The Dalles City Council Recognized NORCOR deputy Alicia Tally for heroism in saving a drowning boy who had been swept away in the current of the Columbia River on July 6. Tally received the accommodation at The City Council’s regular meeting on Monday, Sept. 11.

The City of The Dalles Public Works Department will be closing the south lane of East 3rd Street from Madison Street to Taylor Street on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

“I feel awe,” said Colleen Shafroth of visiting the World War I memorial. “It’s such a stark landscape, but you can see the beauty of Mount Hood and the gorge.” And its challenge to understanding our world has landed Stonehenge at Maryhill on the National Register of Historic Places.

Salvage work has gotten underway in The Dalles Marina after a blaze destroyed eight houseboats and sank four boats in the wee hours of the Fourth of July.

The Dalles Riverhawks football team played against the Hood River Valley Eagles in their 5th game of the season last night at 7 PM in The Dalles last night. Wanting to get revenge for last year’s 24-6 loss, the Hawks came with some tricks up their sleeves and a lot of aggression, yet they were no match against the Eagles losing 54-6.

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.

As random as a field near Heppner may seem, and despite the crunchy stubble underfoot, the course is remarkably flat and forgiving; the home team, coached by Russ Nichols, is consistently strong and competitive: both good reasons why over a dozen teams, including the Riverhawks, TDMS Wildcats, and St. Mary’s- came to run the Mustang Invitational last Thursday.

The Dalles high school volleyball team played 3 games against the Crook County Cowboys and competed very well in each one. There were lots of fans and supporters there with the theme being Pink out. Unfortunately, they lost all 3 games.

The Dalles Riverhawks football team plays rival Hood River Valley Eagles tonight at 7 PM in the Dalles.

The Dalles Riverhawks soccer team played the Hood River Valley Eagles yesterday in The Dalles. The Hawks haven’t beaten HRV in 13 seasons and the Hawks were ready to beat that streak. The last time these two teams played HRV beat the Hawks in double overtime in the IMC playoffs. The Hawks were out for revenge and succeeded at getting it winning 2-1.

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.

The Dalles Main Street announced that they were bringing back their popular Downtown Trick or Treat event this year on October 29th from 3:00pm to 5:00pm.

David Wentworth with Kiwi Fence Contractors digs a posthole for a future fence that will surround the triangle property at the corner of Chenowith Street and Cherry Heights Road on Thursday, Oct. 7.

The Columbia Gorge Resolution Center (CGRC) planning group has received a $50,000 planning grant from the Oregon Health Authority on October 1st, 2021.

Mid-Columbia Fire & Rescue in The Dalles is lifting the fire ban on Oct. 16, allowing for locals to do outdoor burning.

Annual or daily parking permits would be purchased for $30 or $5 respectively, valid at all county Fee Parking Zones between dawn and dusk. Fee Parking Zones would be added to properties in county forestlands near popular recreation areas including Post Flats, Seven Streams, Family Man, Binns Hill, Kingsley Reservoir and Pinemont.

Local nurses to rally on Thursday, Oct. 7 prior to mediated negotiations with Mid-Columbia Medical Center over staffing, scheduling and wages. A recent petition and letter pushed under the door of MCMC Executive Director Dennis Knox states “the administration of Mid-Columbia Medical Center is failing us, our patients and our entire community.”

Blasting has been delayed for the construction of the MItchell Point Tunnel until Oct. 12. The project to reconstruct the historic tunnel is part of the overall plan to reconnect The Dalles and Troutdale via the 73-mile Historic Columbia River Highway.

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.

TDHS Athletic Director Billy Brost gives us a rundown on all things Riverhawk Athletics. The volleyball program is hosting a “Pink Out” night at Wahtonka against IMC opponent Crook County to assist in Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Games on the Wahtonka campus kick-off at 4: 00 p.m. for JV2, 5:00 p.m. for JV and 6:30 p.m. for varsity. Let’s get fans out there and WEAR PINK!!! TDHS takes on Hood River in Football on Friday, Oct. 8. CCCNews.com Columbia Community Connection