+9 News Local fruit used for inspiring special menu at Sugarpine Drive-In By Aziza Cooper-Hovland, Columbia Gorge News Updated Feb 18, 2026 TROUTDALE — Sugarpine Drive-In, located at the edge of Troutdale on the Columbia Gorge Historic Highway, is featuring Hood River pears in its …
News Featured Pears have a demographic problem By Nathan Wilson, Columbia Gorge News Dec 31, 2025 Growers and marketers share insights at Washington State Tree Fruit Association’s meeting, highlight labor costs and lack of young buyers
News Featured Bouncing back from a record low: Duckwall Fruit shares pear outlook By Nathan Wilson, Columbia Gorge News Updated Oct 7, 2025 HOOD RIVER — “I don’t think we’re going out on a limb to say that it’s going to be a record harvest for Duckwall Fruit,” said Ed Weathers, pre…
+3 News Featured Gorge Local - In Business: Bartlemay promoted to Master Distiller as HRD celebrates 90 years By Noah Noteboom Columbia Gorge News Updated Jun 12, 2024 HOOD RIVER — It has been a busy spring season for Hood River Distillers (HRD) and their newest master distiller at Clear Creek Distillery, Cai…
+3 News Featured Washington Fruit Growers acquire pear assets Jul 20, 2022 BINGEN — Mount Adams Fruit, a family-owned and operated fruit company based in the Pacific Northwest since 1909, has entered into a deal to ac…
+3 Gorge Life Through the Eyes of an Elder: Through the Eyes of farmworker elders by Yesenia Castro Updated Nov 4, 2020 “A lo que te truje chencha” (Spanish saying, meaning “let’s get to it”) says Toño, age 66, excited to start his interview. Antonio “Toño” Ont…
+4 News Photos: Hood River County fruit harvest Updated Sep 22, 2020 The Hood River County fruit harvest is in full swing. The first two photos above, of Boscs in Odell and apples in Pine Grove, were taken befor…
Gorge Life Cascade Observations: Keep close in stories Peggy Dills Kelter Apr 1, 2020 Nearly 20 years ago, my dear friend Mary Schlick, known throughout the Hood River Valley and beyond for her skills as a fibers artist, teacher…
+2 Gorge Life The Ale List Kirby Neumann-ReaUpdated Jul 27, 2020 Sample I did the collaborations and one of the barrel-aged offerings at the Everybody’s Brewing’s third annual Local Love Fest on Aug. 31 at t…
