The student Chenowith dancers, taught mainly in Jaimie Esiquio Ruiz class, performed several Mexican dances during a festival at The Dalles Mi…
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Old news, historical photos, and peculiar mysteries from the archives of The Dalles Chronicle, Hood River News and White Salmon Enterprise.
Last week’s image was identified by Bruce Johnson as the early stages of I-84 (called I-80 at the time) from Ruthton Point, upriver to the Hood River-White Salmon bridge.
Epic arguments between a house wren and a big gopher snake once woke me up at dawn, when the reptile tried to snitch eggs from the little wooden nestbox outside my childhood bedroom window.
THE GORGE — Columbia Gorge Community College (CGCC) saw fewer students seeking associate degrees and more seeking workforce training — aided b…
THE GORGE — Several new associate degrees are available at Columbia Gorge Community College (CGCC) in the arts and sciences.
The last image was identified as the old bleachers at Wy’east High School, which also held animals for 4-H and Fair, by Debbie Green (whose dad graduated there in 1956), Bonnie Vanlue and Victoria. According to Hood River History Museum, the photo was taken in 1952 by Alan Winans.
Old stories and photos from the last century of local papers in the Gorge. Pulled from the archives of The Dalles Chronicle, White Salmon Enterprise and Hood River News. Prohibition-era moonshine stories, anyone?
THE DALLES — Erica Carillo, of The Dalles Middle School, got a surprise announcement that she was Oregon’s 2026 Education Support Professional of the Year on May 20 amid a student carnival and talent show she organized.