HOOD RIVER — pFriem Family Brewers, Oregon’s second-largest independent beer producer with 120 employees in the Gorge, is eyeing the development of a 5,280 square foot, purpose-built metal building on the south side of its Port of Hood River property to support packaging operations. The preliminary construction estimate is approximately $2.1 million, with potential for minor value engineering reductions.

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.

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.

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.