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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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…
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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…
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.
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.
KLICKITAT AND SKAMANIA CO. — Ben Noble is on a mission to get people talking. His job is to get landlords and tenants to discuss matters that could potentially lead to an eviction and try to help them find common ground and resolve their issues.
WHITE SALMON — On Feb. 1, Columbia High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) members Raina McAllister and Josie Dickey competed in the District 8 FFA Extemporaneous Public Speaking career development event. They traveled to Vancouver, Wash., and competed against FFA members from Southwest Washington.
WHITE SALMON — Lilli McCauley, a junior at the White Salmon Academy in the White Salmon Valley School District, has been named Career Connect Southwest’s 2023 Washington STEM Rising Star.
On Sept. 13 the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received a report of a female entrapped in Wind River, north of Carson, Washington. Personnel from the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office and Skamania County Emergency Medical Services were the first responders on scene to …
WHITE SALMON — The Rotary Club of White Salmon-Bingen will host a Koroga fundraiser for the Najijali Project will be held Sunday, Sept. 10 from 5-8 p.m. at 415 Strawberry Mountain Lane.
WHITE SALMON — Events and services this week in White Salmon are being canceled due to the heat wave sweeping across the area. With temperatures expected to rise above the 100-degree threshold, city officials are taking action.
WHITE SALMON — On Aug. 3, from 5-7 p.m., Skyline Health and NorthShore Medical Group are offering free sports screenings at NorthShore, located at 65371 Highway 14 in White Salmon.
The Community Foundation for Southwest Washington awarded $351,160 in grants to 10 nonprofits during the first round of its annual Focus Grants. Applications for the second grantmaking cycle opened July 14 and are being accepted until Thursday, August 31.
WHITE SALMON — After many conversations and careful deliberations, the White Salmon city council approved the plan for the proposed West Klickitat Regional Fire Authority (WKRFA). The plan will be on the November 8 ballot for residents of White Salmon to have the final say. At the July 24 sp…
Community Notes: July 19, 2023
We live in a friendly little community. We see people we haven’t met at the store or post office and wonder, do they live here or are they just visiting?
WHITE SALMON — One Community Health (OCH) and NorthShore Medical Group (NSMG), two Columbia River Gorge primary care groups, are joining forces to increase health services for Gorge residents on both sides of the Columbia River, said a press release.
Stevenson Grange No. 121’s 2023 Community Resiliency Programs theme for 2023 is, “Remembering What We’ve Forgotten!”
On Sept. 12, 2022, Stevenson Grange No. 121 hosted a webinar on Rural Suicide Awareness and Prevention. Now, 10 months later, they will revisit it with trained rural mental health specialist Monica Kramer McConkey.
GOLDENDALE — Reaching rural communities to support families who fight food insecurity has become a mission for Anna Henschel. This big-city Chicago resident came to Klickitat County in 2022 and has taken to rural life like a fish takes to water. “Getting to know another community and learn about it is really cool,” Henschel said.
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