Honey bee colony losses are reported by several differing organizations both nationally and regionally. The USDA identifies the number of active colonies annually. The ‘over wintering’ hive losses for 2024/2025 were reported to be 62%.

HOOD RIVER — Local Eileen Garvin released her third novel, “Bumblebee Season,” this April. Set in a fictionalized Hood River, it’s “a heartwar…

The Dalles photographer Gary Elkinton has been babysitting the in-laws chihuahua mixed dog, Miss Kay, taking her on his daily photography. On …

 On Feb. 5, during a chartered fishing trip off of the coast of Mexico, Alex Ortega, 12, landed a 200-pound sailfish.