HOOD RIVER — The holiday season is often perceived as a period of joy, celebration and giving, when friends and family come together to reconn…

HOOD RIVER — Local Heidi Venture was invited to Cambridge, Massachusetts, in early August to present at a “bootcamp” at Harvard Law School’s P…

THE GORGE — For 10 years, Oregon Humanities’ Dear Stranger project has invited Oregonians to exchange letters with people they’ve never met. Since 2014, more than 1,000 people have sent letters to Dear Stranger, and received letters from other writers in exchange.