When she was just seven years old, Jayson asked Josie if she wanted to play a bigger role in their family’s giving to a local homeless shelter. Josie jumped at the chance, though she wasn’t exactly sure what he meant at that point.

North Central Public Health District (NCPHD) is holding a vaccine clinic this Saturday, April 3, with the one- dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. To sign up for the clinic, please visit our website at www.ncphd.org.

Over the past three years local transgender business owner, herbal healer, author, poet, and anti-racism workshop leader, Keath Silva has been deeply immersed in social justice and activism studies that have influenced his work in major ways.

The Dalles is known for it’s love of community clean ups, but this group is taking community clean up to a whole new level.

The Columbia Gorge Pride Alliance and The Next Door are looking for 10 LGBTQIA+ youth to sit on a LGBTQIA+ youth council in Hood River and Wasco Counties.

Local conservationists in Hood River and Wasco Counties have teamed up to offer technical and financial assistance to fruit growers for pollinator habitat improvements.

The Dalles Houseless Shelters will not be shutting down operation on March 31st thanks to some hard digging into Municipal code by The City of The Dalles in partnership with Mid Columbia Community Action Council. The City of The Dalles has decided that the temporary shelter site operated by MCCAC is within the public right-of-way* and the City has granted MCCAC a temporary license to use the right-of-way to continue operating a temporary shelter site effective April 1st.

The locks were originally set to reopen on the 21st but ten additional days of repairs became necessary due to the discovery of cracking in the downstream miter gate during annual inspections by engineers.

Road construction crews started in on a repaving project at the intersection of Jefferson and Third streets this morning, creating a detour for drivers while the project is underway for the next several days. Read more here.

Countering the myth that all LGBTQ+ people live in the city, the OUT Dance Project is launching a virtual tour of stories and dance from rural LGBTQ+ people from across Oregon.

Urban Renewal is bent on creating nice spaces downtown The Dalles in an effort to rev up the local economy through increased tourism and trade. But do they need to teardown Tony’s Town and Country at 401 E. 2nd St. to get it done? Read more here.

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The Dalles Riverhawks varsity girls soccer team played a phenomenal game against The Pendleton Buckaroos at on Tuesday.

The Pesticide Stewardship Partnership program has reported a downward trend in pesticide detections over the last ten years.

Renters and landlords in Skamania and Klickitat Counties may be eligible to apply

Mid-Columbia Community Action Council (MCCAC) has been awarded $3,123,616 to support regional efforts to address houselessness and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Dalles Riverhawks faced off against La Salle Prep Falcons last Friday night at 7 PM.

Monday March 22, 2021, the City of The Dalles Public Works will begin installation of a sanitary sewer main on East Scenic Drive between the entrance to Columbia Gorge Community College and the entrance to Sorosis Park.

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