The two Wasco County solar projects can generate enough electricity to power about 40,000 Oregon homes annually, adding the county’s first utility-scale solar capacity to the regional grid.

Construction is underway at the former Staples building in The Dalles, where crews are preparing the space for a TJ Maxx store expected to open later this year.

Authorities searched the Parkdale area Tuesday for a fugitive wanted on multiple felony charges, as the Hood River County Sheriff’s Office worked with U.S. Marshals to locate a potentially violent suspect.

From hands-on playdates and STEAM activities to author talks, crafts, and teen programs, The Dalles Public Library is offering a full slate of free events for all ages during the week of Feb. 2–7.

Out here, the crisis doesn’t arrive with headlines. It comes quietly — in delayed repairs, postponed replanting, and conversations about succession that never quite happen because the margins no longer allow for it.

A jury convicted Jason McCollum on all counts in a brutal 2021 home invasion, ending a five-year case that left the victim severely injured and relieved to see justice delivered.

From the wreckage of a ship tossed by a mighty storm, a magical adventure lifts into the air. Through playful aerial movement and imaginative theater, performers swing, climb, and soar as they explore a strange new world shaped by the sea. 

Two people were stabbed late Thursday in Cascade Locks, leaving one victim hospitalized locally and another transported to a Portland trauma center, as Oregon State Police Major Crimes detectives continue investigating.

A 16-year-old Hood River juvenile has been arrested as police are now searching for 30-year-old Noel Hernandez in connection with a Hood River homicide. Authorities warn the public not to approach him and urge anyone with information to contact investigators immediately.

A jury heard graphic and disputed testimony as prosecutors and defense attorneys clash over brutal 2021 home invasion in The Dalles. Trial of Jason McCollum continues on Thursday.

Prosecutors are pushing for the conviction of a Portland-area man accused in the brutal 2021 home-invasion assault and robbery, while defense attorney says the state’s case hinges on the word of a cooperating accomplice seeking leniency.

Mid-Columbia Community Action Council is pleased to announce the opening of a monthly drop-in center for houseless community members at The Gloria Center, at 2505 W. 7th St. in The Dalles.

The Dalles Public Library will host a full slate of late-January programs, including a winter reading challenge, hands-on activities for kids, teen clubs, author talks, and family events, many of them free and open to the public.

Organizers of a new downtown music festival say The Dalles is poised to host a major regional cultural event when The Dalles Hoot debuts March 6–8.

“Today, federal agencies are rewarding bad actors who have spent years finding loop-holes to  target a new wave of industrial development on top of indigenous sites that have religious and  legendary significance to the Yakama People and many others who don’t have political  connections or deep pockets.”

Rye Development, a leading U.S. developer of pumped storage hydropower, and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), on behalf of its Flagship Fund CI V, today announced that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a 40-year license for the Goldendale Energy Storage Project.

Gorge Grown Food Network is accepting applications for businesses to attend the Hood River Farmers Market’s regular season. The market’s regular season is open every Saturday, May through November, in downtown Hood River.

Mattress World Northwest plans a February opening in The Dalles, taking over the former Blissful Mattress space at Cascade Square, where more than 40,000 square feet of retail space remains vacant.

Icy roads continued to create hazardous travel conditions in Sherman County this week, underscored by a log-truck crash south of Wasco and repeated school delays due to dangerous driving conditions.

Gilliam County Law enforcement and emergency responders had their hands full last weekend with two rollover traffic accidents on busy Interstate 84.