HOOD RIVER — Columbia Gorge CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) has installed its newest child advocates: Tori Ratliff, Kathy Nishimoto, and Monica Carson, Hood River; Carol Goter, Mosier; and Brigitte Barnes, Stevenson.

The radio stations of Bicoastal Media, Gills Point S Tire and Auto, Ray Schultens Motors, Washington Gorge Action Program, Car Stereo Specialists, and Columbia Veterinary Hospital are teaming up for the seventh year to help a Columbia Gorge family in need. Wheels of Hope will provide a strug…

After three years of looking for the perfect buyers, Peggy Thompson, founder and owner of Hood River Coffee Roasters, has sold the business to Mike and Susie Margotta of Birmingham, Ala. She’s spent the past three months helping the Margottas with the transition.

On April 23, students and staff from Horizon Christian School took a fieldtrip to Ken Jernsted Airfield to visit with Hood River Soaring pilots.

Hood River — Hood River County School District (HRCSD) and Hood River Education Association (HREA) reached a tentative settlement on a new three-year collective bargaining deal in the early hours of Thursday, April 22, during its third meeting with a state-assigned mediator. The HRCSD Board …

Joel Madsen directs both Mid-Columbia Housing Authority and Columbia Cascade Housing Corporation. The two organizations have separate but related roles working towards a single goal: promoting and administering affordable housing in the Gorge.

HOOD RIVER — Protect Our Parks Hood River, a non-profit parks advocacy group, is building tee-pads and removing invasive species to make Morrison Park a better place for disc golfers and others who enjoy the park.

The Hood River City Council has chosen Jensen Strategies, a Portland firm, to help recruit its next city manager. Rachael Fuller, the current city manager, announced her resignation in March and leaves July 2.

Carola Stepper, LAc, RN retired, founded Cascade Acupuncture Center, LLC in 2005 by opening the Hood River clinic in downtown Hood River at 104 5th Street. In 2006, a second clinic was added in downtown The Dalles, inside the Medical Arts Building at 414 Washington St. The Dalles clinic move…

Two Oregon structures, including one in Hood River, have received 2021 Wood Design Awards from WoodWorks – Wood Products Council, which celebrate excellence in wood building design and spotlight its continued rise in popularity across the U.S. According to a press release, “the awards recogn…

The Next Door has announced its 2020 Volunteers of the Year: Tina Castañares and Paul Woolery of Odell.

Hood River County School Board members and administrators celebrated the return of all students to in-person classes at their April 14 board meeting, held at May Street Elementary as well as broadcast live via Google Meet.

Judy Beckman, director of the Harmony of the Gorge Sweet Adelines Chorus, was selected as the “Heart of the Northwest” recipient for 2021 by the members of Region 13 of Sweet Adelines International, which includes women singers in Washington, Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.

Hood River Options Academy (HROA) counselor Tammy Hosaka said staff have learned this year “not to make plans” as the program’s participation grew from around 200 middle-and-high-schoolers to closer to 900 K-12 students from across the district.

Just in time for Parkdale Elementary School children to return to school, artwork arrived designed to communicate visually about healthful eating.

Just in time for spring porch and patio decorating, Soroptimist Hood River, in partnership with Vanguard Nursery, White Salmon, is offering hanging baskets of coleus, creeping Jenny, creeping Charlie and other low maintenance plants.