Mid-Columbia Today for Thursday, May 28

In the first half of the show, Jakob Lillivik from the Mid-Columbia Innovation Hub previews tonight's Gorge Pitchfest at 5:30 p.m. at the Granada Theater in The Dalles (free tickets at midcolumbiainnovationhub.org), then Mark spends some time going over last night's Hood River County Planning Commission decision to deny a permit for Amazon's proposed distribution warehouse on Highway 35 near Neal Creek Mill Road, and why he his experience covering land use stories in the region leads him to believe that appeals in this case will take a long time to unwind, and lead to a remand.