HOOD RIVER — Investigators arrested a 16-year-old Hood River resident on Jan. 28, in connection with the fatal shooting of Yahir Castillo-Alvarez two weeks pasts. A second suspect is still at large.
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Free news: Gorge Grown Food Network is accepting applications for businesses to attend the Hood River Farmers Market’s regular season. Farmers and food vendors should apply by Feb. 12. Artists and craft makers must apply by March 2. Email HRFM@gorgegown.com or call 541-490-6420 with any questions.
Free News: Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and Clackamas County health officials are warning the public about a location where people may have been exposed to measles: Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center Emergency Department, Clackamas, between 11:28 a.m. and 1:53 p.m. Jan. 26.
Free news: This change affects 1,310 people living in Crook, Gilliam, Jefferson, Lake, Morrow, Sherman and Wheeler counties. More than 730,000 people in Oregon receive SNAP benefits.
Free news: A quorum of the Northern Wasco County People's Utility District (NWCPUD) Board of Directors will be attendance at the Special Districts Association of Oregon (SDAO) Annual Pre-Conference and Conference on Thursday, Feb. 5 through Sunday, Feb. 8.
WHITE SALMON — While it wasn’t an action-filled meeting, White Salmon’s City Council discussed committee procedures at length on Jan. 21, along with this year’s planning priorities, albeit more briefly.
On Jan. 16, around 300 Hood River Valley High School students left second period, protesting the recent violence by federal immigration agents and detention of local residents, which have become more frequent since last November. Columbia High School (CHS) in White Salmon followed suit on Ja…
Karen Long and Sergio Garcia, both of Mid-Columbia Housing Authority (MCHA) and Columbia Gorge Housing Authority (CGHA), provided an update on how the agencies work together to promote affordable housing in the Gorge at Hood River City Council’s Jan. 26 meeting.
GOLDENDALE — With a 40-year construction and operations license secured from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Jan. 22, Rye Development can now start building Goldendale’s Energy Storage Project.
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THE DALLES — The Dalles Overground (TDO) and the Performing Arts Initiative have announced a new three-day community music festival, The Hoot, celebrating arts and local culture in the heart of downtown from March 6-8.
HOOD RIVER — Columbia Center for the Arts (CCA), in partnership with Black in the Gorge (BiG), will present “Black Infinity House,” an immersive gallery exhibition featuring Black and BIPOC artists from across the Pacific Northwest.
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HOOD RIVER — Community members gathered at Riverside Community Church on Jan. 19 to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., enjoy music from gospel singer Cynta Butts, and converse about unified action.
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HOOD RIVER — University of Idaho Professor of Law, natural resource rights advocate, and Cherokee Nation citizen Dylan Hedden-Nicely brought his wisdom to the Columbia Center for the Arts on Jan. 21, unraveling how the Northwest’s greatest gilled icon became sacred and ignited centuries of cultural and legal history.
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THE DALLES — Caught up in a destabilizing mix of homelessness, drug use and mental illness, the man averaged seven police contacts per day.
Free news from Uplift Local: Five years after the idea first surfaced, the City of Mosier and Main Street Mosier, a nonprofit group, are preparing to break ground on a new skatepark honoring Jacob Rogers, an avid skater who grew up in Mosier.
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BINGEN — For the first time in memory, a Columbia High School student opened the Bingen City Council meeting on Jan. 20 with public comment.
Free news: Around 9:45 a.m. on Jan. 25, Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office Search & Rescue (SAR) coordinators responded to a report of a climber who had fallen on Mount Hood.
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