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Free news: Northern Wasco County People's Utility District (NWCPUD) has earned the Certificate of Excellence in Reliability for 2025 from the American Public Power Association (APPA).
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THE DALLES — Glenis Schreffler spent over a decade filling bags for kids at The Dalles schools who needed food over the weekend. Now, she heads the Backpack For Kids program.
THE DALLES — The Dalles City Council meeting on March 23 began with a tourism report from Explore The Dalles Tourism Director Lynn Cox, covering July 1, 2025, to January. 31, 2026. According to Cox, the city recorded over five million impressions across all marketing channels and over one million total visitor trips.
THE DALLES — The Dalles is a town shaped by geography, weather, and history. The name traces back to the French word dalles, a term French-Canadian voyageurs used to describe the columnar basalt rock formations and the turbulent, narrow gorges of the Columbia River.
Recently, brush around the Grange Hall was cut to clear the grounds a bit, but members were busy with many other things and hadn’t been able to make time to haul it away. Community residents Greg and Brenda Wiebe volunteered to haul the brush pile away and things look much better around the hall now.
Rodriguez Mota plans study Mechanical Engineering, joining his older brother Geovanni, (who also won a prestigious scholarship) in the engineering program at OSU.
Fiona Wylde, founder of Wylde Wind & Water, accepted the Oregon Tourism Rising Star Award at the Travel Oregon Banquet on March 9. Presented by Travel Oregon, the award is given to an individual who is new to the tourism industry and has shown exemplary leadership, commitment and passion…
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THE DALLES — The Dalles is a town shaped by geography, weather, and history. The name traces back to the French word dalles, a term French-Canadian voyageurs used to describe the columnar basalt rock formations and the turbulent, narrow gorges of the Columbia River.
Fiona Wylde, founder of Wylde Wind & Water, accepted the Oregon Tourism Rising Star Award at the Travel Oregon Banquet on March 9. Present…
Free news: Brick City & Games, a locally owned game and toy store in downtown The Dalles, has been named a finalist and runner up for Hobby Shop of the Year, a national recognition honoring outstanding independent hobby retailers.
HOOD RIVER — Rooted in the refill culture, Christman has created a refillery in-store. The refillery offers bulk fills with a variety of natural products, allowing customers to bring their own containers or purchase reusable bottles on-site.
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HOOD RIVER — pFriem Family Brewers, Oregon’s second-largest independent beer producer with 120 employees in the Gorge, is eyeing the development of a 5,280 square foot, purpose-built metal building on the south side of its Port of Hood River property to support packaging operations. The preliminary construction estimate is approximately $2.1 million, with potential for minor value engineering reductions.
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HOOD RIVER — “Ordinary Days,” a four-player musical from teen production group Theatre CamilleLynne (TCL), will premiere at Columbia Center for the Arts (CCA) on April 3 and run for two weekends.
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