GOLDENDALE — With a 40-year construction and operations license secured from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Jan. 22, Rye Development can now start building Goldendale’s Energy Storage Project.
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THE DALLES — Wasco County Democrats are hosting a candidate forum for the four declared Democratic candidates for Oregon House District 52 on Sunday, Feb. 1 from 1-2:30 p.m. at the Mid-Columbia Senior Center, 1112 W. Ninth, The Dalles.
Free news: Wasco County Democrats are hosting a candidate forum for the four declared Democratic candidates for Oregon House District 52 on Sunday, Feb. 1 from 1-2:30 p.m. at the Mid-Columbia Senior Center, 1112 W. Ninth, The Dalles.
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HOOD RIVER — Around 300 Hood River Valley High School (HRVHS) students walked out of second period last Friday morning, gathering by the campus flagpole in protest of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity.
Free commentary: On Feb. 10, Klickitat County voters will be asked to consider a modest levy increase for Klickitat County Cemetery District 1. We ask for your YES vote to help preserve this important community space.
District 26 Sen. Christine Drazan made a virtual appearance at the Jan. 12 Hood River City Council meeting to provide an update on last year’s legislative session, and a preview of the upcoming short session in Salem, Feb. 2 through March 9.
Free news from Uplift Local: NORCOR has a contract with the agency, the U.S. Marshals Service, to house people in Marshals’ custody. But the jail also “formally advised” the service that “individuals facing illegal Re-Entry charges are not to be transported to NORCOR going forward."
Free news from Oregon Journalism Project: A 90-year-old legal opinion could jeopardize Gov. Tina Kotek’s desire to repeal House Bill 3991, the controversial Oregon Department of Transportation funding package she backed and lawmakers passed in a September special session.
Free news: Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley — a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee — today, Jan. 14, released the following statement after the Senate voted to block U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA)’s War Powers Resolution aimed at stopping unauthorized U.S. military action in Venezuela.
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With little deliberation, The Dalles City Council unanimously passed resolution 26-002, formally acknowledging community impacts associated with heightened Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity and directing City Manager Matthew Klebes to pursue certain community support actions.
Free slideshow: Around 100 people turned out to protest recent ICE involved shootings on Jan. 9.
Free news: Following recent U.S. military action in Venezuela, congressional candidate Dawn Rasmussen issued a statement calling on Congress to reclaim its constitutional responsibility and demanding accountability from Oregon’s elected representatives.
THE DALLES — The Dalles High School Senior Rafael Camacho got an early Christmas present on Dec. 15 when he learned he’d been accepted to Dartmouth, an Ivy League college, on a near full-ride.
Free news: A conference on authoritarianism will be held Saturday, Jan. 10 at Rock Creek Hegewald Center, 710 Rock Creek Drive. A reception begins at 9 a.m., and the program at 10 a.m.
WHITE SALMON — City councilors wrapped up end-of-year business on Dec. 17, ratifying the 2026 budget, setting their legislative priorities for Olympia’s upcoming short session and celebrating Councilor Jason Hartmann at his final meeting.
THE DALLES — Circuit Court Judge John A. Wolf was appointed to serve as the next presiding judge of Oregon’s Seventh Judicial District on Dec. 3, assuming the reins from Judge Karen Ostrye, who has held the position since 2022.
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THE DALLES — Concerned community members showed up in droves to The Dalles City Council meeting on Dec. 8, nearly overflowing the council chamber. Many attendees, either representing or supporting the city’s robust Latino community, expressed heartache and anxiety over recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) action in town.
THE DALLES — Oregon author, workforce development expert, and longtime community advocate Dawn Rasmussen today announced her candidacy for Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District, pledging to bring integrity, accountability, and Oregon common sense back to Washington under the campaign banner “A…
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UNDERWOOD — The Skamania Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has yet to decide whether to allow housing development within the county’s remaining crop of unzoned property, opting to table its ruling for Dec. 9.
GOLDENDALE — Changes in U.S. postal operations cost 91 Klickitat County citizens their vote in the Nov. 4 special district elections. County Auditor Heather Jobe noted that as part of her report to county commissioners at their meeting on Nov. 25.
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WHITE SALMON — Local health industry leaders assembled at Skyline Health on Nov. 17 for the second annual Better Together Rural Health Retreat — a convening of prominent organizations and individuals from across the Gorge to strategize, align workforce priorities and plan for the future.
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