Mid-Columbia Community Action Council (MCCAC) and Washington Gorge Action Programs (WAGAP) are preparing for the 2026 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count, scheduled for January 28, with surveys being collected between Monday, January 26 and Friday, January 30.

Thanks for checking out the Gorge Giggin’ Guide! We’re highlighting a Great Week of Music including an MLK Day celebration complete with a Community Choir! Enjoy!

The Dalles residents citing fear and disruption tied to immigration enforcement are expected to shape tonight’s City Council meeting, where leaders will consider a resolution acknowledging impacts and outlining community support actions.

From STEAM activities and storytimes to live music, crafts and teen gaming nights, The Dalles Public Library hosts a wide range of free January programs for all ages.

Firefighters were able to move one person to safety and quickly stem a fire that was threatening to take down a home in east The Dalles on Thursday Night, Jan. 8.

Richard Michael Robinson indicted in Klickitat County on murder charges in connection with remains found in U-Haul storage unit in The Dalles in July.

A special Sense of Place event welcomes The Volcano Listening Project to the stage at Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River, on January 29. In two back-to-back shows, audiences will hear from an ensemble of internationally recognized musicians.

The dance floor will be afire tonight as our friends and neighbors compete for whole ball of mirrors. Get your ticket, take the ride at Dancing with the Gorge Stars at 7 p.m. at TDHS.

Wasco County Sheriff Lane Magill, Hood River County District Attorney Matthew Ellis and program staff described the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program as a voluntary alternative to jail for people involved in low-level, nonviolent “livability” crimes such as trespass, shoplifting and minor drug possession.

Oregon’s unemployment rate held at 5.2% in November as payroll employment rose by 1,600 jobs, led by gains in leisure and hospitality and health care, according to state employment data.

Sense of Place begins the new year with More Than A Fish: Stories of Salmon and Sovereignty in the Pacific Northwest with Dylan Hedden-Nicely. The conversation will take place at the Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River, Oregon on January 21st. Doors open at 6:00 p.m., and the show begins at 7:00 p.m. A livestream option is available to all ticket holders. 

A new dog control ordinance takes effect Jan. 7 in The Dalles, clarifying leash expectations, licensing rules and nuisance standards, with an initial focus on education rather than enforcement.

The Dalles Public Library will host a full slate of January programs, including winter reading, STEAM activities, crafts, storytimes and family events, with offerings for preschoolers through adults throughout the month.

Thanks for checking out the Gorge Giggin’ Guide! What better way to start 2026 than supporting our own “Gorge Stars” in Dancing with the Gorge Stars - a true community effort that dazzles the crowd year after year! There’s A Lot of Music this week - enjoy!

Kiwanis meetings are held every Thursday at noon at Spooky's, and visitors are welcome.

West First Street in The Dalles will close Jan. 13 for about seven weeks as crews upgrade the sanitary sewer main, restricting through traffic between Union Street and Webber Street.

Following an extensive search process, the City of Hood River has selected four candidates to interview for the position of Fire Chief. 

He never quoted scripture, but the truth of it lived in him — the idea that sometimes the branches that look the healthiest are the very ones you have to take off, because they steal the light from where the real fruit  grows.

As 2025 comes to a close, residents of The Dalles paused to reflect on moments that mattered — from family milestones to personal goals — and shared quiet hopes for the year ahead.