Free news: Hood River-White Salmon Bridge Authority is holding a public information session on Thursday, Oct. 1, from 4:30-6 p.m. at SOCA wine shop.
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Maddie Washburn’s film about the project, completed just as the Grasshopper Fire raged, showed at the Granada Theatre Sept. 24.
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: 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: 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: Four Rivers Family Early Learning and Parenting Hub has created a free text messaging system to connect families with young children to local resources, activities, and events.
Free news: The used bookstore has been run by Joyce FitzSimmons for 21 years. New owner Siena Balance will be changing its name to The Little Minnow.
Welcome to October, our first full month of autumn. Days are becoming shorter and nights longer. Sunrise is now after 7 a.m., and sunset is before 7 p.m. By the end of the month, sunset will come before 6 p.m.
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THE GORGE — Trout Lake’s Melody Stock and Felicity Peck finished 1-2 at the Bridgette Nelson cross country meet Sept. 25 at Sorosis Park in The Dalles, and the host Riverhawks won the girls and boys races.
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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.
Free news: The used bookstore has been run by Joyce FitzSimmons for 21 years. New owner Siena Balance will be changing its name to The Little Minnow.
Some of my favorite conversations on a jobsite start with, “Ashley, we have a problem.”
While there are many ways to make charitable gifts, a donor-advised fund (DAF) offers multiple tax benefits and an efficient platform for ongoing giving.
As summer winds down and fall approaches, now is the time to start planning — and booking — your concrete projects.
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October homes and gardens in the Gorge: Business, gardening, birthdays, and an affordable housing award.
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