Mar 24

Mar 24 TDHS Robotics Team Wins State Championship, Advances to World Competition

Education, Home Page, The Dalles, Wasco County, Positive News

Gorge robotics students from The Dalles took top honors at the Oregon State VEX Robotics Championships recently and will advance to the World Finals in Dallas, Texas, May 5-7.

Mar 24

Mar 24 Mentors & Friends, Gorge Youth Mentoring Perseveres Through a Pandemic

The Next Door

The Dalles, Wasco County, Positive News, Home Page

The Gorge Youth Mentoring program at The Next Door has persevered through the pandemic and is changing youths lives for the better.

Mar 24

Mar 24 The Dalles Gets New PC Gaming Center

Cole Goodwin

Entertainment, Home Page, Business, The Dalles, Wasco County

CyberMind Gaming is exactly what it sounds like… a haven for PC gamers from around the Gorge. “I wanted to have a safe place where my kids, and other youth in our community can play games together, have fun, and stay out of trouble,” said Tyler Smith, Owner.

Mar 23

Mar 23 Klebes to head City of TD in years of growth

Tom Peterson

Home Page, The Dalles

The Dalles City Council officially hired Matthew Klebes as the new City Manager of The Dalles this evening, March 23.
Klebes, who is the current Wasco County Administrative Services Director, will start with the City on May 16.

Mar 23

Mar 23 Local Transit needs to hear from you about bus routes

Tom Peterson

Home Page

Wasco County, the Mid-Columbia Economic Development District, and the Link Public Transit will present recommendations and future opportunities for public transportation in Wasco County through an on-line open house March 28th – April 8th.

Mar 23

Mar 23 Gorge Delivering on Flower Power

Tom Peterson

Positive News

Wednesday, March 21 was a technicolor knockout in the Gorge with temperatures above 70 degrees and those oh-so-special daylight savings extending afternoon activities. Tom McCall Point Trail atop Rowena Loops was bustling with activity as sightseers and hikers took the trails to stumble on fields of purple, yellow and crimson.

Mar 22

Mar 22 First Friday Event Series in Downtown The Dalles Begins April 1st

Cole Goodwin

The Dalles, Home Page

Downtown The Dalles will be "Alive after Five" with multiple businesses partnering and hosting local makers and artisans in their spaces for. "Love Where You Live" is the theme for the first scheduled "1st Friday" in Downtown The Dalles. This ongoing event kicks off on April 1st from 5p.m.-8p.m.

Mar 22

Mar 22 Music and Entertainment abounds this Spring Break

Jim Drake

Art, Columns, Entertainment, Home Page

Coming shows and events at The Ruins, Granada, Last Stop Saloon, Zim’s, Route 30, TD Civic Auditorium, Riverside Community Church, Mosier Company, Working Hands Beer, Everybody’s Brewing, Grateful Vineyard, TD Wasco County Library, TD Eagles, The Pines, TD First Friday.

Mar 22

Mar 22 Manciu indicted on 5 counts of sex abuse

Tom Peterson

Home Page

Ryan Christopher Manciu, 44, of The Dalles was indicted on March 17, on five counts of second-degree sex abuse that allegedly occurred between Feb. 1 and March 13 of 2022 in Wasco County, according to Wasco County Court Records.

Mar 21

Mar 21 Muddy Monday

Tom Peterson

Obituary, Positive News

Julio Calderon, 25, of The Dalles and Martin Leon, 45, work getting the groundwork done for some pathways at Smoke Wring BBQ in The Dalles this morning, Monday, March 21.

Mar 21

Mar 21 Wasco, Hood River, Sherman Counties See 50% Increase In People Experiencing Houselessness

Mid-Columbia Community Action Council

The Dalles, Home Page

“In order to best understand how to address houselessness we need to have solid data that assists with our decision-making,” said Kenny LaPoint, Executive Director of Mid Columbia Community Action Council. “We are grateful for the many partners and community volunteers who came together to make the 2022 Count a success.”

Mar 21

Mar 21 Trooper rams Mustang to prevent possible head-on collision on I-84 in The Dalles

Tom Peterson

Home Page, The Dalles, Hood River County

Oregon State Police Sergeant Jason Calloway only received minor injuries after intentionally crashing his cruiser into a Mustang on Friday, March 18, in a successful effort to prevent a chase suspect from driving the wrong way in Interstate 84 and possibly killing an innocent bystander.

Mar 19

Mar 19 Question of the week: What was your best maskless experience this week?

Tom Peterson

Positive News

Our hope at CCC News is that having this space dedicated to being curious about other people’s experiences can help us to deepen our understanding of people from all walks of life. This week's question is: What was your best maskless experience this week?

Mar 18

Mar 18 From $50k a Year to Houseless in Hood River

Cole Goodwin

The Dalles, Wasco County, Home Page

“I went from making fifty grand plus a year and taking care of my kids just fine, to having nothing,” said Jaime Gehrig, a guest at Mid-Columbia Community Action Council shelter in The Dalles. In 2018 Jaime got sick, lost her leg and her ability to work. Then, last October, doctors told Jaime she had one year to live. But she’s still kicking. And thanks to MCCAC she’s getting connected to the services she needs to move forward.

Mar 18

Mar 18 Serious Theater holds auditions for "The Stinky Cheese Man"

Columbia Community Connection

Art, Entertainment, Positive News

Serious Theater is holding auditions for their first production of the 2022 season, “The Stinky Cheese Man”. Though the characters may be familiar, each of your favorite storybook fables is cunningly derailed in this adaptation of Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith's children's book of fractured fairy tales.

Mar 18

Mar 18 The Keepers of Popcanistan bank $18k for puppies, kittens

Tom Peterson

Home Page, The Dalles, Wasco County

Recycling cans and bottles may not be the most glamorous work. Especially when you lift a garbage bag full into a truck and the accumulated liquid of old beer soda, and who knows what, leaks down your arm or hits you in the face. But, darn, if it doesn’t pay well for our furry friends

Mar 17

Mar 17 Wasco County Commissioners Hear Update on Houselessness Rates; Public Comments on Center for the Houseless

Cole Goodwin

The Dalles, Home Page, Wasco County

The Wasco County Commissioners Meeting held their regularly scheduled meeting at 9 a.m. on March 16th, 2022. Highlights from the meeting included a presentation by Mid-Columbia Community Action Council on rates of houselessness in Wasco County, and public comments on MCACC’s Navigation Center.

Mar 17

Mar 17 TD Council to offer City Manager job, not releasing name unless offer accepted

Tom Peterson

Home Page, The Dalles

The Dalles City Council authorized Mayor Rich Mays and City Attorney Jonathan Kara to offer the city manager job to the Council’s top candidate and enter into an employment contract with that candidate during a short open meeting on Thursday, March 17.

Mar 17

Mar 17 Time running out as stalemate on Google Community Service Fee negotiation persists

Tom Peterson

Home Page, The Dalles, Wasco County, Business

City and County Officials must come to terms with Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue as time is running out on brokering a deal on how to split future Google Community Service Fees that could be worth $37.5 million over 20 years. Locals could lose control to the state if negotiations fail. They are slated to meet again tonight, March 17.

Mar 16

Mar 16 CGCC Presents "BrewHub" Brewing Facility Proposal to The Dalles Urban Renewal Board

Cole Goodwin

The Dalles, Wasco County, Home Page

“This would be a commercial facility,” said Dan Spatz, Capitol Project Director for Columbia Community College. “Such a facility would provide an essential service for test runs and small batches for mid- and large-sized brewers. In concert with the AA in Food Science & Fermentation, this facility could also provide students with valuable and necessary hands-on experience.”

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