THE GORGE - The Hood River-White Salmon Interstate Bridge will be fully closed to all traffic on Friday, August 1, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. to approximately 1:00 p.m. to allow a bridge lift for marine traffic.
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KLICKITAT CO. — A vegetation fire that started Friday afternoon along State Route 14 in Klickitat County in Washington, has grown to more than 1,900 acres, destroyed multiple homes and prompted evacuations. Dubbed the Burdoin Fire, flames spread quickly due to winds and has prompted mobiliza…
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HOOD RIVER — The Port of Hood River will permanently close the tollbooth on the Hood River-White Salmon Interstate Bridge on April 1, 2025, transitioning to fully electronic tolling. The decision, made by a unanimous 4-0 vote of the Port Commission on January 21, follows a 7% decline in traf…
BINGEN — The City of Bingen will honor former Mayor Charles B. Long following his passing on Dec. 1. Current Mayor Catherine Kiewit formally honored his memory in a Mayoral Proclamation (online at columbiagorgenews.com).
GOLDENDALE — Klickitat County took the unusual step of moving their standing Tuesday meeting to Monday, Dec. 9 in order to guarantee a quorum, with just Chair Lori Zoller and Commissioner Jake Anderson present. Commissioner Dan Christopher indicated at the Dec. 3 meeting that he had a family…
UNDERWOOD - Traffic officials have closed State Route 14 from milepost 56.2 to milepost 63.3 for "debris clean-up," according to the Washington State Department of Transportation.
DALLESPORT — The Klickitat County 9-1-1 Dispatch and Emergency Management announced that evacuation levels have each been downgraded by one level and SR 14 is open.
THE DALLES — The Columbia Gorge Humane Society (CGHS) is sending an urgent message to the community — their Facebook page has been hacked.
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THE GORGE — The Port of Hood River held an emergency meeting on Sunday, June 30 with engineers and port commissioners to discuss reopening the Hood River-White Salmon Bridge. After a presentations from Henningson, Durham and Richardson (HDR) vice president, Justin Doorninik, and Kiewit repre…
Groups and other organizations around the Gorge honored those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
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THE GORGE — Several retail stores from Carson to Hood River have been targets of scam attempts to steal the financial information of customers and local businesses. At least three businesses in Hood River have reported instances of skimmers being installed onto credit card scanners. Carson G…
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KLICKITAT COUNTY — Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer said he was blindsided by the Klickitat County Commission’s 2-1 vote on March 29 to pursue closing the county jail and sending inmates to the Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facility (NORCOR) in The Dalles.
WHITE SALMON — The Friends of the White Salmon Valley Community Library will host a Spring Used Book Sale on Friday, May 3 through Sunday, May 5 in the Sprint/Baker Gallery inside the library.
WHITE SALMON — Joy Markgraf is in her 11th year as organizer of the Wild About Nature Series. The White Salmon Community Library, Friends of the White Salmon, and the Suksdorf Native Plant Society lend support.
Newly elected officers for PEO White Salmon Chapter EB are, from left to right, Beth Sauter, president; Shelley Wilson, vice president; Karen Harpole, recording secretary; Kathy Grisanti, corresponding secretary; Kit Malley, treasurer; Kathy Scarborough, chaplain; Tracy Van Alstine, guard. …
KLICKITAT CO. — A program to help Klickitat residents turn yards into rich wildlife habitat has handed out 10 certifications so far, said Corrie Podolak, project specialist at Underwood Conservation District (UCD), who took over the program this year. With an advocacy for less-neat yards and native plants, interest in the project seems to be growing.
WHITE SALMON — Extremist politicians repeatedly bash the nation’s most important law enforcement agency— what could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot, according to a recently published thriller, Lethal Alliance, written by White Salmon author Rick George.
KLICKITAT CO. — The Klickitat-Lyle Against Substance Abuse Coalition (KLASAC) will be hosting two tech talks for parents, with a focus on skills and tools to support their children in using technology safely.
WHITE SALMON — The White Salmon Valley Education Foundation will hold its fifth annual Career Day at Columbia High School on March 27 from 8:15 a.m. to 1:40 p.m.
BINGEN — In some instances people experiencing mental health crises have no place to go after being discharged from mental care facilities. In Skamania and Klickitat counties, the Community Behavioral Health Rental Assistance Program (CBRA) is in place to help people transition from mental care facilities back to their communities.
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