Hood River’s Sean FitzSimons competed in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, Italy, representing the United States on snowboarding’s biggest stage for the second time in his career.
Discovery Center Features Team USA Uniforms for 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy
THE DALLES — The Portland Trail Blazers and Moda Health made a stop in The Dalles on Sept. 18 as part of their annual Rip City Rally. The partnership held a community fair at Riverfront Park in The Dalles from 4-6 p.m.
Scenes from Gorge Challenge, an annual windsports competition that takes place in Hood River.
HOOD RIVER — The Gorge Challenge is back.
HOOD RIVER — The Gorge Paddle Challenge is returning to the Hood River Waterfront with various events and races held from Aug. 15-17. The event has drawn professional athletes from across the world, but organizers were forced to postpone last year’s Gorge Challenge due to financial difficult…
HOOD RIVER — More than 1,000 participants signed up to compete in the annual Gorge Downwind Championships paddlesports festival, held July 14–19 at the Skamania County Fairgrounds in Stevenson, Washington.
HOOD RIVER — Emi Bursett, 11, has finished her second season competing on the Hood River Brimstone Climbing Team and recently competed at the USA Climbing National Training Center in Salt Lake City for the first time.
Kiteboard 4 Cancer (KB4C) hosted its 17th annual fundraising event the weekend of July 7-9 on the Columbia River. This is North America’s largest amateur kiteboarding event and benefits go to Project Koru, a nonprofit based in Hood River. Project Koru was founded with KB4C funding and “empow…
THE DALLES — Many of us view the new year as an opportunity to finally make those changes in our lives we’ve been putting off — to break those old habits, pick up new ones, to try something we’ve never done before or revisit that old hobby we’ve let life get in the way of. While many of us s…
On April 17, Underwood resident Riva Muehlbauer raced in the 127th Boston Marathon. This year’s 26.2 mile race hit close to home for Muehlbauer, her family and many other participants. Ten years ago, two bombs were detonated near the finish line. Muehlbauer’s brother, Taija Corso, had just f…
The fresh lines of corduroy on the slopes of Mt. Hood Meadows don’t groom themselves. A dedicated staff of individuals operate snowcats to create those groomers every night while the rest of the mountain sleeps.
The 87th annual Glenwood Ketchum Kalf Rodeo was a great one. It was a bit windy, but we’ll take that over rain any day.
UNDERWOOD — Underwood resident Karin Harjo has been hired as the head coach for the Canadian women’s alpine ski team. Her 22 years of coaching experience has helped her become the first woman alpine skiing head coach  for Canada.
Hood River resident Erika Vikander was vying for a spot in the 2014 Sochi Olympics when she tore her ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) in her knee in the slope style events, effectively ending her ambitions to compete for the U.S. Olympic Team. Knee injuries are common among skiers and snowbo…
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