Hood River County Reads kicked off its 17th season on March 4 with a book distribution event at the Hood River Library. This year’s book is “rough house” by local author Tina Ontiveros. 

With the help of HRATS, Hood River Area Trail Stewards, a new family-friendly training area is in the works in the heart of Post Canyon’s Mountain Biking Trail System. Post Canyon is located within the 30,000 acre Tree Farm in Hood River County, and the Family Man Staging Area connects the L…

Wouldn’t you like to buy a wide variety of tasty fruit and support the Mt. Adams Community 4-H club at the same time? The 4-H annual fruit sales drive has started. You can order oranges (half or whole box), fuji apples, grapefruit, kiwis, and d’anjou pears from any club member. Fruit is sche…

Timed use permits will focus on the Multnomah Falls parking lot and not the Waterfall Corridor for summer 2023 in the Columbia River Gorge.

TROUT LAKE — Lorraine “Rainy” Hill was born in Trout Lake on March 19, 1923, to Marie and Fred Elmer — and has been a resident of White Salmon and Trout Lake in the years since.

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THE DALLES — The Dalles High School Drama Department, under the direction of Lowry Browning, presents “Freaky Friday One-Act Edition,” based on the Disney Channel original movie.

While the Klickwood girls’ basketball season came to an end in the first round of district play, one Glenwood kid, playing on the Trout Lake girls’ team, had a pretty awesome finish to her season.

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Welcome to March, the month when spring begins, we set our clocks ahead, and this year have the treat of a close conjunction of two planets. Nights are shorter, but days should be warming as the seasons progress. March is truly a transitional month.

Two very different books have been selected for this year’s community reads programs at the Hood River and The Dalles libraries, but the goal is the same: To encourage people of all ages to read and discuss books.

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Here’s some great news regarding Glenwood senior Allison McFall. Ally, daughter of Sara and Adam, was recently notified that she has been selected to receive Washington State University’s largest scholarship that is awarded to incoming freshmen in the fall. The Distinguished Regents Scholar …

HOOD RIVER — George Eastwood certainly has something to celebrate.

HOOD RIVER — The annual Roy Webster Cross-Channel Swim, a Labor Day tradition in Hood River since the 1940s, has been postponed indefinitely, event organizers announced Feb. 7.

This year marks the 17th anniversary of the Gorge Artists Open Studios Tour, where 40 local artists open their studios to the public for self-guided tours over the course of three days.

“On a dark and stormy night, six strangers arrive at a majestic mansion for dinner with a side of blackmail.”

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PARKDALE — Last Thursday, Feb. 9, was a very exciting day in Luis Ziegner’s classroom.

It was February. Two Warhaven women, Sheila Petrovich and Becky Ansbach, are strolling the Last Mile, out to the cemetery to visit the grave of Becky’s mother, Angeline, who had passed away this past year.

The Dalles Art Center (TDAC) is hosting “Bringing Out Our Best,” an exhibit of TDAC artist members juried by Yvonne Pepin-Wakefield and Nancy Bishop. Guidelines for entries required that “all art must have been produced in the last three years, and not been previously exhibited” at the art c…

If you read the Glenwood news very often, you know I like to brag a bit about our wonderful, caring little community. Here’s a prime example: Thursday, Jan. 26 was a very special night for our Glenwood school board directors. As the board members gathered for the regularly scheduled monthly …

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CASCADE LOCKS — On Saturday, Feb.11, The Bridge of the Gods Quilters will celebrate 20 years of quilting beginning at 1 p.m. at Bible Fellowship Church on Forest Lane.