New! Gorge Gigging Guide Highlights gives you a quick look at the week ahead in music, comedy, performance, festivals, and more! It’s a Great Way to get a handle on planning for the Best in what The Gorge has to offer! 

On Monday, August 4, 2025, the City of The Dalles Public Works will begin work on Trevitt St. between W 10th St. and W 11th St. to replace and upgrade a water main.

The Dalles Public Library is going all in for the final stretch of summer reading with a week packed full of high-energy events. From a Pokémon scavenger hunt and movie day to science festivals, dance performances, and hands-on art projects, this is your chance to level up your summer. Whether you're battling in Smash Bros., dissecting owl pellets, or learning to make clay earrings, there's something for all ages to enjoy.

The 2025 Northwest cherry harvest is wrapping up. The trees gave us some of the best fruit we’ve seen in years—firm, sweet, and picture-perfect. But once again, growers across the region are left shaking their heads and tightening their belts. Because what came in the paycheck didn’t reflect the quality of the crop.

For the last several months, The Next Door Inc.’s (TNDI) bilingual Marketing Coordinator and staff members have collaborated to develop TNDI’s first fully translated website in Spanish. TNDI is proud to announce that Spanish-speaking community members and partners can now learn more about The Next Door and its programs at www.nextdoorincespanol.org! 

Main Street First Friday is back for some Hot August Nights this Friday, August 1st, in beautiful downtown The Dalles. Join our businesses after hours as they stay open late and bring the heat with live music, food & drink deals, and business discounts starting at 5 pm.

Empty Bowls fundraiser returns Sept. 26 to fight hunger in the Gorge The event will be held at the CGFB warehouse, 3525 Crates Way in The Dalles. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., with the program beginning at 7 p.m.

On Wednesday July 30, 2025 the City of The Dalles Public Works will begin work on a sanitary sewer main repair in the alley between E 1st St. & E 2nd St. on Court St.

New! Gorge Gigging Guide Highlights gives you a quick look at the week ahead in music, comedy, performance, festivals, and more! It’s a Great Way to get a handle on planning for the Best in what The Gorge has to offer! 

On Monday, August 4, 2025, the City of The Dalles Public Works will begin work on Trevitt St. between W 10th St. and W 11th St. to replace and upgrade a water main.

The week of July 28, 2025, City crews and contractors will apply fog seal to all streets that received chip seal treatment last month.

It’s a week of big creativity and even bigger fun at The Dalles Public Library. Whether you’re building cardboard castles, solving supernatural mysteries, dancing at City Park, or crafting story-scented candles, there’s something magical waiting for everyone. Come for the games, stay for the joy—and don’t forget your library card!

I’ve spent my life growing fruit in the Columbia River Gorge—pears, sweet cherries, and yes, my family has grown peaches in the past. I’ve supported our local creameries and watched our dairy farms fight to survive. So you can imagine how it felt to realize we’re now importing the very foods we produce so well right here at home.

 A new series of community classes will offer local caregivers tools to better support children who have experienced trauma, as part of a growing initiative rooted in Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) — a therapeutic model designed to promote healing and trust in children from hard places.

The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce invites all residents of Wasco County and the neighboring communities to help shine a spotlight on the individuals and businesses that make our region extraordinary by submitting nominations for the 2025 Distinguished Citizens Awards.

New! Gorge Gigging Guide Highlights gives you a quick look at the week ahead in music, comedy, performance, festivals, and more! It’s a Great Way to get a handle on planning for the Best in what The Gorge has to offer! 

The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce is once again rallying the community to support youth agriculture by organizing a Chamber Pool for the upcoming Wasco County Fair Youth Livestock Auction.

On Wednesday, July 30, 2025, the City of The Dalles Public Works will begin work on a sanitary sewer main repair in the alley between E 1st St. & E 2nd St. on Court St.

Mid-Columbia Community Action Council (MCCAC) is pleased to announce that Leslie Naramore has been hired as the agency’s Executive Director. Leslie will officially begin her new role on August 1 after serving as Interim Executive Director since February of this year.

Economic Development District, as operator of The Link Public Transportation, and the City of The Dalles have partnered to offer a free 12-month Gorge Transit Pass to residents living in and employees working in The Dalles’ Central Business Commercial zoning district!