

Grand Marshals for the City of Wasco's annual Memorial Day parade, which begins May 25 at 11 a.m., will be Arlyn and Sandra Van Gilder, owners and operators of the Wasco Variety & Video store.

A golden eagle was killed by a wind turbine blade at a southwest Washington wind farm, a state biologist said.

U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Pasco, will hold a town hall meeting on May 28. The gathering will be held from 5:30 p.m. -6:30 p.m. at the Klickitat County PUD, 1313 S. Columbus Ave.

The manager of the Yakama Nation Cultural Resource Department says development is damaging sacred cultural sites.

GOLDENDALE, Wash. -- The Maryhill Museum of Art celebrates Founders' Day on Saturday with a number of special activities: * The Outdoor Sculpture Invitational opens with works by Northwest sculptors Lance Carleton, Matt Cartwright, Gregory Glynn, Tom Herrera, Ed Humpherys, Jay Moody, Francisco Salgado, Julie Speidel, Mike Suri, Jeff Tangen and ...

Motorists in the Upper Valley will soon have to head to Union Gap to renew their driver's license.

The Department of Licensing has suspended plans to close driver licensing offices in Walla Walla, Poulsbo, Forks, Friday Harbor and Goldendale.

The Yakima Farmers Market is back and Elvis will be there to greet it. For the fourth year in a row, an Elvis Presley impersonator will welcome farm and craft vendors and shoppers back to the Yakima Farmers Market, which will hold the opening day of its 11th season on Sunday.

Goldendale's Earth Day Fair will be held Saturday. Crafts and displays about Earth Day will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Goldendale Primary School, 840 S. Schuster Ave.

Maryhill Museum of Art, overlooking the Columbia River south of Goldendale, has received the largest gift in its nearly 70 years of existence.

RECENTLY in Copenhagen, scientists heard the startling news that climate change is happening even faster than predicted.

Elliott Co. of Jeannette has secured a $3.13 million contract from the Klickitat Public Utility District in Goldendale, Wash., to supply a steam turbine generator for a gas power plant at the utility's landfill near Roosevelt, Wash.

An odd thing happened in Goldendale last month as Republican leaders met to pick a replacement for former state Rep.

State Rep. David Taylor, newly appointed to the 15th District seat formerly held by Rep.