Although she will never hatch a chick, the female bald eagle housed at Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & Museum nests annually with her partner, Ferguson, said Raptor Coordinator Julia Khoury.

Years ago, on an oak-covered hill, I found a slender white oak that was hollow, like a tube. About three feet up, part of the trunk ended in a little round hole. By sticking my nose down the hole and wrapping my hands around my face to exclude the sun, I could see all the way to the bottom, where half-a-dozen or so pearlescent, streaked eggs gleamed in a little heap of brown fur.

HOOD RIVER — A new service, Gorge FarmBasket, offers Columbia Gorge residents an opportunity to purchase locally grown and produced fruits, ve…

In Jackson Park, the ninth annual Community Easter Egg Hunt and Safety Fair drew a few hundred kids and adults to Jackson Park on April 20. Th…