Main Street First Friday is back this week Friday April 4th with another great night of specials, live music, sales and new vendors for our Spring Release!

The Dalles Art Center (TDAC) is proud to present a captivating new exhibit showcasing original artwork of conservation species featured in Angela Goldsmith’s latest book, Curious Animals of the Pacific Northwest.

The Columbia Gorge Early Learning & Resilience Center (ELRC) has been a project long in the making.  The intent of the project is to remodel Chenowith Middle School on the west side of The Dalles,  Oregon, to allow for community-based supports and transform it into a child care center for up to 200  children.

On Monday, March 31, 2025, the City of The Dalles Public Works will begin work on E 9th St. at the intersection with Quinton St. to replace and upgrade a sanitary sewer main and a storm sewer main.

The Children’s Wing of The Dalles Public Library was packed Monday afternoon as families gathered to watch The Reluctant Dragon, a spring break puppet performance presented by Dragon Theater.

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.

Kiwanis meetings are held every Thursday at noon at Spooky’s, and visitors are welcome.

In fact, AI is such an imprecise and even misleading term that I usually cringe when I hear it. AI can sometimes fool humans, but it has never been shown to be self-aware, which is a fundamental part of intelligence as far as I’m concerned.

Sons of the American Legion Donate $5,000 to Youth Empowerment Shelter

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.

Dennis Morgan, a true renaissance man and civic leader, is the Principal Broker and Manager at Copperwest Real Estate in The Dalles. We talk housing stocks, home prices, history, kids, rafting, theatre and interest rates in this all-out CCCNews podcast about TD.  

A quick-thinking customer prevented a potentially devastating fire at Raindrop Laundry in The Dalles on Sunday

On Monday, March 17, 2025, the City of The Dalles Public Works will patch a street cut on Mt. Hood St. between W 10th St. and W 11th St., weather permitting. The street was cut earlier in the month to replace and upgrade a water main.

This Dalles Main Street’s What’s up The Dalles podcast features all the latest news on fun downtown events, breaking business news, and insight into local businesses and people that keep The Dalles ticking.

March is louder than a gaggle of Bagpipers at a St. Paddy’s Day Parade. Irish events are runnin’ on like a tap of unattended Guinness as parties pour into weekend events this year at the Bargeway. Bands will be more common than 4-leaf clover in a pasture of peat. Latch yourself onto this leprechaun of gigs and force it to give up it’s entertainment gold.

Northern Wasco County Public Utility District (PUD) has issued a safety alert regarding reports of individuals impersonating PUD staff and contractors.

The City of The Dalles and Saint Vincent de Paul (SVDP) have jointly agreed to the dismissal of the public nuisance lawsuit the City filed against SVDP in the fall of 2023.

The Dalles Cascade Singers and The-Almost-All-Irish-Almost-All-Brass-Band present the annual St. Patrick’s Day fundraiser at St. Peter’s Landmark.

The Dalles High School held a signing day ceremony for Senior Laci Hoylman, on Thursday, March 4th, at 3 p.m. to celebrate the continuation of her education and her volleyball career at Oregon Institute of Technology.

The City of The Dalles has contracted Crestline Construction to provide sanitary, storm, sidewalk, and roadway reconstruction on W 6th Street between Hostetler Way and to the South of the Snipes Intersection.