The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce has teamed up with the Small Business Development Center at Columbia Gorge Community College to bring nationally-known speaker Beth Z (Beth Ziesenis) to The Dalles. She will be presenting “29 Tech Tools to Create Cool Content for Social Media.”
The Dalles — A man suspected in an armed robbery and assault in The Dalles Jan. 22 was arrested Thursday in Portland and will face charges of kidnapping, robbery and assault in the first degree. according to The Dalles Chief of Police Patrick Ashmore. All three crimes are Measure 11 offenses,
Hood River County will be moving to the Moderate Risk Level on Friday, Feb. 26.
Wasco County (The Dalles), made the jump all the way from the worst level, extreme, to the best level, lower, skipping over the “high” and “moderate” categories. Hood River County moved from the “high” risk category to “moderate.”
Mid-Columbia Housing Authority (MHCA) released details of a new grant program in partnership with Klickitat County to offer up to $3,000 per household to residents of Klickitat and Skamania County who have experienced a loss of income related to COVID-19.
It seems that 2021 has just begun, and here we are already in March, and the coming of spring! The first day of spring will be on March 20. On that day, the Sun will lie directly above the equator, and day and night length will be about equal.
Hood River County Health Department director Trish Elliott said the local system is prepared to vaccine thousands of people but is getting doses in the hundreds, and decried the lack of supply coming to the department and to primary care providers (PCPs) the county works with to distribute a…
Naked Winery, headquartered in Hood River, announced last week that it has changed its name to Evoke Winery.
The Board of Directors of Visit Hood River announced Friday that Katie Kadlub has accepted the offer to serve as executive director, effective April 1.
After six weeks of operation, Hood River Hospitality Center, a new daytime service for the unhoused, is a place for food, warmth and socialization, as well as a larger networking purpose.
The Dalles — Private forestland owners in central Wasco County can reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire and improve their forest health with conservation assistance available from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Forest Service. Applications for the current …
Virtual tour explores local history
An iconic downtown Hood River building has changed hands.
Columbia High School senior Jacob Lockman has been named a 2021 National Scholar by the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. Lockman will receive a $25,000 scholarship.
A wide range of special taxing districts — ports, school districts, fire districts and others — will be on the May 18 Hood River County Special Districts election ballot for the purpose of electing members, commissioners or directors. The election will conducted by mail.
Bingen-White Salmon Police
Do ever feel you’re not as sharp in conversations, or you can’t complete a hike with friends, or you don’t want to take a trip because of how many times you’ll have to stop (and we know the reasons why!)? You feel you’ve lost the confidence to meet any challenge and you avoid doing the thing…
Last week, The History Museum of Hood River County launched its latest outreach effort: GorgeLearns.com.
Wasco County’s significant job loss and slow economic recovery throughout 2020 was in line with most of the state — disastrous — but Hood River County’s economic recovery has been slower.
Wasco County remains in the “extreme risk” category due to community spread of COVID-19, but a recent and significant drop in positive cases means the county will move down at least to the “high risk” category Friday, Feb. 26, and likely to the “moderate risk” category, according to the Nort…
The state’s switch of Hood River’s coronavirus rating from Extreme up to High Risk two weeks ago allows some indoor seating for the first time in months and opened up limited opportunities for Hood River County restaurants.
Skamania County rescue personnel recovered the body and vehicle of a man who crashed several hundred feet down the bluff above the old Broughton mill in Underwood Monday, Feb. 22.
About 1.6 million people’s personal data may have been compromised by a “security incident” at a company hired by the Washington State Auditor’s Office (SAO) for services including temporary data storage, according to a press release from SAO.
Phil Williams, currently vice principal at The Dalles High School, will be stepping in as the principal at Chenowith Elementary for the remainder of this school year following the immediate resignation of Monica Darnall, who had planned to leave at the end of the year, according to a press r…
Klickitat County has distributed 5,498 vaccines, according to the latest metrics updated on Washington state’s online COVID-19 dashboard.
Wasco, Sherman and Gilliam counties
A beloved citizen of Odell, Butch Gehrig is remembered for way he made friends and kept things light at the filling station that served as a town meeting place with Butch at the center.
