It’s Whale Watching Week in Oregon, which means coastal visitors will get the chance to spot gray whales as they swim north to their Arctic feeding grounds. Each winter, gray whales travel to the warm tropical waters of Baja California, Mexico where they reproduce and raise their calves. In the spring, they migrate north to […]
THE DALLES — On Feb. 24-26, 200 eighth grade students from North Wasco gathered at Columbia Gorge Community College for Next Steps: Careers in…
THE DALLES — Two seniors at The Dalles High School (TDHS) got the Presidential Scholarship, a full ride to Oregon State University (OSU), for their outstanding academic achievement.
HOOD RIVER — Curious how to promote the health of your trees and prolong their life span? Come learn from OSU Extension Forester Glenn Ahrens at the Central Gorge Master Gardener’s Community Class, “Managing to Keep Trees Healthy.”
Free news: Come learn from OSU Extension Forester Glenn Ahrens at the Central Gorge Master Gardener's Community Class, "Managing to Keep Trees Healthy," on Saturday, March 7, 9 a.m. at the Hood River Valley Christian Church.
Oregon is suing the Trump administration for imposing a $100,000 fee on a popular legal pathway employers use to hire highly skilled workers. That’s roughly 13 to 100 times the current fees charged for the limited visas that are reserved for foreign workers. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a coalition of 18 other Democratic-led […]
As Oregonians prepare for Christmas, researchers are looking into how they can keep the state’s Christmas tree industry alive for decades to come. Oregon grows more Christmas trees than any other state in the country, selling 3 million trees in 2023 and contributing $118 million to the state’s economy, according to the most recent federal […]
THE GORGE —Two longstanding federally funded programs — one helps migrant farmworkers get GEDs, the other helps migrant students in their firs…
In 2019, House Bill 5050 added funds to OSU Extension’s budget for fire resistance and resilience. The program’s $1 million annual budget supports six regional fire specialists with expertise in topics like fire ecology, rangeland management, home hardening and prescribed fire.
Carlene Ann Krueger, 85, a former resident of the Forest Grove community, late of The Dalles, Oregon, died Feb. 2, 2025, at The Springs at Mil…
