Cherry Fest Survival Guide: what to know for the 2026 “Great Cherry Adventure”
From carnival rides to the Cherry Stomp Dance, here’s how to navigate the reimagined Northwest Cherry Festival in The Dalles amid downtown construction.
Quilters Stitch Communities Together
Cherry City Cut Ups is a group of about fifteen quilt makers that meets in The Dalles to share ideas and keep the ancient craft of quilt making alive. They are mostly in their 70s and eighties, but one woman is still doing top-notch work at ninety one. On Saturday the Cherry City Cut Ups will be sponsoring a free quilt show.
Wasco County Pioneers set annual reunion May 2 at St. Mary’s Academy
The Annual Reunion of the Wasco County Pioneers will be May 2 at St. Mary’s Academy. The event will start at 9:30 and the luncheon will be served at 11:30.
Awakening Eye: Vendors and Set up for Cherry Fest underway
The Energy is palpable in downtown TD this morning as vendors and volunteers are putting together booths, food concessions and getting the mainstage for entertainment ready. Events kick off at 4 p.m. with the Carnival opening and Comedian Tyler Boeh at 4:30 p.m. which rolls into Roll on, an Alabama Tribute Band at 6 p.m.
TD Bridge Night Closures set to start Friday, April 21 for paving final surface
To complete this paving work, we need to close the entire bridge to all traffic during the nighttime only for two weekends in April. Read here to find all dates and times of closures.
She's the OG; Spickerman marshals Cherry Queen prestige 81 years later
Watch for the first Cherry Fest queen at the annual parade slated for 10 a.m. in The Dalles on Saturday, April 23. The parade starts at Sixth and Webber streets (Burger King) and flows east down Third Street in downtown before heading north on Monroe Street at Optimist Printers and then returning west on Second Street to the U.S. Post office.
Hardy as Good as his Name after Foley Lakes Fire
Bill Hardy sat on a blackened gun cabinet and looked into the charred remains of his home. Everything he owned was in that house. Almost. “I still got my sense of humor. It’s all I got left. Couldn't burn that,” he said.
Fire Destroys Home in Foley Lakes on Wednesday, April 21
When firefighters arrived at a house fire in Foley Lakes on Wednesday, April 21, they found a double-wide manufactured home with flames coming out the front door and the roof on fire.
