BINGEN — What if a man born in the Upper Paleolithic survived to the present — through every plague, war, discovery, and disaster? Big Britches Productions’ (BBP) latest play, “The Man From Earth,” proposes this question and more, examining time, mortality, and religion in a tight but challenging 90 minutes. 

MILL A — After student safety concerns sprouted last December, the Mill A School District (MASD) authorized a commercial harvest of its on-campus outdoor classroom, the Little Interpretive Forest (LIF) — a move that netted the district more than $62,000 and spawned outrage from community mem…

MOSIER — After five years of work, Jacob’s Skatepark is officially open. The Sept. 12 grand opening included live music, food, and skating demonstrations. Main Street Mosier (MSM), a nonprofit, pioneered the project alongside the City of Mosier and Oregon Parks and Recreation.

BINGEN — Big Britches Productions, a 501(c)(3) community theater in Bingen, Washington, will present Jerome Bixby’s “The Man From Earth,” adapted by Richard Schenkman and directed by Joe Garoutte, running Oct. 2-17 at The Bingen Theater.

THE DALLES — Singer-songwriter Mac Cornish will perform at Wine on Second downtown on Oct. 1, touring in support of her second studio album “Wayfaring Woman,” which dropped on Sept. 25.

This story has been updated to reflect a new sentencing date. 

Scott Hege (R) and Hank Sanders (D), up for HD 52, addressed constituents during a nonpartisan public forum at the Hood River Valley Adult Center on Sept. 24, hosted by Columbia Gorge News.

Wasco County commissioners voted to put $15 million from Google into an endowment fund, promising a perpetual stream of money for the county’s once-bare coffers after 15 years.

 If all goes according to plan, installation begins this fall on a preliminary test designed to support later replacement of the Hood River-White Salmon Bridge.

Before Rye Development can build a massive energy facility in a place sacred to the Yakama Nation, the state will have to write them a new water quality permit, a panel of judges ruled on Sept. 21.

Maddie Washburn’s film about the project, completed just as the Grasshopper Fire raged, showed at the Granada Theatre Sept. 24.

Student enrollment for the 2026-2027 year is currently at 2,782, down 61 students from last year.