HOOD RIVER — Piloting a road-legal, solar-powered racecar they built from scratch, a flock of Eagles took Texas in July, securing a third-place trophy at the annual Solar Car Challenge. Led by founding captain Isabel Ulland, the traveling club team — dubbed the Solar Storms — included 11 students from Hood River Valley High School (HRVHS).

THE DALLES — The Dalles Lions Club member David Congdon is this year’s recipient of Gorge Radio-Bicoastal Media’s annual “Wheels of Hope” car giveaway. His new ride, a 2015 Ford Focus SE, is the 11th vehicle distributed by the giveaway, which debuted in 2015.

HOOD RIVER — One of the newest oil change businesses in Hood River, Hoody’s Oil Change, is bringing their experience changing oil on cars of a…