This Week John Caparulo roasts The Dalles; Juneteenth in Hood River features Portland’s Queen of Soul, LaRhonda Steele + band; and the 32nd Annual Gorge Blues and Brews Festival hits Stevenson. Check out the CCCNews events guide calendar for the gorge-wide comprehensive listing.

As fire victims pick up the pieces after hundreds were impacted by the Rowena Fire that destroyed 56 homes and another 77 that were inundated with smoke and damaged other wise, CCCNews has attempted here to put together the list of places both to find clothing, household items, food and other items as well as places to donate.

The Salvation Army is ready to serve wildfire evacuees and/or firefighters of The Rowena Fire in The Dalles as needed

Gorge Giggin Guide Goes Streamline! This abbreviated column provides a guide for some of the best events on tap for the week. Not finding what your need? Check out the CCCNews events guide calendar for the gorge-wide comprehensive listing.

Black in the Gorge and The Next Door, Inc., are very happy to invite everyone to the 3rd Annual Gorge Juneteenth Celebration! This will be our biggest celebration yet,  with more music, BIPOC vendors with crafts and food, as well as participatory opportunities for all ages, including art, African dance, and drumming!

A structure fire in the 3100 block of Lingren Road has led to the death of a 64-year-old woman and the hospitalization of her husband.

Fireworks will be prohibited throughout Hood River County beginning at 11:59 p.m. on June 15 this year, following the Regulated Use Closure implemented by the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), which is effective at 12:01 a.m. on June 16. The Central Oregon District of ODF declared fire season on June 2nd.

As I sit here on my tractor seat, the view stretches far beyond my orchard rows. These days, the pressures on family farms stretch just as far—across state lines, trade routes, and policy halls.

Get ready to celebrate summer in Parkdale with a family-friendly community gathering. Enjoy music with your neighbors in the shade of the cherry trees. All are welcome! Show off your dance moves at the dance contest or your vocal skills at karaoke. Join a pie-eating contest with famous Parkdale Grange pies.

After more than three decades of nurturing young minds at Bright Beginnings School, longtime educator Scott Rumsey died unexpectedly on Monday, leaving a profound impact on the Hood River community and an uncertain future for the preschool he co-founded.

Hood River is gearing up to welcome the return of the third annual Hood River Pride Celebration on June 6 and 7. A testament to the community’s ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusivity, the collaboration between Visit Hood River, the Columbia Gorge Pride Alliance, The Next Door, Inc., and the Hood River Hotel honors the LGBTQIA+ community and its allies through various inclusive and unifying activities. All are invited to join in the festivities and celebrate the region’s vibrant diversity.

Gorge Giggin Guide Goes Streamline! This abbreviated column provides a guide for some of the best events on tap for the week. Not finding what your need? Check out the CCCNews events guide calendar for the gorge-wide comprehensive listing.

Everyone can fish, clam, and crab for free in Oregon on Saturday and Sunday, June 7-8, 2025. No fishing/shellfish licenses or tags (including a Combined Angling Tag or Columbia River Basin Endorsement or Two-Rod Validation) are required on these days.

TechStart is proud to give Kylin Elliott the award of TechStart 2025 Girl Technology Student of the Year. Kylin is a student at Hood River Valley High School, with approximately 1,100 students, located in Hood River, Oregon.

After decades in the orchard, one thing’s clear: American agriculture isn’t failing. It’s being held back, stalled in a system built to benefit everyone but the people growing the food.

When the U.S. government slapped tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum in 2018—25% on steel and 10% on aluminum—it didn’t take long for the blowback to hit American farmers.

Curious about the ever-expanding alphabet that describes the queer community? Feel shy about asking a sensitive question? Concerned about the safety of people in your life with diverse identities? Just want to know more? This is the event for you.

 A commercial trailer fire Tuesday night, May 13, temporarily shut down traffic along Highway 97 near milepost 66, according to Oregon State Police.

Nearly 40 percent of residents in Klickitat and Skamania counties are served by Washington Gorge Action Programs (WAGAP). While poverty has been on the decline since 2015, rates are still higher than the rest of the state, and gaps in income inequality are increasing.

Starting this August, residents around the Columbia River Gorge will have a unique opportunity to learn whitewater hard-shell kayaking for no cost this summer, thanks to a kayak progression program aimed at diversifying paddle sports in the region.