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1926 — 100 years ago
Free news: Wasco County Pioneer Association named James A. Olheiser and Ruth Ann Rondeau Cutler the 2026 pioneers of the year at their 104th annual banquet on May 2.
1926 — 100 years ago
The Annual Reunion of the Wasco County Pioneers will be May 2 at St. Mary’s Academy. The event will start at 9:30 and the luncheon will be served at 11:30. The cost of the luncheon is $25 per plate.
Old stories, news and photos from the last century of The Dalles Daily Chronicle, White Salmon Enterprise, and Hood River News.
ODELL — For the Columbia River Gorge’s 150-plus community health workers (CHWs), helping people isn’t a job, but a necessity. Every client, every mission, is part of a broad, decades-long movement to bridge the divide between underserved communities and institutionalized health care.
Old stories, photos and mysteries from the last century of local news in the gorge, pulled from archives of The Dalles Chronicle, White Salmon Enterprise and Hood River News.
Old stories, photos, and mysteries from the last century of local newspapers in the gorge: White Salmon Enterprise, Hood River News, and The Dalles Daily Chronicle.
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.
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.”
1926 — 100 years ago
Old news and photos from the last century of Hood River News, The Dalles Chronicle and White Salmon Enterprise.
Old news and historical photos from the last century of White Salmon Enterprise, The Dalles Chronicle, and Hood River News. Anyone remember a certain contest to name the world's fastest earthworm?
PORTLAND — On March 28, from 1-3 p.m., the Minoru Yasui Legacy Project (MYLP), the Japanese American Musuem of Oregon (JAMO), and the Oregon Historical Society (OHS) invite the public to commemorate the legacy of Minoru Yasui and the 10th anniversary of Oregon’s designation in perpetuity as Minoru Yasui Day at a public program at the OHS in downtown Portland.
HOOD RIVER — The History Museum of Hood River County is proud to present “Gorge Youth Speaks,” a new youth speaker series launching this spring (March 18 and April 22 at The History Museum and May 13 at The Ruins).
HOOD RIVER — The History Museum of Hood River County opens for the season on March 7, with “The Pursuit of Happiness,” a photo exhibition by renowned Oregon photographer Peter Marbach.
Old news, stories and photos from the last century of local papers in the gorge. Cost-price government explosives, anyone?
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HOOD RIVER — For generations, family farms in the Hood River Valley (HRV) have helped shape a unified sense of place, growing crops that define the region as an agricultural hub — world-renowned pears, apples, and cherries — while strengthening a tight-knit rural community.
Old news, photos and oddities from the pages of The Dalles Daily Chronicle, White Salmon Enterprise and Hood River News over the last century.
HOOD RIVER — The History Museum of Hood River County, in partnership with RGE Travels is hosting an Alaskan cruise, July 17-27.
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