4 paddleboarders, including 8-year-old, rescued after being blown into middle of Columbia River

4 paddleboarders, including 8-year-old, rescued after being blown into middle of Columbia River

Four paddleboarders were rescued after they were blown into the middle of the Columbia River by high winds. Around 5 p.m. Monday, deputies responded to a water rescue on the Columbia River near Wanapum State Park in the Vantage area, according to the Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office. “911 callers reported that four people on paddleboards had been blown into the middle of the river by high winds and waves and could not get back to shore,” the she…