The Dalles City Council Seat Position # 4 is up for grabs with the retirement of Councilor Linda Miller. F. John Ercole, John Grant and Dan Richardson are all vying for the seat. Read there candidate profiles here at Columbia Community Connection.

Challenger Tiffany Prince is challenging incumbent Rod Runyon for The Dalles City Council Position # 5. Read their candidate profiles here at Columbia Community Connection.

Incumbent Rich Mays finds himself up against two challengers in the race for The Dalles City Mayor. Challengers Solea Kabakov and Jason Garrett Gibson are seeking the position. Read their candidate profiles here at Columbia Community Connection.

Dr. John Willer is challenging incumbent Darcy Long-Curtiss for the The Dalles City Council Seat Position #2. Read all about them in these candidate profiles at Columbia Community Connection.

The Nov. 3 general election races for The Dalles City Council and Mayor have a multitude of candidates from which to choose. Each position is contested. And they are all nonpartisan positions. We have candidate profiles on our website.

The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Forest Service (CRGNSA) has announced that it will be conducting several prescribed burns in the Courtney Road and Tracy Hill area between Lyle and Bingen in Klickitat County, Washington.

Les Kipper got this four-point buck last weekend in Gilliam County. Dave Adams and Michelle Adams spotted the buck while scouting separate sides of a draw and alerted Kipper to its location. Kipper said he got a clear shot at it in the stubble field.

We are deeply saddened to report the passing of three additional residents at Flagstone Senior Living during the COVID 19 outbreak at the facility, bringing the total death there to 10. Two residents passed on Oct. 5 and one died today, Oct. 6

Randonneé carries local roasts made with beans from many different countries including Guatemala, Ethiopia and Mexico.

“I’ve owned 10 Speed Coffee for 15 years,” said McGeeney. “10 Speed Coffee has gone on more of a wholesale route.” Wholesaling coffee requires a lot of consistency as opposed to creativity. For McGeeney there was a strong desire to get to engage with new beans, new roasts and create some truly delicious flavors right here in the gorge. And so Randoneé was born!

Audrey Stephens, a bus driver for District 21 for the past 32 years, enjoyed a little gardening detail this morning, Tuesday, Oct. 6. She and fellow bus driver, Cathy Parke, 23 years a bus driver, said they were working on the flowerbed at the entrance of Dry Hollow Elementary.

Anson Jones felt like leaving catching some air, Monday, Oct. 5. The 14-year-old has been on and, maybe mostly off, his scooter for the past three years. “I come here everyday,” he said of The Dalles Skate Park.

Words from Drew Myron, marketing director of Columbia Basin Care in The Dalles

THE DALLES — Laura Ashbrenner, a fashion illustrator and Oregon artist, turns 106 on October 3, 2020. What's her secret to a good long life? "Stay ornery," she says with a sly smile.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained two community members in The Dalles last week. The recent arrests expose the fragile existence of those trying to earn a living and make a contribution in The Dalles while putting the entire local LatinX community on edge as people are taken without warning, often in unmarked vehicles. It also exposes a system that on one side attempts to reform individuals at the local level, only to re-criminalize them on a federal level.

Learn more about what’s visible in the night sky this month!

The City of The Dalles is showcasing The Walldogs teaser mural, which is currently being crafted on 103 E. 3rd St. It’s on the wall facing the parking lot and City Hall. The mural is intended to get the community members excited for what's to come in September 2021. The city is encouraging onlookers to gather, wearing their masks, watch, and interact with the artists as they work.

During the week of Sunday Sept. 20 to Saturday Sept. 26, 58 cases of COVID-19 were reported, which is the highest number during a single week since the beginning of the pandemic.

If you walk around the streets of Cuautla Morelos in Mexico, you can find many vendors selling Gorditas. Vendors usually sell Gorditas to help support their families when there is no work out in the fields. The dish is mainly a cheap dish to make and provides income for families in Mexico. Although it is a cheap dish to make it is very tasty and filling.

Attorneys for Legacy, Jordan Ramis PC, sent the notice of intent to appeal the decision to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) on Tuesday. Columbia Community Connection received a copy of the letter the same day.

Two projects are going on simultaneously within a few hundred yards of each other. Bremik Construction is working on the new skill center at Columbia Gorge Community College while just to the west brush and logs are being removed from Sorosis Park because of a tree die-off caused by the Ips beetle.

One man was injured and taken to the hospital after a two-car collision at the intersection of Fourth and Court streets at about 12:30 p.m., today, Sept. 28.