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Oregon will lift mask requirements for indoor public places and Oregon’s schools on March 19, Oregon Health Authority announced today. Feedback from school districts around the state indicated that preparations for the transition could be completed earlier.
The Columbia Gorge Community College Board of Education seeks interested district electors in Hood River and Wasco Counties for consideration to be appointed to a three-year term as a Budget Committee member.
The interaction between healthcare workers and protestors on 3rd street could have been disastrous or even driven a rift in the community. Instead it taught everyone a little more about how to love and respect their neighbor.
When it comes to live music, Jim Drake can get you plugged in. Our local columnist for entertainment Gorge-wide has a good sampling of coming shows and events, including Heather Marlow, Funkship, Mardi Gras, Take 3 Trio, Amber and the Pale Ales, Swindler, Kenny O3, Reddy Black Trio, Norman Baker, Jenny Jahlee, World’s Finest and Music Fest of The Gorge.
$1.5 million will help immigrant-owned Oregon businesses impacted by the pandemic
Heather Phillips, the manager of Kramer’s, and now the Dufur Valley Tavern, wants to run the business differently than its predecessors. Her main goal is to keep the Tavern as a restaurant rather than a bar.
The Wasco County Commissioners Meeting held their regularly scheduled meeting at 9 a.m. on February 16th, 2022 and encompassed topics such as a decrease in Covid-19 cases, MCCAC Navigation Center, purchasing a new excavator for public works, and Tri-County Waste preparing to launch a new App.
A free concert by Native American Music Award-winning flute musician James Edmund Greeley from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs will be held on Saturday, Feb. 26th at 7 p.m. in the wonderful Old St. Peter’s Landmark.
The Dalles High School (TDHS) Graphic Design Teacher Paula Long is empowering students to explore careers in Graphic Design with hands-on design experience and skill set building.
This week’s question of the week asks people in our community to open up and share something about themselves that others in our community might not know about them.
And while the film doesn’t always make great choices around its characters, it is always making interesting choices with the camera. If there is any real romance in the film, it's between Anderson and the making of movies: his love of cinema is palpable.
TDHS Students Alex Rector and Iris Cruz recently vaulted onto the world stage at Carnegie Hall after years of singing in The Dalles. Their teacher Shawn Lutz said getting them on that stage in New York was the ultimate goal. Rector said the experience brought tears to her eyes as the girls saw how hard work led them to a great place.
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.
The Dalles boys basketball team played in their final home game of the season against the Ridgeview Ravens this past Tuesday in what was a dominant win. On a huge night for seniors of the team and the team in general, the Hawks came out playing some fantastic basketball, winning the game with a score of 58-40.
The Hood River-White Salmon Interstate Bridge will be closed to all vehicle traffic beginning 11:00 p.m. on the evening of Thursday, February 24 through 5:00 a.m. on Friday, February 25 as Port of Hood River crews make required repairs to the bridge’s lift span rocker bearing.
Does your town, business, non-profit, or local government produce climate-smart commodities or have an idea for a climate-smart program that needs funding? The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced it will invest $1 billion in partnerships to support climate-smart farmers, ranchers and forest landowners.
Columbia Gateway Urban Renewal Agency Board held its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, February 15th 2022. The board shared updates on Urban Renewal finances, the First Street Riverfront Connection Project, the Tony’s building demolition, the Recreation Building, and more.
Local reviewer Shavon Highter shares her struggle to find a place to get her hair cut in the Gorge and how one local barbershop is providing an invaluable service to local people of color with textured hair.
The Dalles School Teachers and D21 offer up some of the lessons and activities going on in their classrooms of late. Classes have been sending positive notes, drawing what love looks like, practicing for natural disasters. In addition, the district is working towards a strategic plan, will give a presentation on innovative learning on Thursday and is currently hiring for summer school.
Mid-Columbia Community Action Council presented their annual report to The Dalles City Council Monday, February 14th.
