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.

Free news: Big River Community Land Trust (Big River CLT) celebrated a major milestone on April 24 with a ribbon cutting ceremony for its first completed home on Tucker Road. 

Prineville, Ore. — The Bureau of Land Management is asking people for input on proposed adjustments in the John Day Basin Fee Area. The area, …

HOOD RIVER — The newly formed Hood River Valley Parks & Recreation Foundation (HRVPRF) is launching its first major initiative — a community-driven effort to raise funds for the purchase of 9 acres of land within the Hood River Urban Growth Boundary. This land acquisition would preserve the largest remaining natural open space within city limits and help finally complete the long-envisioned missing link of the Indian Creek Trail.