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Back to School

By Jacob Bertram Columbia Gorge News
Updated Aug 31, 2021

Photographs from the first day of school in White Salmon.

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Commentary: ‘Green’ project would destroy culturally significant resources

By Simone Anter Jicarilla Apache/Yaqu
Updated Aug 31, 2021

In the recent Columbia Gorge News’ report, “Energy Storage Project Moving Forward,” Eric Steimle, vice president of project development for Rye Development, is pictured posing on a hillside, an area that Rye would destroy as part of its pumped-storage hydroelectric development. An unabashed portrait, atop an article that only mentions the “potential” for loss or damage to tribal culturally significant resources once and as part of the development’s “environmental impacts.”

One year old and many more to come; Happy Birthday to us!

By Chelsea Marr, Columbia Gorge News
Apr 7, 2021

It has been a whirlwind year with many, many changes and I am beyond excited we have remained the Gorge's newspaper. I am appreciative of the support in the community and my team’s ability to remain resilient and dedicated to our mission as a local news source for the Gorge.

OR lawmakers appalled by U.S. Capitol violence

By Gary A. Warner, Oregon Capital Bureau
Jan 12, 2021

Oregon’s congressional delegation found themselves trapped by protestors who stormed the Capitol in protest of the Electoral College vote to verify the election of Joe Biden as President.

Sen. Merkley slams 'attempted coup'

Jan 12, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Jan. 6, Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley's office released the following statement after a mob, incited by President Trump, assaulted police officers and stormed the Capitol, and a group of Republican senators attempted to block the congressional certification of the Ele…