Donna Jean Smith passed away on Aug. 6, 2022, at Brookside Assisted Living Facility at the age of 91. She was born Aug. 31, 1930, in Detroit, …
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Electrical utilities in the Gorge face an industry-wide supply chain disruption causing significant delays in delivery for some materials and …
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Klickitat County is considering a continuation of legal arguments in connection to a land dispute with the Confederated Tribes and Bands of th…
The old record of continuous days of snow on the ground, 29 days, set in 1979, was easily smashed this winter. By just how much, however, is hard to pinpoint. The record stretch of snow on the ground this winter had a definite beginning date — Dec. 8, 2016 — but figuring out when it officially ended is a bit trickier.
The Dalles has more than doubled the old, 38-year-old record for continuous days of snow on the ground.
If it has seemed like an epically, endlessly snowy winter — one for the record books — you’re right. As of today, Wednesday, Jan. 11, there has been snow on the ground for 34 consecutive days, beating the old record set 38 years ago, when there were 29 consecutive days of snow.
Rod Runyon shares highlights of journey to honor U.S. vets
His journey of nearly 7,000 miles is more than just an adventure to Rod Runyon, Northeast Oregon District captain for the Patriot Guard Riders; it is a quest that pays tribute to the nation’s fallen, prisoners of war and those missing in action. Runyon set out on the first leg of the trip Thursday with Army veteran Jim Smith, a former Oregon State Police trooper who also resides in The Dalles, and Bob Canavan of Dallesport, a Navy veteran who rides not only for PGR but the Gorge Gospel Riders.
In order to keep its financial house in order, Klickitat County PUD must raise the retail rates it charges customers for electricity usage.
In an Oct. 21 letter to the president of Klickitat County Public Utility District’s board of commissioners, the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Yakama Agency issued a demand for payment of more than $65 million for calculated losses due to the Mile Marker 28 Fire of July 2013.
