Mar 8

Mar 8 El Sabor del Gorge: Guacamole from Ixtapa

Home Page, Positive News, Business, The Dalles, Hood River County

“One of the places I recommend to eat guacamole as god commands is the Ixtapa de Hood River restaurant where they prepare the guacamole at your table and you can see the process of making this delicacy for yourself.” —Arturo Leyva

Mar 6

Mar 6 Right to Repair aims to fix your phone screen, locally; Will Apple take a crack at new law

Tom Peterson

Home Page, Business, The Dalles, Wasco County, Hood River County

Today marks a significant milestone in the Right to Repair movement as the Oregon House of Representatives passed legislation aimed at empowering consumers and supporting small businesses and companies committed to making more sustainable products.

Mar 1

Mar 1 Review: Jacob Williams Winery

Brittany Drewett

Columns, Business, Home Page, Klickitat County

Last weekend I decided to take advantage of the spring (of faux spring) sunshine and engage in one of the Gorge’s most classic weekend activities: a hike followed by food, good wine, and good company at Jacob Williams Winery.

Feb 27

Feb 27 Bankruptcy sinks cruise line stops in TD; locals intend to patch hole in tourism

Tom Peterson

Business, Home Page, The Dalles, Wasco County

American Queen Voyages has declared bankruptcy and canceled 20 plus stops in the City of The Dalles in the upcoming season. The cancellation could mean a $110,000+ loss in tourism dollars for The Dalles but locals are working to find solutions.

Feb 27

Feb 27 Construction of New Commercial Building Nears Completion in The Dalles

Cole Goodwin

Home Page, Wasco County, The Dalles, Business

Progress is being made on the construction of a new 5,500 square foot commercial building at the intersection of Lone Pine Blvd and NE Lone Pine Blvd in The Dalles. The new structure sits kitty-corner from Water’s Edge and across the Street from McDonalds.

Feb 26

Feb 26 City Crews Tackle Parking Lot job in East TD

Tom Peterson

Home Page, Business, The Dalles

City crews using backhoes and front loaders began a major parking project in east The Dalles last week and were hard at it again this morning, Feb. 26.

Feb 24

Feb 24 El Sabor del Gorge: Las Tortas from Taqueria Los Hermanos

Arturo Leyva

Hood River County, Home Page, Positive News, The Dalles, Business, Columns

Arturo Leyva is back with his second El Sabor del Gorge column to talk tortas, the slang meaning of the word torta, and his high school days in Michoacán.

Feb 19

Feb 19 Suze Riley’s Bold Move in Maupin

Columbia Community Connection

Columns, Business, Home Page, Wasco County, The Dalles

To meet Suze Riley is to meet a personality as bold as the dark roast coffee she proudly, passionately and meticulously roasts and retails from her small, but state-of-the-art facility in Maupin, OR.

Feb 16

Feb 16 Riding that Rose Train; Valentine Deliveries in TD off the charts

Tom Peterson

Home Page, Business

Flower Power was on overdrive on Wednesday, Feb. 14 as local vendors raced to keep pace with what appears to be an epic year for love.

Feb 15

Feb 15 Bingen Livability: City partners with architecture firm to establish middle housing

Ken Park

Business, Klickitat County, Home Page

The move is the first step in creating additional, land-efficient housing in the community as a shortage in housing stock has gripped the Gorge and the Pacific Northwest generally.

Feb 13

Feb 13 Column: Coffee dream comes true for Kelsey Kelsey at Bubba's Brew

Brittany Drewett

Business, Columns, Home Page

Hospice Nurse goes after second dream in White Salmon. Family cheers her on as she dives deep into Bubba’s Brew.

Feb 8

Feb 8 12 Ways to Celebrate Valentine's Day in The Dalles

Cole Goodwin

The Dalles, Wasco County, Positive News, Business, Home Page

Looking for a special way to celebrate this Valentine’s Day? CCCNews has you covered.

Feb 7

Feb 7 Transforming neighborhoods, changing lives, creating generational wealth

Tom Peterson

Business, Positive News

Work is progressing on the latest Habitat for Humanity home in East The Dalles as the electrical work is getting completed. Land Ownership is one of the great equalizers in the United States of America and is key to building household wealth and Habitat is making that possible one house, one family at a time.

Jan 25

Jan 25 Google gets another Go: Second Data Center Garners TD City approval

Tom Peterson

Business, Home Page, The Dalles

Google just received the green light to build the second of two data centers at 3500 River Road in the Port of The Dalles within the past two years.

Jan 18

Jan 18 Column: Good eggs at Pancake House in TD Worth the Ride

Columbia Community Connection

Business, Home Page, The Dalles

Owning and running a restaurant is not a get-rich-quick business. It’s hard work, long hours. I asked Kaye and Barry, what is most rewarding? “The positive things people say on Facebook and Google. The comments mean the world to us. This place is like a little bit of Americana, to have a dream and have it work out so well,” answered Kaye. Barry beamed, “Worth the ride!”

Jan 10

Jan 10 Express-oh Delivery: Construction on Starbucks in East TD jammin'

Tom Peterson

Business, Home Page, The Dalles

Construction on the 5,500-square-foot commercial building is taking place across the street from McDonald's near The Dalles Bridge.

Jan 1

Jan 1 Hood River Farmers Market is Open for the Winter Season

Cole Goodwin

Positive News, Hood River County, Home Page, Business

Hood River Farmer’s Market will be open on the 1st & 3rd Saturdays, of December through April, from 10 a.m. - noon.

Dec 15

Dec 15 Billionaire investors banking on TD in race to crack CO2 code

Tom Peterson

Business, Home Page

The 2.79 acres purchased at 4375 RiverTrail Way near Taylor Lake and the Google 3 data plant were alive with some 15 construction workers today, Dec. 15. They were erecting a demonstration facility to mine the air of its carbon dioxide or CO2, in a step to prevent the earth from getting too hot for humans.

Dec 15

Dec 15 Sip, Shop and Save in Downtown The Dalles Tonight, Dec. 15!

Cole Goodwin

Home Page, Business

Tonight, Dec. 15, Downtown The Dalles will host the 3rd annual Sip & Shop event from 5 to 8 p.m. The event invites the community to sip wine, shop local, and stroll thier way through historic downtown The Dalles in celebration of the holiday season.

Dec 8

Dec 8 Local Starbucks boycott puts spotlight on war machine, killings in Gaza, Israel

Ken Park

Business, Home Page

A group of nine protestors lined the sidewalk of Starbucks reopening at the Corner of Sixth St. and Cherry Heights Rd. in The Dalles in a boycott to bring attention to the killings occurring in the Gaza Strip as the Israel Hamas war thunders.

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