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Free news From April 13–26, employees from Mid-Columbia Economic Development District, Google, Hood River County Library District, pFriem Family Brewers, Thunder Island Brewing Co., Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Gorge Happiness, Hood River County, and Wasco County logged trips made without driving alone.

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Students, families, and school staff across Hood River County will celebrate Earth Day by riding together in “Bike Buses” to school on the mor…

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THE GORGE — A public bus from the Columbia River’s in-lieu fishing sites to Wishram is helping some Indigenous people find stable housing. But even so, it’s still a choice between living at a fishing site, or walking their kids across a highway to school, said Gorge Transit Mobility Manger Kathy Fitzpatrick at a January The Dalles Community Affairs meeting.

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THE GORGE — Public bus routes now stretch from Parkdale, The Dalles, and Golendale to Portland and most towns in between, with free passes for low-income and elderly residents and for downtown The Dalles.

HOOD RIVER — Taking the bus to Mount Hood Meadows or Teacup Snopark was free when Columbia Area Transit (CAT) piloted the service in 2019. The…

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THE DALLES — Effective Sept. 13, 2025, The Link will have new bus routes in The Dalles, on the Blue and Red Deviated Fixed Routes. On weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on an hourly schedule, the new design will be "a faster, more efficient route within The Dalles."