“Into the Beautiful North” is set in the U.S.-Mexican border region, is the featured book for “The Big Read” in Hood River and The Dalles.

“Into the Beautiful North” is set in the U.S.-Mexican border region, is the featured book for “The Big Read” in Hood River and The Dalles.

Pulitzer Prize nominee Luis Urrea will visit The Dalles Civic Auditorium on Friday, Oct. 4, launching a month-long series of “Big Read” activi…

Hood River County Reads kicked off on March 15 with a special event at the Hood River Library beginning at 2 p.m.; related kickoffs happen at the Parkdale and Cascade Locks libraries on March 17 beginning at 5 p.m.