I’ve been thinking a lot about the American dollar. Not the paper itself, but the worth behind it. What should a dollar really be? What should it buy? What does it stand for? From where I sit—on a tractor seat in the cherry orchards of The Dalles—there’s a growing sense that a dollar just doesn’t stretch like it used to. Inputs are up. Groceries are up. Fuel is up. And while prices climb, the value of hard work seems to shrink.

This Week it’s Cover Band Mania - The Beatles, Pink Floyd - and that’s just the start of a Huge Week of Music! Check out the CCCNews events guide calendar for the gorge-wide comprehensive listing.

Washington Gorge Action Programs (WAGAP) is launching the Driving Leadership Scholarship, a new opportunity designed to support young leaders from low-income households in Klickitat and Skamania Counties by removing transportation as a key barrier to growth.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pride returns to the Columbia River Gorge with a full day of celebration, visibility, and community at Skamania Pride 2025 on Sunday, June 8 in downtown Stevenson, Washington.

Northwest Bluegrass and Old time bands are in TD tonight for a three-day fest. Whiskey Deaf Duet with Stumptown String Band kick the events off tonight, May 30 at the Granada Theatre. All your entertainment news gorge wide here.

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.

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.

Bargeway celebrates a 6 Year Anniversary at the end of May - and that’s just the tip of the Gorge Gigging Guide that keeps you in the know! Get ready for The Ruins Tuesday Season Opener, Fun Community Events like the Sorosis Park Rock Snake Project, Plus - More Gigs, Stage Productions, Movies, Comedy and More!

NW Cherry Fest is All Weekend in TD, and the Fun just spreads throughout The Gorge faster than a Cherry Pie Eating Contest. Go nuclear at Everybody’s Brewing in White Salmon on Monday, April 28 with some Surf Rock with Tom Connelly

Oregon Music Hall of Famer Jerry Joseph stops by the Ruins on Friday as the guitarist from Portland travels the world and war-torn countries and even holds a school of rock for displaced teens. Check out our Giggin’ Guide Gorgewide.

Bargeway Drops the April show List, The Griffin House concerts get an Early Start, the Hood River Cider Fest is on the Horizon and Comedy returns to Route 30. Put on your shades, cause this mo’ gettin’ rosy.

Trombonist Natalie Cressman and guitarist Ian Faquini bring their love of Brazilian songbook, jazz, Impressionism and sophisticated pop songcraft to the Ruins in HR on Friday. Wines on Second in TD goes Beatles Sing-A-Long on Saturday. That’s just one layer to this Giggin’ Glass Onion.

Underground Music Station in Hood River is bringing in the Bang Bang Experience; Bargeway Pub smokin’ with Willie & Nelson; Gorge Giggin’ Guide unseasonably hot in Spring 2025.

The First Day of Spring, March 20, is prompting more gigs and events than hillside full of balsamroot. So, come along and pick a bouquet of fantastic entertainment events that are popping up all over the Gorge and clicking like a pack a pika.

An anonymous local donor has offered up to $15,000 for others to match to support the work of Washington Gorge Action Programs (WAGAP) in Skamania and Klickitat counties. The offer is open through April and can support any of the agencies’ programs.