OSU Master Gardeners will resume their annual “Saturdays at The DIG” Summer Gardening Series with All About Cherries on Saturday, July 10th at 9 a.m. where attendees will learn about our local cherry industry and the numerous cherry varieties grown here—including some varieties still in trial.

Lawson Lundberg was thought to be speech delayed and possibly needing special education after being born 5 weeks early. Surprise! The three-year-old was recently found to have an IQ of 151. Know he wants to donate to charity by painting geographic locations in exchange for contributions to the March of Dimes, which helped him when he was born. Lawson recently painted The Dalles city limits seen here - from memory.

With the onset of extremely hot temperatures in the region over the next few days, WAGAP is opening a Cooling Center at the site adjacent to the Hegewald Center at 710 SW Rock Creek Drive in Stevenson, Washington beginning tomorrow Saturday, June 26 through Tuesday, June 29.

Helping Hands Against Violence announces the opening of Millie’s Place Child Care Center in September in downtown Hood River. Helping Hands is also offering Millie’s Mobile Play and Learn Sessions starting in July. Learn more about the outdoor family-based preschool here.

Andrew Halm, 36, Goldendale’s first openly Gay City Councilor is on a mission to spread love throughout his community by giving out free Pride flags and organizing Goldendale’s first Gay Pride event.

Juneteenth Becomes a Federal Holiday. Local people and activists say it’s long overdue but happy it’s happening.

Gorge Youth Mentoring (GYM), a program of The Next Door, announces its summer-time virtual fundraiser: GYM Gets You Moving! First, choose your adventure: walk, run, bike, or some combination of all three. Register for the event, create your online profile and choose how many miles you’ll complete before August 5th. Adult registration is $50, kids ages 5-17 are $25.

Gorge Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, located at the Hood River Airport, hosted an Awards Evening on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, to honor its top cadets. Find out who right here.

Your guide to celebrating Pride in the gorge!

Since our inception, CCCNews has worked to reach out to our community in both English and Spanish. You can easily translate our website to Spanish with a simple click. Here’s how to do it.

More than a hundred bidders helped raise over $21,000 to support student scholarships when Columbia Gorge Community College Foundation held its “Saddle Up & Celebrate” online auction this spring.

A day to live incredibly- Graduation 2021 TDHS

Put on your swim shorts and bathing suits and get ready for some free swimming in The Dalles and Hood River! The pools are offering free passes for families that have a financial need.

During this time of shut down, the Mid-Columbia Senior Center Board has come up with a list of facility improvement projects that are easier done now without our busy people traffic when The Center opens up. Read about them and the vendor fair for Saturday, June 5, here.

Health Officials have upped the ante on vaccinations. Any Wasco County resident who gets vaccinated at the mobile clinic in The Dalles will receive a $50 VISA card. Find out how here.

The Portland Comedy Film Festival will screen 200+ short comedy films at the gorgeous Sunshine Mill Winery located in The Dalles from June 10-13, 2021. Read more about it here.

TD Public Library Opens Back Up

The Dalles Kiwanis have a loaded schedule for its weekly programs this June. Lisa Commander, education director at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, and Andrea Klaas, executive director of Port of The Dalles, will be speaking in their areas of expertise. And then finish it off with a cool one with Steve Light from Freebridge Brewing. Check out the schedule here.

Over 200 local businesses took advantage of the free supplies.

Museum operators and floozies are back in business. The Queen of the West docked this morning at 10 a.m. and some 78 passengers disembarked for a tour of our little corner of the world. They had money to spend.