Columbia Gorge News encourages readers to submit letters to the editor for the weekly opinion page. Letters on all topics are welcome.

Free news: Children and families will have the opportunity to climb aboard a fire truck, learn about firefighting equipment, and try their hand at water-target activities provided by local firefighters and volunteers 

Free editorial: Columbia Gorge News posts stories to our Facebook page and allows comments as a way for the community to engage with each other. We keep an eye on comments to ensure they are civil; those that aren’t are deleted or hidden. Repeat offenders are blocked.

Free commentary: This new year, I want to say thank you to our readers far and wide. I also thank my reporters, freelancers and volunteers, who continue to put in extra effort week by week to cover important issues facing our community, work that is incredibly important.