CASCADE LOCKS — The Cascade Locks City Council held its regular meeting on Monday, March 9, with a full council in attendance. The highlight was an opportunity for a downtown Visitors’ Center.
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BZ CORNER — “I like to make things probable that are seemingly impossible,” said Natalie Anderson, owner and founder of The Missing Corner in BZ Corner, Washington. Right off Highway 141, the building serves as a community center that hosts events, workshops and courses.
Gorge Commission Economic Vitality Committee, March 4 — Not enough members came to the Gorge Commission’s Economic Vitality committee meeting for a voting quorum, but they had a robust discussion about Skamania County’s economic challenges and how much the Gorge Commission or U.S. Forest Ser…
SKAMANIA CO. — In response to a request from Gov. Bob Ferguson, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that low interest federal disaster loans to Washington businesses, private nonprofits and residents to offset physical and economic losses from storms last December.
THE DALLES — With limited action items and sparse public attendance, The Dalles City Council meeting on March 9 wrapped up after an hour and a half — its shortest since last June. The meeting began with a proclamation in support of The Dalles Stand Down, an annual event that provides local v…
THE DALLES — The City of The Dalles wants to double the size of its primary water storage reservoir, Crow Creek, and pull more winter runoff from the Dog River — a project first planned in the 1990s.
In the heart of downtown Hood River, a historic building is being re-imagined for modern wellness. The Union Building was built by L.C. Baldwin Construction generations ago and now houses Outbound Wellness.
BINGEN — Grab your nightgown, slide in those dentures, and enter the antique heart of Magnolia Place Assisted Living, where four spirited senior ladies with Caribbean dreams find themselves tangled in a facility-wide deceit. In its final for-profit show, Big Britches Productions (BBP) presents Leslie Kimbell’s “Four Old Broads,” which debuts at The Bingen Theater on March 13 and will run for three weekends.
Max Gamboa-Sanchez with his newly acquired ride: a refurbished bike from Anson’s Bike Buddies, a Hood River nonprofit that repairs and redistributes donated bikes to Mid-Columbia children who may not otherwise have access.
WHITE SALMON — Coming from a Western scientific background, Timothy Prag was initially skeptical of Eastern approaches. His first degree was in psychology, where he began to discover a deeper interest in overall health and well-being.
HOOD RIVER —Overwatch Imaging, a developer of autonomous airborne imagery intelligence systems, is honored to announce a donation of $10,000 to strengthen STEM education in the Columbia River Gorge ecosystem.
THE DALLES — The Northwest Cherry Festival will return April 24-26 with a refreshed, re-imagined format designed to balance celebration, economic impact, and the realities of ongoing downtown construction.
ODELL — Pending an unforeseen hiccup or last-minute appeal, Amazon, the multinational tech and retail company, will build a 48,960 square foot warehouse and sorting center on the Lower Hanel Mill land, just south of where Highway 35 intersects with Neal Creek Mill Road outside of Odell.
I am a firm believer that everyone is an expert in something. It might be changing a tire, Olympic curling stats, or alpine tree species. This is a new column where I find community members to teach me about their expertise.
HOOD RIVER — Two years ago, creatives from across the Gorge united with a shared vision: to establish an accessible third space — a watering hole for local artists to congregate, collaborate, and display their work. On Feb. 20, that vision materialized, as visitors flocked to the historic Big 7 building in downtown Hood River for the grand opening of artist cooperative and community center Industrial Street Studios (ISS).
THE DALLES — QLife Network, a broadband service provider in the Mid-Columbia region, has secured $15.2 million in federal Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) funding to bring high-speed fiber internet to 924 homes and businesses in Northern Wasco County.
HOOD RIVER — For generations, family farms in the Hood River Valley (HRV) have helped shape a unified sense of place, growing crops that define the region as an agricultural hub — world-renowned pears, apples, and cherries — while strengthening a tight-knit rural community.
BINGEN — Aging looks a little different for every dog. As dogs grow older, their bodies change, their needs shift, and mobility may not look the same as it once did. With human family support, veterinary care, and a focus on quality of life, senior dogs can continue to thrive well into their golden years.
HOOD RIVER — After hearing from the applicants during a work session Feb. 17, Hood River County Commissioners chose four volunteers who will now make up the Odell Advisory Committee.
Preparatory work leading to replacement of the Hood River Bridge is under way this month, as contractors conduct riverbed borings from barges anchored near the Oregon shore.
Final hearing held as statewide debate over the operations ignites once again during Oregon’s short session.
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