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Do you live in Hood River or Wasco County? Please take 10 minutes for our Community Health Assessment!
Enter to win a $100 Visa Gift card at the end of the survey. The survey is available in English and Spanish.
Closes July 15, 2024.
How do you stop a fire? Don’t have it in the first place. Wasco and Hood River county fire districts along with the Oregon Department of Forestry have banned burning on June 11 in hopes that people turn to chipping or composting rather than matches to deal with outdoor debris.
It ain’t over, ‘til it’s over. Come on people, dig in grab that pen and get after it. It’s election day! A day that people in autocratic nations can only dream about. Choice - you get to make a choice - you get to have power over the future of how things will turn out by putting the power in the hands of those you prefer. It’s unusual, and it’s awesome. Grab that pen. Feel that power!
If you are a water sports enthusiast, an avid fisherman, or just a new boating recreationalist, please come by one of these locations where a team of OSP Troopers will be on hand to assist you with voluntary vessel safety inspections, outlining any safety or legal deficiencies to boat operators/owners, or just to answer any questions you might have.
As of Monday, Oct. 7, Wasco and Hood River counties is off around 10 percent compared to the past midterm election of 2018. But there is still time. You have until 8 p.m. to get your ballots dropped off today, Tuesday, Nov. 8. And all ballot boxes in Oregon are open until 8 p.m. regardless of weather conditions.
Dowen Michael Jones, 47, of Rufus, Oregon, was lodged at the Northern Oregon Corrections (NORCOR) facility on multiple counts, including Attempted Murder, according to the Hood River County Sheriff’s Office.
The first community food assessment in more than a decade found the food system is well connected in the Gorge, with strong organizing work being done in tight-knit communities, especially in rural areas like South Wasco County and Sherman County.
Annual or daily parking permits would be purchased for $30 or $5 respectively, valid at all county Fee Parking Zones between dawn and dusk. Fee Parking Zones would be added to properties in county forestlands near popular recreation areas including Post Flats, Seven Streams, Family Man, Binns Hill, Kingsley Reservoir and Pinemont.
This popular annual theatrical performance about influential members of our community from the past has been created on video. Typically a live performance, Cemetery Tales 2021 is a professional video production available for online viewing October 1-3.
