Noel Betanzos Cruz, Antonio Betanzos Cruz, and Jesus Ayala paint the Pioneer Building at 301 E. Second Street this morning, Aug. 22. The building was purchased in September 2022 for $750,000 and the owners Brandon Rush and Anthony McNamara of Vancouver, Wash., applied for and received approval from the city to convert the second-floor office space into “residential apartment units of varying size” in Jan. 2023.

The Dalles Civic Auditorium will be getting quite a facelift in weeks to come as H.B. Painters, Inc. paints the entire building. But first, a lot of prep work must occur. Antonio Vergara Cordoba and Jeff Sprague were hard at it this morning, Thursday, Oct. 14 giving the building a second power wash with hot water.