Bark at the Moon: Halloween on full tilt in Gorge Entertainment

Spooky stories, haunted humor, Hallo-wine, pumpkin parade - The Gorge has gone all out Jekyll and Hyde this season. Check out what’s happening here in Gorge Entertainment.

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Education, Home Page, The Dalles North Wasco County School District 21 Education, Home Page, The Dalles North Wasco County School District 21

TD High School Bond polling kicks off this week

D21 Chief Financial Officer Kara Flath has been working collaboratively with the Wasco County Tax Assessor’s office over the last several months to ensure estimated tax numbers related to the potential bond coincide with the most recent tax assessments. These numbers will help the district better understand, and subsequently respond, to concerns regarding the bond cost when it comes to individual impacts.

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Celebrating Indigenous People’s Day in the Gorge

The City of Hood River offices was closed today, October 10th, 2022 in observance of Indigenous People’s Day, a holiday honoring Indigenous communities and to commemorate their history, culture and resiliency. Keep reading to learn more about how to celebrate this important day in the Gorge.

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Education, History, Home Page, The Dalles Tom Peterson Education, History, Home Page, The Dalles Tom Peterson

Is this building worth another $76,000?

At first sight, it seems a no-brainer. It could be a great annex to the park and a possible future location for tourism-related functions while providing an historic billboard to Interstate 84. TD City Council is set to ponder the future of the Gitchell building, which sits next to Lewis & Clark Park off First Street. The meeting is scheduled for tonight, Oct. 10, starting at 5:30 p.m.

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Walk of the Town: City-wide walking tour allows residents and visitors alike to celebrate art, history, and what makes The Dalles unique

Life is in the details. And this week’s column by Sarah Cook calls out many of those in our own backyard. It’s easy to get tunnel vision and want to just get from A to B. But Cook shows us, if you take your foot off the gas for a moment, and grab a local guide app, there is some pretty cool stuff we walk past in TD without even noticing.

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Home Page, The Dalles, Wasco County Cole Goodwin Home Page, The Dalles, Wasco County Cole Goodwin

Even a car crash can't kill the vibe at RainDrop Laundry

A customer of RainDrop Laundry accidentally drove through their storefront located at 2634 W 6th St in The Dalles at 9:38 a.m. this morning. Cindy Nimmo said she was sitting behind the drop-off counter on the phone with Bohn’s printing when suddenly a car came crashing through the front door, scaring the daylights out of her.

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The Dalles, Home Page, Education Cole Goodwin The Dalles, Home Page, Education Cole Goodwin

Sense of Place Lecture Series Returns October 19th with Lamprey Education

Mt. Adams Institute will host a unique Sense of Place event, Bloodsucker, Eel, Asum, Ksuyas, Parasite, Lamprey: Many Names, but What Does it Mean to Us? October 19, 2022. The presentation, by Ralph Lampman, which includes live lamprey, will be offered in-person at the Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River, Oregon, and via livestream.

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Columns, Environment, Home Page, The Dalles Tom Peterson Columns, Environment, Home Page, The Dalles Tom Peterson

TD Grad takes up paddle to Finish PCT by Boat

All things must come to an end. And such is the state of the journey for TD’s Emily Peterson who will hit Canada shortly. Fires ended her hiking journey on Monday as the last 30 miles of the trail remained closed. But she was not to be deterred. She and hiker friend Sandals rented a canoe and are paddling the last 22 miles via Ross Lake.

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The Dalles Wasco County Library Announces Oct. Line up of Storytelling, Arts & Crafts, Nerf Wars, and more

The Dalles Wasco County Library has a schedule packed with fun seasonal activities this October, including a Samhain lore from Master Storyteller William Hornyak, a humans vs zombies nerf war for ages 13-18, virtual author talks, a drawing workshop with renowned cartoonist Rick Stromoski, a tattoo inking tutorial from local award winning tattoo artist Jacob Hanks, sugar skull take and make kits for Day of the Dead, pizza and legos night and much much more!

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