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From Punk to Pop local venues will rock... music, dancing, movies and more this weekend

From Punk to Pop local venues will rock... music, dancing, movies and more this weekend

Jim Drake
Art, Columns, Education, Entertainment, Home Page, Hood River County, Klickitat County, Wasco County, The Dalles

Entertainment abounds this month with shows on tap at Working Hands Beer, Zim’s, Bargeway, Ruins, TD Civic, Grateful Vineyard, Everybody’s Brewing, Easter Bunny, Mid-Columbia Car Club Cruise-in, Double Mountain, River City Saloon, Cider Fest, Paint Night, Rockford Grange Hall, Granada, TD Library.

Were Cherry Blossoms tough enough to endure this morning's snowstorm?

Were Cherry Blossoms tough enough to endure this morning's snowstorm?

Tom Peterson
Business, Environment, Home Page, Hood River County, The Dalles, Wasco County, Weather

Tough Enough? Mike Omeg said neither he nor any of his workmates can remember a snow when cherry trees were in blossom in the past 50 years. Local cherry trees hit with snow during the blooming season avoided freezing temperatures. Omeg said that bodes well for this summer’s crop. But it’s a long road to June.

Columbia Gorge Education District Receives $200K Grant to Diversify Access to Career Technology Education

Columbia Gorge Education District Receives $200K Grant to Diversify Access to Career Technology Education

Columbia Community Connection
Education, Home Page, The Dalles, Wasco County, Hood River County

Across the state and in the Columbia Gorge, boys outnumber girls roughly three to one in engineering-related courses. Students of color are similarly underrepresented in those courses. Now over $200,000 of investment is headed to Hood River County and South Wasco County school districts in the Gorge to diversify access to engineering, computer science, and advanced manufacturing courses.

National Scenic Area, a century in the making

National Scenic Area, a century in the making

Columbia Community Connection
Columns, Environment, Klickitat County, Hood River County, Wasco County, The Dalles, Home Page

Whether you are new to the Columbia River Gorge, or have been here for a long while, you have probably heard about the Columbia River Gorge Commission and wondered who they are. This is the first of a series of columns to bring you up to speed and keep you connected with the Gorge Commission’s plans and actions and how they affect communities and lands within the National Scenic Area (NSA).

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