OSU Hood River County Extension Central Gorge Master Gardeners are trained volunteers who are available to research and offer suggestions for your home gardening questions. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, Hood River County Master Gardener plant clinics will be held virtually, April thr…

The North Wasco County Education Foundation has launched a new Spring Pledge Drive, with a goal of raising $10,000 to bolster their programs that support the North Wasco County School District #21. As we all know, this past school year has been incredibly difficult for students, teachers, pa…

Have you traveled less during the pandemic? My wife and I had until we were vaccinated, and felt safe enough to drive to Seaside to spend a night at the coast and walk along the too cold and windy beach. It was the first time we had driven past Hood River in 14 months!

Hands-on career explorations went home with thousands of elementary students over spring break, thanks to Columbia Gorge STEM Hub.

“They’ll leaf out in a couple of weeks and be like yellow beacons in the fall.”

Oregon State University Extension Service, in partnership with the Oregon Food Bank, is offering a free, five-week Seed to Supper program beginning April 5. Classes will be held via Zoom and include a private Facebook group. Participants will receive a free gardening book, seeds and other re…

First Book Hood River County recently received a total $6,145 in grant money, which in turn was awarded through four literacy grants to Gorge-area programs.

Books got mobile at Horizon Christian School in Hood River March 5 ... well, book characters at least. The school celebrated Literacy Week with a variety of events, culminating in a book character parade in the Heights neighborhood. Students chose a favorite book and created inventive costum…

Hood River’s Sophie Caldwell, a junior at Oregon State University and the daughter of Hood River restaurant owners Shawna and Mike Caldwell, recently earned a $5,000 cash award from Women for Women During COVID (WWDC), with help from Soroptimist International of Hood River. She is one of thr…

A new Pathways program coordinator has joined the Washington Gorge Action Programs (WAGAP) team to support the Native American population throughout its service area in Skamania and Klickitat counties.

After a three-month hiatus due to the pandemic safety precautions, Hood River Valley High School Leos students and their Hood River Lions adult helpers are back for first-Saturday monthly can and bottle collection at Rosauers on Hood River’s Heights. On March 6, the first collection day sinc…

At the last three tournaments — Singletary Invitational, University of Oregon Invitational, and Logan Will Invitational — Hood River Valley High School’s speech and debate team continued to do well, said adviser Ann McDonald.

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.

Book Character Parade marked the end of Literacy week, March 1-5, for the elementary grades at Horizon Christian School in Hood River, which is holding fully in-person learning. Students and staff dress as their favorite book character and carry that book with them during the parade.

Quietly, during the pandemic, parents on both sides of the Columbia River raised funds independently to expand horizons in classrooms in Hood River and White Salmon.

Colorful arrows and bright blue dots — hundreds of them — welcomed students back this week to Parkdale Elementary School, a place most students have not seen for a year.

Virtual tour explores local history

Last week, The History Museum of Hood River County launched its latest outreach effort: GorgeLearns.com.

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…

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Join Friends of the Columbia Gorge on Tuesday, Feb. 16 from 6-7:30 p.m. for a free, live webinar exploring eagle winter migration, behavior, and biology; the history of the Gorge Eagle Watch program; local efforts to protect migrant and resident eagle populations; and viewing opportunities f…

Starting Feb. 1, the Hood River County Library District is going fine free for all patrons. “Fine free” means that patrons will not be fined daily for overdue materials. This change is a part of an institutional movement from libraries nationwide, guided by the recommendations of the America…

White Salmon — Children in the White Salmon Valley School District’s after-school program, A-List Adventures, received coats, sweaters and hats this fall and winter, thanks to a number of community donations.

Comunidades — an advocacy group focusing on environmental and social justice — has hired its first employee.