Education, History, Home Page, The Dalles Tom Peterson Education, History, Home Page, The Dalles Tom Peterson

Is this building worth another $76,000?

At first sight, it seems a no-brainer. It could be a great annex to the park and a possible future location for tourism-related functions while providing an historic billboard to Interstate 84. TD City Council is set to ponder the future of the Gitchell building, which sits next to Lewis & Clark Park off First Street. The meeting is scheduled for tonight, Oct. 10, starting at 5:30 p.m.

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Art, Entertainment, History, Positive News, The Dalles Columbia Community Connection Art, Entertainment, History, Positive News, The Dalles Columbia Community Connection

Columbia Gorge Discovery Center Hosts Annual Auction Fundraiser and Social Oct. 15

Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & Museum hosts its largest fundraiser of the year on Oct. 15 with its annual auction fundraiser. More than two dozen auction packages including unique vacations, unforgettable experiences, dinners, art, wine tastings, and more will be up for grabs. Get your tickets now.

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Marsh Band at TD Civic tonight, Sept. 22, kicks off week of music & entertainment

The Marsh Band at The Dalles Civic Auditorium tonight, Sept. 22, kicks off a week of great music at local venues around the Gorge. Check out what’s happenin’ here in arts, entertainment, and untypically good times.

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Vibrant Colors, fascinating stories make Muralfest pop in TD

Day two of the Northwest Mural Fest brought a lot of vivid colors and exciting detail as 15 new murals are transforming the downtown corridor in The Dalles. Walldogs - artists and skilled sign painters were hard at it in the extreme heat on Thursday, Aug. 25, as works of art took shape and beads of sweat rolled.

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Walldogs have a brush with history in second day of Northwest Mural Fest in TD

Artists and sign painters from all over the country have made their pilgrimage to The Dalles. The Walldogs are out in full force with local volunteers as they are changing TD’s downtown with a host of new murals celebrating local legends that have influenced the town that we live in today. This is just part one of a series of articles.

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Gorge Commission 101: There is no Gorge Scenic Area without a view

But, specifically, the concern of rapid development affecting the area's scenery led to its passage. The scenery was so important to the drafters of the Act, that the external boundaries of the National Scenic Area were created with consideration of the landscapes that could be seen from Key Viewing Areas (KVAs) like Crown Point, Cape Horn, and roads such as I-84 in Oregon and SR-14 in Washington.

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Entertainment, History, Wasco County, Positive News Karl Vercouteren Entertainment, History, Wasco County, Positive News Karl Vercouteren

History Forum: Female Champ Bronc Rider acquitted of murder becomes stunt double

Lorena Trickey was a three-time winner of the McAlpin Trophy for bronc, Roman, and relay riding at Cheyenne Frontier Days. In 1925 she won the bronc riding title at Chicago and several championships at Pendleton. She was also acquitted for putting a knife to her husband, ‘Smiling Slim’.

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Education, History, Home Page Karl Vercouteren Education, History, Home Page Karl Vercouteren

Hermit, Bogeyman, Gentle Soul? Find out the truth this Saturday, Feb. 20

The story of John Woodruff, The Hermit of The Dalles, wagged tongues of older people and conjured mysteries of the bogey man for the children of this gentle man that lived in a cave above the Catholic Cemetary more than 100 years ago. Learn more about his interesting life in a history forum on Saturday, Feb. 20.


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Education, Entertainment, History, The Dalles, Home Page Karl Vercouteren Education, Entertainment, History, The Dalles, Home Page Karl Vercouteren

Relive the Riotous TD Pineapple War this Saturday, Feb. 12

Rodger Nichols researched the incident that took place in 1949 when longshoremen at west coast ports honored a strike by their counterparts in Hawaii and refused to unload a shipload of pineapples. The union was not represented in The Dalles, so the ship headed up the Columbia and attempted to unload its cargo at the local port. Soon longshoremen descended on the town and a riot ensued.

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TD Survey Results released: High School, Affordable Housing top priority list

Locals want to see an upgraded high school in The Dalles and at the same time want to see more affordable housing, according to a City of The Dalles local survey recently completed for the 2040 visioning process. Find out what else people thought here.

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