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

Steve Duin, a columnist for The Oregonian/Oregon Live, wants his readers to read. And read. And read.

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.

Signs and signals are everywhere that 2014 is behind me and the New Year has formally arrived. Bank statements recapping last year’s paltry interest earnings arrive in the mail box; I no longer write “2014” on dated material; and it’s time, once again, to recap the previous year’s reading history.