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Update of Eagle Creek Fire
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Update of Eagle Creek Fire

At approximately 8 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 11, skies cleared and burning fuel pockets west of Herman Creek created an impressive plume visible for miles along the Columbia Gorge.

Containment grows on Eagle Creek fire
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Containment grows on Eagle Creek fire

  • Updated

The Eagle Creek fire continues to burn in the Gorge, and containment is now estimated at 11 percent, according to a Tuesday morning update by the Oregon State Fire Marshal.

Gorge Life

Government shutdown impacts hunters, campers

  • ODFW news release
  • Updated

How will federal government shutdown affect hunting? It is ODFW’s understanding that national forests and BLM land are open to hunters, but developed campgrounds on these lands are closed and all other services are unavailable. available. Federal refuges are closed to hunting and all other activities according to a FAQ on their website.

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Conboy Lake site of looking for stars

  • Submitted

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be hosting an Astronomy Night on Saturday, Aug. 31, at 7:30 p.m. at Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

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Naked man hides in dryer

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CINCINNATI (AP) — A Cincinnati man has been given a jail outfit to wear after being arrested on a charge that he ran naked into his street while drunk, then took refuge in a dryer.

Kaleidoscope: A ‘rest’ becomes a life’s work
Gorge Life

Kaleidoscope: A ‘rest’ becomes a life’s work

  • Trisha Walker

When former Hood River resident Laurel Patrick began traveling regularly to Mexico in the early 1980s, she wasn’t thinking about its unique biodiversity or how she could bring attention to the many species that filled the region. But then she created El Refugio de Potosí — and that is exactly what she has done.