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Overdoses on the rise

  • By Neita Cecil Columbia Gorge News
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Mid-Columbia Fire & Rescue (MCFR) saw a steady 20 to 21 overdoses a year for the past three years, but has already recorded 20 overdoses just through September of this year.

Wanted: Volunteers for Outdoor Adventures
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Wanted: Volunteers for Outdoor Adventures

  • RaeLynn Ricarte
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Outdoor Adventures with Military Heroes is seeking volunteers to help organize yearly hunting and fishing trips for wounded warriors, and ideas for other programs. “We are open to anything outdoors that a veteran wants to do; whether its photography or some other kind of activity,” said Fred Coleman, a captain at Mid-Columbia Fire & Rescue and president of the local nonprofit group.

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Veterans sought for Adventure

  • RaeLynn Ricarte
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Outdoor Adventures for Military Heroes has organized a variety of expeditions in 2014 for combat veterans from Wasco County who have sustained an injury in war – but people have not been signing up.

Fire threatens The Dalles homes
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Fire threatens The Dalles homes

  • Kathy Ursprung
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A grass fire crept close to homes on Old Dufur Road late Thursday evening, July 4, but firefighters held the blaze at bay mere feet from some structures.

Fire destroys travel trailer, camper
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Fire destroys travel trailer, camper

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The cause of a camp trailer fire that quickly spread to include a camper and pickup, trees and a neighboring fence in the 1000 block of Irvine Street in west The Dalles remains under investigation. Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue and Dallesport Volunteer Fire Department responded to the 10:56 a.m. call.