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.
Free news from Oregon Journalism Project: Phil Knight has broken his own record for political spending. The 87-year-old Nike co-founder wrote a $3 million check to the Bring Balance to Salem PAC on Oct. 22, according to a new filing with the Oregon secretary of state.
FREE NEWS: Columbia Gorge Habitat for Humanity’s Healthy Homes Grant Program provides financial assistance to help homeowners maintain safe and healthy living environments. Owner occupied Oregon households earning 80% or below the area median income (AMI) may qualify for assistance.
FREE NEWS: White Salmon Valley School District (WSVSD) will ask voters to consider two measures in February 2026: a renewal of the Educational Programs & Operations (EP&O) Levy and a $77.8 million bond to create a unified K-12 campus.
FREE NEWS: It took four long years of waiting, but federal review to replace the antiquated Hood River Bridge finally concluded this week with issuance of a “Record of Decision,” as announced in a press release from the Hood River-White Salmon Bridge Authority.
Free from Oregon Journalism Project: The settlements are for far less than jury verdicts but bring some closure for damages suffered five years ago — and beat a federal tax penalty.
Wasco County is in serious need of 911 dispatchers, and staff can see potential employees in all kinds of places. The dispatch center is short three positions, and the Wasco County Board Commissioners recently agreed to hire two contract dispatchers, who they hope will start at the first of the year,
FREE NEWS: According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Thanksgiving Day has the highest number of home-cooking fire incidents across the nation, and residential fires are approximately three times more likely to occur on this day than on any other day of the year.
FREE NEWS: Mid-Columbia Community Action Council (MCCAC) and Washington Gorge Action Programs (WAGAP) have issued a warning that critical programs serving thousands of low-income residents across the Mid-Columbia region could be delayed because of the extended government shutdown that ended Nov. 12.
FREE NEWS from Oregon Journalism Project: Oregon is one of at least 19 states that allows the practice. In 2021, lawmakers passed House Bill 3291, which expanded voting laws to allow elections officials to count any ballot postmarked by election day, provided it arrives at an elections office within seven days after the election.
FREE NEWS: Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has issued a decision that puts Adventist Health Columbia Gorge one step closer to obtaining a critical access hospital designation from the federal government.
FREE NEWS: On Wednesday, Nov. 12, Congressman Cliff Bentz (R-OR) voted YES on the “Senate Amendment to H.R. 531, Continuing Appropriations and Extension Act, 2026.”
FREE NEWS: Oregon superintendents received potential budget cut scenarios from the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) this week, Hood River County School District (HRCSD) Superintendent Bill Newton included.
FREE NEWS: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., and 38 members of Congress urged 19 Democratic governors to block U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from accessing driver license and registration information of people living in their states.
FREE NEWS: “Reasonable people will have varying opinions on immigration policy,” said Rep. David Gomberg. “But we should all agree that the bedrock of good government is transparency."
FREE NEWS: “It’s been disturbing to see raid after raid terrorizing our communities with ICE agents violently detaining people solely based on the color of their skin, denying their Constitutional right to due process."
GOLDENDALE — If the government shutdown continues much longer, it’s going to get all too real for some Klickitat County residents. Public Health Director Erinn Quinn explained at the Nov. 4 Klickitat County Commissioners meeting that between the shutdown and federal cutbacks, the Women, Infa…
FREE NEWS from Uplift Local: A familiar debate over who should be allowed to ride electric bicycles in Oregon is picking up speed again — this time, on two wheels and with a focus on kids.
THE DALLES — Oregon’s state budget woes have impacted schools already suffering from increased costs, drops in enrollment, and the ending of federal COVID-19 relief funds.
FREE NEWS: Listed are preliminary results; election certification is on Nov. 25.
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