Maddie Washburn’s film about the project, completed just as the Grasshopper Fire raged, showed at the Granada Theatre Sept. 24.
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Free news: If you want to meet the candidates for the Cascade Locks City Council, a candidate forum will be held on Monday, Oct. 5 at 6:30 p.m. at the Port of Cascade Locks pavilion.
Student enrollment for the 2026-2027 year is currently at 2,782, down 61 students from last year.
Free news: This free, non-partisan community forum will feature election officials from Wasco and Hood River counties in Oregon and Klickitat County in Washington on Oct. 1 from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Rockford Grange.
Free news: Klickitat County Sheriff’s Deputies executed a search warrant in the vicinity of the 1300 block of SW Pucker Huddle Road earlier this month as part of an Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigation.
Free news: At 10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1, the Skamania County Elections Office will conduct a logic and accuracy test of the programming used to tabulate ballots for the Nov. 3 General Election.
Free news: Prescribed fire operations to reduce wildfire risk and restore forest health near Glenwood may begin as soon as Wednesday, Sept. 30.
Free news: Women who serve as the primary wage earners for their families and seek financial assistance to continue their education or receive training can now apply for the Soroptimist Live Your Dream: Education and Training Awards for Women through Nov. 15.
Free news: The Port of Cascade Locks will open the application window for Round Three of its Economic Development Grant Program on Oct. 1, 2026, offering a total of up to $150,000 in funding to Cascade Locks businesses, nonprofits, and government entities working to strengthen the local economy.
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On Sunday, Sept. 27 at 3:27 p.m., fire crews responded to a brush fire off of Orchard Road, just southeast of The Dalles near Powerline Road.
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THE DALLES — The Dalles High (TDHS) Riverhawks enjoyed a successful start to their OSAA Class 4A girls volleyball Tri-Valley Conference schedule by winning their opening league road game, 3-1, at Madras on Sept. 23.
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If all goes according to plan, installation begins this fall on a preliminary test designed to support later replacement of the Hood River-White Salmon Bridge.
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Before Rye Development can build a massive energy facility in a place sacred to the Yakama Nation, the state will have to write them a new water quality permit, a panel of judges ruled on Sept. 21.
The Sept. 15 Bingen City Council meeting focused on the buffer zones around Dry and Jewett creeks.
BrightNight is aiming to build on leased private property, 99% of which is zoned as Exclusive Farm Use. Residents have shown mixed reactions to its proposal, leading one farmer, Connie Lee, to create the organization Save Juniper Flat.
Free news: The City of Hood River is named in the award alongside project funding and agency partners, including Community Development Partners and Columbia Cascade Housing Corporation.
THE GORGE — Chef Kesh Akinsanya grew up in a small town in Liberia about 300 feet from the Atlantic Ocean.
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BINGEN — Big Britches Productions, a 501(c)(3) community theater in Bingen, Washington, will present Jerome Bixby’s “The Man From Earth,” adapted by Richard Schenkman and directed by Joe Garoutte, running Oct. 2-17 at The Bingen Theater.
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