Columbia Land Trust completed the purchase of two large tracts of woodlands totaling more than 4,000 acres in Klickitat County in January. According to the Vancouver-based nonprofit, the purchases are ...

Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer — and law enforcement officers who echo his approach — are undermining our nation’s rule of law. Regardless of their self-defined righteousness, sheriffs are ...

The Newell Road fire continues to grow in Klickitat County, with "go-now" evacuation orders issued Sunday night for the towns of Bickleton and Cleveland. The fire, which started Friday afternoon, was ...

A Washington law that prevents local authorities from assisting federal immigration agencies may only be as strong as their willingness to comply.

KLICKITAT, Wash. — Level 3: Go Now evacuations have been issued for the Washington state towns of Klickitat and Wahkiacus in a fire that sparked in Klickitat late Wednesday afternoon. The towns are ...

SUNDALE, Wash. — A new wildfire broke out Tuesday in Klickitat County, triggering Level 3 evacuations in Sundale on the northern side of the Columbia River Gorge. A Level 3 evacuation zone is in place ...

According to county staff, the jail has a growing stack of invoices from Klickitat Valley Health, the local hospital that treats inmates when they need medical attention. As Klickitat County officials ...

Wildlife advocates sued Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer after he deputized hound handlers to track and kill cougars. A Washington judge has decided not to stop the way the Klickitat County sheriff ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer talks in his office in Goldendale, Washi., on July 5, 2023. Songer is an advisory board member ...

A wildfire in Klickitat County is rapidly spreading and reached nearly 52,000 acres Sunday afternoon, burning several structures in the process. The fire began Friday afternoon near Newell and Dot ...

Songer has in recent years embodied the Constitutional Sheriff movement. He nears reelection even as multiple similarly molded sheriff candidates lost. While a few ultra-conservative sheriffs failed ...