Open Gorge: The Skamania Dispatch & Klickitattler

About Open Gorge: The Skamania Dispatch & Klickitattler

Welcome to Open Gorge, your audio bridge to local government, infrastructure, and community news in the Columbia River Gorge. Hosted by the founder of Open Gorge, Kate Bertash, this podcast brings the in-depth, civic-minded reporting of The Skamania Dispatch and The Klickitattler newsletters straight to your headphones. We break down the public meetings you didn't have time to attend, track local infrastructure projects, and decode the regional policy decisions that directly impact your daily life. Whether you are a Columbia Gorge resident commuting across the river, following local elections, or tracking where your tax dollars are going, we provide clear, factual summaries of what’s changing and what’s coming next. Our unified feed covers the entire Gorge. Check the title of each episode to see if we are covering Skamania County, Klickitat County, or regional issues that impact us all. Listen to what matters most to your neighborhood, or stay tuned for the full regional picture. Subscribe to the written newsletters and join the community at SkamaniaDispatch.com.

Publisher

Kate

Category

government · news · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Mar 2026

Latest episode

23 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

90 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Oct 2026

   [Klickitat] 🗳 Your Ballot Decoded - Klickitat Oct '26 Election Round-Up

   All six candidates in Klickitat County's contested county races met twice in two nights: at the Goldendale Grange on October 14 and at a League of Women Voters forum in Lyle on October 15. County commissioner, sheriff, and Klickitat PUD. Data centers dominated two of the three races. We walk through where each candidate stands and who is paying for the campaigns. In This Episode Commissioner race: the data center moratorium splitSheriff race: "not Bob 2.0," the posse, and laws they wouldn't e...

2. 

   22 Oct 2026

   [Skamania] 🗳 Your Ballot Decoded - Skamania Oct '26 Election Round-Up

   A special Skamania election edition. PUD Commissioner Liz Green passed away in July, but her name is still on your ballot, and the county Republican chair is asking you to vote for her anyway. Plus Underwood's candidates night, the KOIN congressional debate, and who is paying for the mailers in the 17th District. In This Episode The PUD race with one living candidateWhat happens if Liz Green's name winsLeckie vs. Mosbrucker, and the transfer station rumorClerk and Assessor: two very close pri...

3. 

   19 Oct 2026

   [All-Gorge] 🐟 The Fight Over How to Save Salmon - Special Report

   Everyone in the Columbia's hatchery fight says they want to save salmon. They disagree on how. We follow that argument from a federal courtroom in Portland to Congress's budget to the Skamania Hatchery on the Washougal, and ask what it means for anglers, gillnetters and the tribes whose treaty fishery depends on hatchery fish. In This Episode Why the Skamania Hatchery is closing, and what our county did about itWho's suing NOAA over Mitchell Act hatcheries, and what they wantIdaho 2018 and th...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

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