CASCADE LOCKS — The Port of Cascade Locks opened the application window for round three of its Economic Development Grant Program Oct. 1, 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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THE GORGE — The community is invited to participate in the regular update of the Regional Economic Development Strategy for the Mid-Columbia region. Led by the Mid-Columbia Economic Development District (MCEDD), the strategy will outline a five-year plan.
THE GORGE — “It’s a real wake-up call to just be you and strip away anything that’s not you. I feel like cancer was the gift that gave me the permission to do that,” said co-author of “Cancer, the Gift” Kate Houston, a Hood River local and librarian at the White Salmon Valley library.
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HOOD RIVER — Local Hood River author Cleo Ballard has released a debut thriller novel “This is a Lie” in June. This is her break into the genre after a long career that’s stretched from grant writing, ghostwriting sports autobiographies, writing a Junior Jedi Trilogy for Lucasfilm, to young …
HOOD RIVER — Sugar and spice and in-house milled grains, that’s what the fresh bread baked at the newly opened Bran & Ash bakery in downtown Hood River is made of.
THE DALLES — Rebel Metalworks, a custom metal fabrication company in The Dalles, has been named the 2026 Oregon SBA Small Blue Collar Business of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
THE DALLES — “I have severe ADHD and once I started making the stuffies for my kids, I kind of hyper-focused and I made like 15 of one item at a time, and my house was just kind of overflowing with it,” said Veronica Tucker, owner of The Pink Bee.
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HOOD RIVER — Local Eileen Garvin released her third novel, “Bumblebee Season,” this April. Set in a fictionalized Hood River, it’s “a heartwarming new story that returns to the vibrant world of beekeeping in a small Oregon town,” according to the book summary. “It’s not a sequel, but it’s a …
Pfriem won World Cup gold medals in the Kellerbier or zwickel-beer category for its Kellerbier, and in the Belgian-style spontaneous sour category for its Spontanee. The brewery took bronze in the Rice Lager category, new this year, for its Japanese lager.
THE GORGE — Trisha Schales remembers exactly where she was when the phone call came: REI Experiences, a branch of the retail store she guided trips for, was suddenly and unexpectedly closing at the start of 2025.
THE GORGE — Coming down from a January peak, the market for gold and silver has been incredibly volatile as of late, impacting what customers choose and how businesses operate in the Gorge.
BINGEN — A step into the Whitewater Bodega is a step into whitewater history. Located at 205 W. Humboldt St. in Bingen, the small retail store opened last October with river equipment for kayaking, canoeing, rafting and more. It’s owned by Evan Garcia, a professional kayaker with decades of …
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THE GORGE — “Do your givin’ while you’re livin’ so you’re knowin’ where it goes,” said Bob Kenyon, community philanthropist and keynote speaker at Community Legacy Initiative on March 19, hosted as a collaboration with local organization and non-profits.
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.
THE GORGE — The Women’s Giving Circle of the Adventist Health Columbia Gorge Foundation recently announced grants totaling $15,140 in support of three local nonprofits.
The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) will host a free Alzheimer’s & Caregiving Educational Conference for Portland-area residents on Wednesday, March 18 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm PT at the University Place Hotel & Conference Center (310 SW Lincoln Street, Portland). The free co…
HOOD RIVER — The Hood River Soroptimist club is selling colorful flower baskets to raise money for scholarships that help local women continue their education at college or vocational programs.
Superintendent Bill Newton and the Hood River County School District (HRCSD) Board of Directors are pleased to announce the appointment of Jessica Ramirez as the new principal of Hood River Valley High School (HRVHS), effective July 1, 2026.
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HOOD RIVER — After hearing from the applicants during a work session Feb. 17, Hood River County Commissioners chose four volunteers who will now make up the Odell Advisory Committee.
TROUTDALE — Sugarpine Drive-In, located at the edge of Troutdale on the Columbia Gorge Historic Highway, is featuring Hood River pears in its February special menu. This is a collaboration between the restaurant and USA Pears, to highlight the theme “Winter Comforts, French Roots.”
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