Last week’s image of a shootout in the streets of The Dalles was actually a picture of a 1929 re-enactment, part of the Fort Dalles Frolics of that year.
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Old stories, photos and mysteries from the last century of local news in the gorge, pulled from archives of The Dalles Chronicle, White Salmon Enterprise and Hood River News.
THE DALLES — To honor a coach of many decades, Butch Hert, Wasco County leaders gathered to rename Kramer Field’s Little League facilities on the season’s opening day, April 11.
Warrant — On April 7, a state trooper stopped a sedan for multiple violations and nabbed the driver on a nationwide felony warrant from Arkansas.
THE DALLES — Mayor Rich Mays explained the city’s financial relationship with Google, and talked about goals that include expanding the city’s urban growth boundary and streamlining development at the April 9 Community Affairs meeting hosted by The Dalles Chamber of Commerce.
THE DALLES — The Mid-Columbia Interagency Narcotics Task Force (MINT) arrested two locals for drug violations, including possession and delivery within 1,000 feet of a school, April 2.
This story was first published in 1946. At that time, under sponsoring of the U.S. department of interior, a federal bill tried to designate 41.4 acres of land at Celilo falls as an Indian reservation.
HOOD RIVER — With modern technology, biologists can follow the entire life of salmon over years in the Hood River — learning, they hope, what …
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