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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.

Apr 1

Apr 1 TD Community Group All Set to Clean Up in Outer Space

Positive News, Home Page, Wasco County

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.

Mar 31

Mar 31 The Next Door and The Gorge Pride Alliance Partner to form LGBT+ Youth Leadership Group

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.

Mar 30

Mar 30 Bring on the Pollinators!

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

Mar 30

Mar 30 The Dalles Houseless Shelters to Remain Open Until September

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.

Mar 29

Mar 29 The Dalles Lock Set to Open After Emergency Repairs

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.

Mar 29

Mar 29 TD Driver Alert: Detours in Place for Major Downtown Intersection

Tom Peterson

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.

Mar 25

Mar 25 OUT Dance Project Goes on Virtual Tour Across Rural Oregon

Columbia Community Connection

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.

Mar 25

Mar 25 Tony’s Town & Country: Wrecking Ball or Overhaul?

Tom Peterson

Business, Home Page, Wasco County

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.

Mar 24

Mar 24 CCC News is Giving Pollinator Friendly Native Seeds to Our Supporters

Home Page, Positive News, Wasco County

Support us by starting a friendship with CCC News by April 2nd to receive a little bit of spring in your mailbox!

Mar 24

Mar 24 TD Varsity Soccer Girls Wake Up After Score, Punish Pendleton, 3-1

Xavier Orion-Olaez

Home Page, Sports, Wasco County

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

Mar 23

Mar 23 PSP Reports Pesticides in Wasco Watersheds Are At Lowest Ever

Washington Gorge Action Programs

Positive News, Home Page, Wasco County

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

Mar 23

Mar 23 WAGAP Receives $2M in Grant Funds to Prevent Evictions

Home Page, Klickitat County, Wasco County

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

Mar 22

Mar 22 MCCAC Awarded $3 Million to Address Houselessness

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.

Mar 22

Mar 22 La Salle Prep bests The Dalles Riverhawks in 5A battle

Xavier Orion-Olaez

Sports, Home Page, Wasco County

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

Mar 20

Mar 20 Wasco County Special Election Update: Final Candidate List