North Wasco County School District’s Stephanie Bowen put together this series of photos of staff and students jumping into spring activities during the past few weeks.

Five kits are available to help reduce startup costs and to inspire people thinking about starting a childcare operation. Kits offer new providers various supplies for caring for children. The kit includes essentials like diapers, wipes, a bottle warmer, child-safe silverware, plates, and bowls.

Enrique Reyna, 29, of The Dalles takes a quick corner with a zeor-turn Kubota mower this morning, April 5, as winds and light rain blasted from the west at Thompson Track. Temperatures were in the high 30s and apparently much colder atop the Columbia Hills above Dallesport as you can see they were capped with some white stuff in the last 24 hours.

“Making the Final Four of the U.S. Open is definitely something to be proud of and there will be some new hardware for the trophy case at TDHS on Friday.”

The Next Door’s Youth Drop-In Center is now open at its location in The Dalles at 1113 Kelly Avenue. What started as an idea to help young people in the Gorge who are experiencing or are at risk of houselessness, or who just don’t feel safe at home, has become a beautiful and hope-filled reality.

Michael Duncan, 22, of The Dalles is welcoming back customers into the dining room at Burgerville after a two-year hiatus prompted by a little pandemic. The Burgerville Manager said he was stoked to be opening the doors this morning, March 29.

“Oh!” exclaimed Karen Murphy, laughing, when I asked her what her and Steve Murray are planting this year. “How much time do you have?”

Gorge robotics students from The Dalles took top honors at the Oregon State VEX Robotics Championships recently and will advance to the World Finals in Dallas, Texas, May 5-7.

The Gorge Youth Mentoring program at The Next Door has persevered through the pandemic and is changing youths lives for the better.

Wednesday, March 21 was a technicolor knockout in the Gorge with temperatures above 70 degrees and those oh-so-special daylight savings extending afternoon activities. Tom McCall Point Trail atop Rowena Loops was bustling with activity as sightseers and hikers took the trails to stumble on fields of purple, yellow and crimson.

Julio Calderon, 25, of The Dalles and Martin Leon, 45, work getting the groundwork done for some pathways at Smoke Wring BBQ in The Dalles this morning, Monday, March 21.

Our hope at CCC News is that having this space dedicated to being curious about other people’s experiences can help us to deepen our understanding of people from all walks of life. This week's question is: What was your best maskless experience this week?

Serious Theater is holding auditions for their first production of the 2022 season, “The Stinky Cheese Man”. Though the characters may be familiar, each of your favorite storybook fables is cunningly derailed in this adaptation of Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith's children's book of fractured fairy tales.

A collaboration with Portland-based artist Shelly Durica-Laiche and a group of metal fabrication students at Columbia Gorge Community College has paid off in a dynamic new display on the corner of 4th and Washington streets in The Dalles.

Like the smell of that clean shirt? Those brilliant slacks, fresh from the dryer? Pretty sweet, huh? It was never quite so easy. Learn more about the tortured past of laundry in this exciting new exhibition at the Hood River History Museum.

After careful consideration, North Wasco County School District will be moving to make masks optional for students and staff in our school buildings and district properties on March 14th.

Residents of The Dalles tell us about their involvement in local politics and why. Google continues to be a hot topic around town as a recent deal for two new data centers will require millions of gallons of water daily. Others simply were unsure about how to have an impact locally.

Back in September of 2021, Nick Freeman wasn’t expecting to find an owl. Let alone capture, rescue, and release it five months later.

The action unfolds at St. Peter’s Landmark Thursday, Mar. 17, starting at 7 p.m. So, ye best be off the Jameson and on to the harmonies, my wee friend.

Do you want to become a teacher but can’t move out of The Columbia Gorge to get the needed education? Here’s a solution.