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This week in history: Sept. 2-9, 2026
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This week in history: Sept. 2-9, 2026

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Old news, stories and photos from the last century of local newspapers in White Salmon, Hood River and The Dalles. One hundred years ago, a lady shot a bear and it made the front page.

Bear reported in White Salmon
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Bear reported in White Salmon

  • By Flora Martin Gibson Columbia Gorge News
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THE GORGE — White Salmon police officers responded to a small bear standing on Jewett Boulevard May 30, apparently unafraid of the passing veh…

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Steider watched polar bears sleep, dig, scratch, sniff and swim. Here, bears pause to show off their big webbed feet and thick fur.

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The six bears encountered by local photographer Linda Steider are among just 300 remaining in Svalbard, with ice there melting seven times fas…

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I left my heart in Svalbard
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I left my heart in Svalbard

  • By Linda Steider
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I went to Svalbard to see polar bears before they disappear. It was a profound experience, and the greatest adventure of my lifetime. For 12 days, I was in constant wonder and awe, barely able to breathe while enveloped in arctic splendor. I boarded a 12-passenger expedition ship that moved north through pack ice, then along many fjords around the island of Spitsbergen with top-tier conservation photographers guiding us.