The 3.5 earthquake felt Feb. 9 in the upper Hood River Valley is no cause for alarm, according to a seismologist with the US Geological Survey.
Oregon and Washington mobile phone users will soon have access to ready information on regional seismic activity. Starting March 11, earthquake early warning alerts will be available for delivery directly to wireless devices in Oregon.
Road-rage led to a truck and pickup hooking together on Interstate 84 Feb. 16. Both drivers were uninjured in the 12:10 p.m. incident.
On Feb. 15 at about 11:25 a.m., the Klickitat County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a possible burglary in progress at a home on the Maryhill Museum property.
“It will be complex.”
Wasco County remains in the “extreme risk” category due to community spread of COVID-19, but a recent and significant drop in positive cases means the county will move down at least to the “high risk” category next week, and likely to the “moderate risk” category, The North Central Public Health District confirmed Friday.
Bingen-White Salmon Police
The Historic Cloud Cap Inn needs a new roof immediately, as in summer of 2021.
As vaccinations for older adults begin, patience is the word. Manufacturing of the vaccines is becoming more efficient, producing a continuously increasing number of doses every day. But for now, the vaccines remain scarce. And although every older adult who wants the COVID-19 vaccine will r…
Klickitat County — February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month (TDVAM). This annual campaign helps parents and teens to understand the difference between a healthy relationship and an abusive one.
February is Teen Dating Violence Action month
The Oregon Dept. of Transportation (ODOT) will impose a lower load rating on the Hood River-White Salmon Interstate bridge effective March 3, the Port of Hood River announced in a press release.
Join the Hood River Watershed Group for their Feb. 23 virtual presentation "Salmon and Steelhead Resiliency to Disturbance and Implications for Watershed Restoration" from 6-8 p.m.
Apres-ski conditions were decidedly wet and unpleasant for Oregon State Trooper Zachary Yoder in the case of his arrest of Zachary James David Nyborg, 19, who allegedly fought with security guards on the slopes after causing a disturbance on the ski lift.
Twelve counties, including Hood River County, will see fewer COVID-19 restrictions on businesses and activities beginning Friday as the state dropped risk level ratings for counties due to a decline in new infections.
Mid-Columbia Medical Center’s pediatric program has been awarded a 5-star designation in Oregon’s Patient-Centered Primary Care Home program. The 5-star rating is the highest available designation and is given only to those institutions and programs that meet the topmost of rigorous standards.
Soroptimist International of Mt. Adams is hosting a community paper shred fundraising day on Saturday, Feb. 27 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the White Salmon Columbia Bank parking lot. Residents and small businesses may bring up to five banker size boxes (or the equivalent of that size in other …
Inspired by the Feb. 3 Columbia Gorge News article “The Dalles 2021 Distinguished Citizens Awards Banquet,” Columbia Gorge Orchestra Association (CGOA) has added its own appreciation for these six individuals and two organizations by presenting each winner with two free tickets to a CGOA liv…
Every ballot proposal to lift levy lids in school districts across the county, four in total, are winning by solid margins, according to the latest unofficial election results posted by the Klickitat County Auditor’s office this week.
The City of The Dalles council and the Wasco County board of commissioners will publicly review a proposed Strategic Investment Program (SIP) agreement with Google for the development of property Google has purchased in The Dalles — primarily consisting of the former aluminum plant site and …
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-3) took center stage last week in the U.S. Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump after the 3rd District Republican came forward with an account of the former president’s actions during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection. She was among 10 R…
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced on Jan. 20 that the city of Cascade Locks has earned a $2.4 million federal investment to make power supply infrastructure improvements that will help support business growth in Hood River County.
The Hood River County Library District, Library Foundation and Friends of the Library are launching a fundraising campaign for the Library District to purchase a bookmobile. The Library District is excited to support Hood River County with the services a mobile library can provide, according…
Child therapy business helps Gorge non-profit serving abused kids
This year our dine and drink business locations throughout the Gorge have suffered with closures. You can help support your favorites by purchasing take out and gift cards. Many of these business will offer curb-side delivery and some will deliver to your home. Let’s keep the Gorge going strong!
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