Rain showers early will evolve into a more steady rain for the afternoon. High 53F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 90%. Locally heavy rainfall possible..
Tonight
Cloudy and damp with rain early...then becoming partly cloudy. Low 42F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch.
Historical news, photos and features from old newspapers in the Columbia River Gorge. Pulled from the pages of The Dalles Daily Chronicle, Hood River News, and White Salmon Enterprise.
Some longer stories from our archives. On this week in history, Hood River Garage displayed an new Buick, Republican nominees were bagged by some Oregonians, and Rajneeshpuram — cut out of the Wasco County comprehensive plan — denied rumors of intended mass suicide.
Law enforcement officers face potentially deadly challenges every day they are on the job. There is no such thing as “routine” in police work, and being prepared for the unexpected is standard operating procedure. Yet what former Wasco County Sheriff Art Labrousse encountered was truly unique, and there was no way to prepare for the bizarre situation he found himself having to contend with. Just three years before Labrousse was elected sheriff, Oregon had been invaded — literally — by members of a religious sect known as the Rajneeshees. The Rajneeshees had purchased a 64,000-acre property — called the “Big Muddy Ranch” — in southeast Wasco County, about 20 miles from tiny, rustic Antelope, Ore.
