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Commute Options of Bend, Ore., rolls out Vanpool program in Hood River County, providing a low-cost opportunity for employers to ensure employees have a dependable ride back and forth to the job. Cost can be as low as $100 per employee per month with the right recipe. Check out the details here.
What is being done to find cancer and treat it early? You need to look no further than One Community Health in The Dalles and Hood River to participate in a new national study that screens for early-stage cancer. It may save your life and the test is free.
A fundraiser for TD’s Cody Ricks who has undergone surgery and chemotherapy for cancer is on tap at The Dalles Eagles/Elks on Saturday, Jan. 21. The Ruby Friedman Orchestra plays Trout Lake Hall the same night. Comedian Sean Jordan will headline at the Bingen Theater on Friday, Jan. 20. Read the most complete entertainment listing for the Mid-Columbia Gorge here.
Eagles tribute band Hotel California is set to hit the stage in The Dalles on Saturday, Sept. 3rd, smack dab in the middle of Labor Day weekend. So, if you're running down the road, trying to loosen your load, remember to lighten up while you still can. Don’t even try to understand. Just buy some tickets and make your stand and take it easy … at Lewis & Clark Festival Park in The Dalles. Doors open at 4 p.m. Music starts at 5.
This kid’s got moxie. Who starts an exercise business in a pandemic? In a city park, no less. Kathy Pothier, that’s who. And she’s not hoarding that energy. The operator of Grit Row, which has moved to The Dalles Athletic Club, is promoting local business and programs to both improve the economy and our quality of life. The Dalles is starting to crest, she said.
