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Senator Merkley Recognizes MCCAC, Talks Housing, January 6th Insurrection at Wasco County Town Hall

Senator Merkley Recognizes MCCAC, Talks Housing, January 6th Insurrection at Wasco County Town Hall

Cole Goodwin
The Dalles, Wasco County, Home Page

U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley held an in-person town hall at the Fort Dalles Readiness Center in The Dalles, OR on Friday, January 13th, from 1-2 p.m. Many community members were in attendance and asked questions on a number of topics including housing, healthcare, minimum wage, the disappearance of town halls across the nation, the January 6th insurrection and more.

COVID Emergency funding coming to end; OR Health Plan Coverage, food benefits to change

COVID Emergency funding coming to end; OR Health Plan Coverage, food benefits to change

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

Federal funding to stabilize people during the COVID-19 public health emergency is set to run out. This reduction will affect some 300,000 people utilizing the Oregon Health Plan who will no longer qualify. In addition, extended long-term support, providing extra food benefits are also coming to an end. Find out what to do here.

Oregon Veteran Home Loan Max Loan Limit Increases in 2023

Oregon Veteran Home Loan Max Loan Limit Increases in 2023

Columbia Community Connection
Home Page, The Dalles, Wasco County

The Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs (ODVA) will increase the maximum loan limit for the Oregon Veteran Home Loan for 2023, conforming to loan limits for mortgages set by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). ODVA will now accept loans up to the new maximum loan amount of $726,200, an increase of $79,000 from $647,200 in 2022, for funding on or after January 1, 2023. 

The Gorge is Gaming it: Music, Scrabble, Poker, Pool all options this week in entertainment

The Gorge is Gaming it: Music, Scrabble, Poker, Pool all options this week in entertainment

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

Games abound in this week’s round-up of local social events, music offerings and local shows. Scrabble, pool and poker options sit along side productions such as Dancing with the Gorge Stars at The Dalles High School Auditorium or “Ripchord” at the Bingen Theater.

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.

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