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Sense of Place: Pop-Up event with Jerry Franklin

Sense of Place: Pop-Up event with Jerry Franklin

  • By Sarah Fox, Sense of Place media release
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BINGEN — Sense of Place presents a special pop-up event: “Jerry Franklin: Rethinking Forests: Then and Now,” taking place Friday, April 24, 2026, at the Bingen Theater.

Sense of Place: Crag Rats Turn 100

Sense of Place: Crag Rats Turn 100

  • By Sarah Fox, Sense of Place media release
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HOOD RIVER — Sense of Place concludes its 16th official season on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, with “Crag Rats Turn 100: A Century of Service with the Oldest Mountain Search & Rescue Team in America.”

Maintain brain health to reduce dementia risk

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Dance, dance, dance! Dancing provides social benefits and keeps you moving. In addition, learning new steps can challenge your brain, as I’ve found when trying to memorize the steps in different line dances!

"Ordinary Days" opens April 3 at CCA

"Ordinary Days" opens April 3 at CCA

  • By Sean Avery, Columbia Gorge News
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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. 

Backpacks for Kids in The Dalles

Backpacks for Kids in The Dalles

  • By Martin Gibson Columbia Gorge News
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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.

Oregon Poet Laureate visits Hood River Library

Oregon Poet Laureate visits Hood River Library

  • By Renee Thessing, Hood River County Library District media release
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HOOD RIVER — Oregon’s Poet Laureate, Ellen Waterston, will lead two special events — a morning writing workshop and an evening poetry reading — at Hood River Library on Saturday, April 4. Both are free and open to the public.

Glenwood News: Grange hosts meetings

  • By Mary Pierce
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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.

Gorge Sinfonietta upcoming performances

  • By Fran Finney, CGOA media release
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HOOD RIVER — Combined performances by the Gorge Sinfonietta and the Voci Community choir are always an event. On April 17-19, the two ensembles will come together for a performance called “Roads Not Taken.”

Fiona Wylde receieves Oregon Tourism Rising Star Award

Fiona Wylde receieves Oregon Tourism Rising Star Award

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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…

This week in history: April 1-8, 2026

This week in history: April 1-8, 2026

  • Columbia Gorge News staff
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Old news and photos from the last century of Hood River News, The Dalles Chronicle and White Salmon Enterprise. 

Wings on the River: The robin wars

  • By Martin Gibson
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I just saw a Stellar’s Jay — a lovely rascal, ocean blue and iridescent with a sweeping black crest — carefully inspecting my paper birch tree’s twigs for a loose one.

Senior Living: The power of laughter

  • By Scott McKay
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We should all laugh more, and good role models are our children, who laugh much more than we do — but it’s hard to compete when young children giggle every time they hear the word “poop”!

What's in the Sky: Our neighbors Venus and Jupiter

What's in the Sky: Our neighbors Venus and Jupiter

  • Jim White of Goldendale Observatory
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Welcome to April! If you were not able to view the March 3 Lunar eclipse, check it out on the Goldendale Observatory website, at www.goldendaleobservatory.com. Look under “special events” and you can watch a video of the entire eclipse, or a two-minute timelapse.

No Kings Protest III

  • Staff report Columbia Gorge News
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Free news: The protest will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on W. Sixth Street between Cherry Heights and Webber. There will also be No Kings rallies in Hood River, White Salmon/Bingen, Goldendale, Trout Lake, and Stevenson.

Greek Meatball Salad: As seen in the April 2026 Home & Garden section
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Greek Meatball Salad: As seen in the April 2026 Home & Garden section

  • By Janice Bell, Arome
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Juicy lamb meets Greek spice and fresh vegetables for a filling and healthy meal. These meatballs can also be served as a stand alone appetizer, in pita bread or on a platter of rice with hummus and tzatziki.     Serves 4-6

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