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Salvation Army on the move; building up for sale for $1.65 million

Salvation Army on the move; building up for sale for $1.65 million

Tom Peterson
Business, Home Page, The Dalles, Wasco County

Another move downtown has the commercial district shaking. The Salvation Army is headed east to a leased building on Second Street and their old digs are up for sale for $1.65 million. The 0.29-acre lot with 24,000 square feet of building space and 10,000 square feet of parking provides a lot of potential to a would-be investor. Housing, restaurants, food carts? Who knows. Time will tell.

Judge finds fish impacts minimal clearing way for Walmart in TD; Legal wrangling, however, not likely over

Judge finds fish impacts minimal clearing way for Walmart in TD; Legal wrangling, however, not likely over

Tom Peterson
Business, Home Page, The Dalles, Wasco County

A recent order by Oregon Administrative Law Judge Jennifer Rackstraw concludes that minimal impacts at most would come to endangered species such as steelhead and Chinook if wetlands are removed in the construction of a Walmart supercenter in The Dalles. She found the public benefits outweighed some degree of wetland destruction and degradation, stream and river pollution, fish mortality, and wildlife mortality and displacement.

Local Family to Anchor Downtown TD with Natural Grocery & Deli, Health Hub

Local Family to Anchor Downtown TD with Natural Grocery & Deli, Health Hub

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

The Steltzer family recently purchased the former Chronicle building at 315 Federal Street with the intent of renovating the building for a natural food grocery and deli as well as creating space for six other like-minded businesses. The project will transform the building which has been shuttered since the summer of 2018. They hope to be open in late spring or early summer of 2023.

Houseless Community Member Hospitalized Due to Hypothermia Will Receive Shelter

Houseless Community Member Hospitalized Due to Hypothermia Will Receive Shelter

Cole Goodwin
Home Page, The Dalles, Wasco County, Weather

A community member who is experiencing houselessness has been hospitalized due severe hypothermia from prolonged exposure to the winter weather. City of The Dalles Police, community members, local health services, the Department of Human Services, and Mid-Columbia Community Action Council responded to the incident in a timely manner resulting in the administering of lifesaving care and securing shelter for the individual.

Brewer's Grade, Viemeister, Aaron Meyer: rushing the stage this weekend

Brewer's Grade, Viemeister, Aaron Meyer: rushing the stage this weekend

Tom Peterson
Art, Business, Columns, Education, Entertainment, History, Home Page, Hood River County, Klickitat County, Wasco County

We’re coming into a manic weekend as the days count down to Christmas. And the presents are already dropping as art, music and entertainment are piling up like packages at the post office. This weekend brings us Brewer’s Grade, Anna Veimeister and Aaron Myer to name just a few. Check our latest here and stuff your stocking with some good times.

Pick of the week: Moe Dixon pickin' with the Barrs in HR on Friday, Dec. 2.

Pick of the week: Moe Dixon pickin' with the Barrs in HR on Friday, Dec. 2.

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

Moe Dixon and Tess and Patrik Barr will play a free show at Riverside Community Church in Hood River on Friday, Dec. 2nd at noon. Dixon will also play The Pines in HR starting at 6 p.m. Miles From Nowhere, a four-piece band from Central Oregon will bring a set filled with Classic Rock, Blues, Country and Alternative to Zim’s in TD on Saturday, Dec. 3, starting at 7 p.m.

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