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THE DALLES — On April 1, The Dalles celebrated its first First Friday in two years, with businesses all throughout downtown staying open late,…

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Oregon will drop its indoor mask mandate on March 19 and end the two-year COVID-19 state of emergency on April 1, Gov. Kate Brown announced Thursday.

In the early days of the pandemic — a lifetime ago it seems now — the Columbia Gorge News invited readers to share how the pandemic was reshap…