Jason Alford, 45, said he and his grandfather and former TD Mayor Donnell Smith began talking about the property overlooking the Adventist Health Hospital in East The Dalles about 15 years ago. Plans for the “high-quality subdivision” with 2,000—to 2,500-square-foot homes are now just falling into place.

Teen leaders will gain professional and social-emotional learning (SEL) skills through a career-connected service learning project incorporating VEX robotics and STEAM maker activities. The focus of the grant is to provide youth with increased access to engineering and computer science career exploration supported by paid community teen leaders.

The City of The Dalles has received a request to approve the construction of a single 290,000-square-foot data center on Google-owned property in the Port of The Dalles. “We’re happy to see them progress,” said The Dalles Mayor Rich Mays. “I am happy this is happening so quickly.”