Local pancake gourmands can donate an amount of their choosing. That’s the butter that will help The Dalles put food on the table for others. Here’s how.

Learn here about locals who earned some cash for further education. Scholarship winners are selected on community involvement, scholastic performance, and an essay on the wheat industry.

About 50 local volunteers are helping bring the historic Jantzen Beach Carousel back to life at the National Neon Sign Museum. This photo gallery highlights the people and progress behind the restoration.

A month-long exhibition at Columbia Center for the Arts starting Feb. 6 celebrates Black and BIPOC creativity across mediums—while raising funds for the Black in the Gorge Scholarship Fund

Rotary District 5100 is accepting applications through March 1 for its Global Grant Scholarship, supporting graduate-level international study focused on service, sustainability and Rotary’s seven global Areas of Focus.

Donations are now being accepted to help close the final funding gap for the White Salmon Valley community pool, with gifts currently matched dollar-for-dollar through a $250,000 winter campaign.

Sunshine and blue skies are keeping it rolling in the Gorge as deep winter feels more like early spring this week.

An exhibition of 11 Columbia Gorge artists is on display at Cathedral Ridge Winery through Feb. 12, with a Jan. 15 meet-the-artist event highlighting regional creativity from across the Gorge.

Students at Cascade Locks Elementary turned a jogathon into a smoocharama after exceeding their fundraising goal, prompting Principal Adrienne Acosta to keep her promise and kiss a goat during a school assembly.

The Dalles Public Library was transformed into a storybook kingdom Friday afternoon during its third annual Prince and Princess Tea Party, drawing families for an afternoon of crafts, dancing and imaginative play.

Carved by hand in the 1870s, a historic doll house has returned to its original neighborhood at Old St. Peter’s Landmark, reuniting craftsmanship, memory and place.

On a quiet street in The Dalles, in a pair of century-old houses that now brim with art supplies, sunshine, and the happy chaos of young children.

Giving Trees are up at Freebridge Brewing, Wines on Second and Brick City Games, offering community members a chance to fulfill humble holiday requests from Chenowith Elementary students and families in need.

First Friday brings extended hours, pop-up vendors and big deals downtown as The Dalles shops help kick off the holiday season — giving residents an early chance to tackle Christmas shopping locally.

Kiwanis meetings are held every Thursday at noon at Spooky's, and visitors are welcome.

With significant insurance cost hikes anticipated for 2026, One Community Health is urging residents to attend December enrollment events to review their options and keep Oregon Health Plan information updated.

Columbia Center for the Arts is filling December with theater, handmade gifts, and family activities, offering the Gorge a month of local creativity, community connection, and festive holiday traditions.

Tuesday brings mostly sunny skies but cooler temperatures, topping out in the upper 40s before dropping into the upper 20s overnight, when patchy fog may develop toward dawn, according to the National Weather Service.

The Holiday Season is Here!

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