The winning brews for Everybodys were its Co-Pilot Pilsner, earning gold in the category of American Style Pilsners, and Everybodys season Mexican Lager, earning bronze in the category of Australasian/Latin America/ Tropical Style Light Lagers.

“A lot of cities are finding that they are overrun with STRs, and they have to establish limits because they haven’t planned accordingly, and we did not want to be in that position,” Krista Loney said. This ordinance will limit the number of STRs/vacation rentals allowed in the city to 32 units or 10 percent of the existing housing stock, whichever is less.

The Yakima-based developer intends to build 60 apartments, 18 townhouses and has already broken ground on the construction of a Starbucks near McDonald’s and The Dalles Bridge. The construction could address the dearth of housing in The Dalles, which has seen housing stocks at historic lows in the last several years.

"There will be a planned power outage that will affect some members in the Odell and Pine Grove areas beginning around 11:40 a.m. on Sunday, November 19. Some members will have brief interruptions at the beginning and the end of the work, and some will be off for up to 4 hours.

Michael Wannick submitted the application for the single-story bank with a drive-through and parking at 1014 W. Sixth Street, across the street from the Barbecue Restaurant earlier this month. The application is pending for comment and final decision.

The newly opened Gander and Goose, a botanical cocktail bar primely located in downtown White Salmon was busy with the sounds of cocktail shakers and conversation on Friday night.

A second round of contract losses forces Klickitat County into budget crunch as dollars from Landfill dwindle. When asked about the reasons for the contract losses, Steve Gilmore, media representative for Republic Landfill Services, attributed the losses to a competitive market. “It's going to get exceedingly more difficult to pass a budget in the coming years,” Commissioner Jake Anderson said. ”The landfill has been our savior and saving grace for the last 30 years…

I ordered my mocha and meal at 11 a.m. and was told it would likely take 30 minutes to receive my food. I happily settled in for the wait. My mocha arrived in under five minutes and my food arrived 15 minutes later. The turnaround felt very reasonable given how many patrons were waiting for their food and coffee orders.

Wild Brew cafe, located at 418 E Second St in The Dalles opened for business yesterday. In fact, the cafe was so full of patrons looking to support the grand opening that the cafe had run out of mozzarella cheese for their pizzas!

GOBHI has made preparations to sell its former property at 401 E. 3rd St. to Wasco County. The downtown 3rd Street building would serve as office space for county staff and existing tenants. The price for the building last stood at $3.8 million. The two-story building sits on .52 acres - Tom Peterson

TD city residents with service to a 32-gallon trash can will see their rate increase 10 cents to $21.89 per month. This includes the Household Hazardous Waste surcharge of $1.40. The Dalles Disposal offers free service to seniors 85 years and older. It also supports multiple community cleanups at no cost to volunteers or weekend warriors.

The Caldron is overfilling as vendors and businesses downtown are dialing in their black cats and brooms for the biggest Witches Walk yet on Friday, Oct. 20th.

He is hosting a “Cut the Rug” Extravaganza at The Dalles Eagles, 2006 W. 7th Street on Saturday, Oct. 21 starting at 5 p.m. Kate Nichols will provide line dancing instruction from 5 to 6 p.m. Line dancing and couples dancing starts at 6 p.m. with Megan Alder and the Woods providing live music at 7 p.m.

The Good River Wellness Center is hosting a grand opening on Saturday, October 21st. Founded by Tucker Meager, ND., and healer Mary Magdalena with the dream of establishing a community of healers. Together they are creating a wellness-based health assurance membership plan that gives its members access to a curated group of wellness professionals throughout the gorge. 

Per Diem Thrift Shop, now known as Vibe consignment, has rebranded and moved out of the basement of Studio Fit and into their own space at 416 E 2nd St in The Dalles. The store offers hand selected fashions, gifts, and plants from Nicole’s Nursery. 

Jay Wilson and Leslie Wilson-Sullivan provided a sneak peek at their new store Brick City & Games on Friday, Sept. 29 in a precursor to their blockbuster opening slated for Saturday morning, Sept. 30 after a ribbon cutting at 9:45 a.m.

Starseed Curiosities and Gifts, in The Dalles will close it’s doors for good next weekend. The store which won last year’s Best New Business of the Year Award, will have its final farewell celebration on September 23rd. As a thank you to the community, everything in store will be 40% off from now until the final ceremonial closing of the doors. Store hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

The Columbia River Gorge is alive with activity as the fall salmon run (August-November) hits its stride. Today Gilmore Fish Smokehouse had purchased approximately 30,000 lbs of Coho, Sockeye, and Chinook from Native American fishermen.

So how do they get that pear in a bottle at Clear Creek Distillery? Fruit shrinking nano-technology? Some say you can light a match and drop it in the bottle and set the pear on top and the vacuum sucks it in. Hmmm… It’s really a lot tougher than that. These beautiful pears are totally high maintenance.

“This multi-million-dollar transformative project will not only help address the urgent need for family-wage-level housing but also contribute significantly to the local economy,” said Joshua Chandler, Urban Renewal Agency manager.