The owl pellet dissection was the kick-off competition for the group this year and drew a room full of interested students.

There was a little devil in the details that recently hit me square in the face as we prepared for a blood drive here at Columbia Gorge Community College. And as President of the Associated Student Body and championing the mission of inclusivity, we needed to respond.

Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Willamette with 38 of its 52 stores currently enrolled in this energy efficiency program has saved more than $373,000 in utility costs since enrolling in 2016. Read more about Energy Trust of Oregon’s Strategic Energy Management program here.

Dufur, OR – Gorge robotics students from The Dalles, Dufur and Hood River competed at the Dufur Hat Tip to Service VEX Robotics Tournament that took place on November 13. They did not disappoint.

Two long-term community partners have once again teamed up with Lyle School to give students and their families a happy holiday.

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.

A real coolness pervaded the auditorium at The Dalles High School tonight, Nov. 10. Just 24 hours before curtain call, a cast of characters sat before Director Lowry Browning. It will be the first time in years that these students will go before a live audience, and they are pumped.

Creating a representation that we call "Altar of the Dead". With offerings and other things with meaning for our loved ones. For us it is to celebrate life after death, remembering all those who have gone before us to a new life, but are still in our hearts.

Almost a year after putting the old Dallesport Elementary building on the market, Lyle School District received two offers within a few weeks to purchase it for the full asking price of $1.6 million.

CCCNews’ Ryan Lawrence takes you inside the lives of four Columbia Gorge Community College students and local residents who are changing their lives, careers, and prospects for success through the use of local scholarships.

With this grant, Advanced Manufacturing students now have a welding jacket, angle grinder, a ball-peen hammer, vice grips and clamps. Construction Technology students receive a hardhat, headlamp and other safety equipment they’ll need for class and job site. Plus, all the students receive $160 to purchase work boots.

If you have not had the chance to check out the new dormitory at The Dalles Columbia Gorge Community College, you should. It’s pretty cool.

Wasco County students to connect with critical mental health services with support from Google. New $100,000 grant to support mental health in Columbia Gorge Education Services District.

Have you ever heard of LGBTQ+ inclusive sex education being taught in church? Well, now you have! Bethel Congregational Church in White Salmon will host Our Whole Lives (OWL) sex education courses for youth and adults starting October 20th, 2021.

Excelencia in Education, a national organization whose mission is to accelerate Latino student success in higher education, has announced that Dr. Marta Yera Cronin, president of Columbia Gorge Community College, has chosen to be part of Presidents for Latino Student Success and the Excelencia in Action network.

Michael Beug will give a lecture on the ‘fungus among us’ in the Cascade region. Beug started mushrooming in 1969 and has discovered more than 50 new mushroom species in the Pacific Northwest.

Senior Center to slowly bring back classes such as Less Stuff, More Happiness. Read more about it in this month’s Mid Columbia Senior Center Newsletter.

Students, Avery and Star bundled together in the cool autumn air for the movie in the amphitheater on Friday, Oct. 1, the last night of welcome week at Columbia Gorge Community College, The Dalles campus. Disney’s Jungle Cruise was playing.

Parents and guardians who are concerned about COVID cases occurring in public schools now have a new tool in The Dalles. The North Wasco County School District has launched a new COVID dashboard on its home page.

After living for the past 40 years in the mid-Columbia Gorge and serving on multiple non-profit boards, Marc Harvey is joining the Lyle School District Board of Directors.