Underground Music Therapy will provide youth with instruments and professional instruction, giving them a chance to connect with others and ground themselves through music. Lessons will be adapted for each youth and include therapeutic-based goals tailored to their strengths, learning style, and unique needs.

The Dalles High School’s National Honor Society visited St. Peter’s Landmark on Tuesday to help volunteer Alan Eagy with some weed pulling around The Dalles’ most Iconic building.

This weekend and upcoming weeks are loaded with entertainment at River City Saloon, The Dalles Eagles, TD Library, Bingen Theater, Granada, Bargeway Pub, Working Hands Beer, Everybody’s Brewing, Grateful Vineyard, Double Mountain, Zim’s, The Ruins, The Pines, 64 Taphouse, HR Elks.

Vegetable and nut oils brought fierce flames at the Azure Standard warehouse and main office in Dufur on Monday, April 18th, when the building caught on fire for reasons that are yet unknown.

On April 20th, Wasco County Commissioners will consider approving an Intergovernmental Agreement with 11 different taxing districts to share Google community service fee dollars which comes to 25% of Google’s property tax savings with a maximum payment of $2.5 million annually.

Katie McCloud of The Dalles is shining on the Oregon North Coast. She was recently awarded for her outstanding social media campaign. McCloud spent a decade working in The Dalles and parlayed her experience and skill set from The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce to come up with a Rise To The Challenge campaign in Seaside that was recognized statewide.

1927 saw the end of silent films, the release of the Model A, and Charles Lindbergh's famous flight of the Spirit of Saint Louis. It also happens to be the model year of a tenor saxophone on the list of loaner equipment at TDHS. Thankfully, a $70,000 grant last fall replaced many instruments and helped expand the Band program.

Everything in life is vibration…Everything is energy and that's all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality.” - Albert Einstein

Work ethic leads to some personal records for Riverhawk Tracksters as they competed on Friday in Canby. The attitude was apparently contagious as the most memorable entries were from the athletes who were just plain willing to try. And try hard.

The Next Door is thrilled to announce their 2021 volunteers of the year: Patti Elliott and Charlie Vanden Heuval.

Sarah Cook reveals the simple steps to printmaking after a crash course with Maggie Middleton, Apprentice Printer at Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts in Pendleton, who gave the demonstration at The Dalles Art Center. Check it out. Maybe it’s time for you to gouge away.

Read the poetry of Judy Bankman in this weeks local poetry spotlight.

TD City Council approved $500,000 in funding for houseless navigation center, $400,000 for Sorosis Park, purchased property to provide infrastructure and additional land for housing, heard the first presentation on an Expanded Chamber Marketing contract and landed a deal with it’s new City Manager.

The Dalles City Council recognized three employees on Monday, April 11th, for their commitment to the City and excellence in the performance of their duties. Their nominations were reviewed by the City Manager, Human Resources Director and Mayor Richard Mays. Find out more here.

Locals spill on how they get their tunes, and, better yet, they give us a little insight on what music they like. Come, let’s embark upon a little musical adventure.

John Michael Doyle, age 63, lifelong resident of The Dalles, who was best known for his laughter, died of a stroke and heart failure at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 11th, 2022 while experiencing houselessness.

Strong, confident people are not born. They are raised and nurtured and mentored and loved. Case in point: Gabriella Haskins - 2022 Distinguished Young Woman for Wasco County. Her path trails back to when she was a toddler watching her older sister on the balance beam and the strong girls that surrounded her.

As technology has evolved to become part of our everyday lives, our awareness of how it can be used to bully, threaten, and abuse has grown. Just over the past few decades, terms such as “sextortion,” “revenge porn,” and “doxxing” have entered the public vocabulary. Learn about the red flags of cyberbullying and online sex abuse here.

The grant will enable faculty support for the Medical Assisting program. It supports the college’s plans to offer nursing students a part-time option, creating a three-year program in addition to the current two-year program. And it will jumpstart the college’s development of paramedic and EMT training.

Share your views on The Dalles Vision 2040 and help shape our community for decades to come! The City of The Dalles is seeking another round of public input on The Dalles Vision 2040 project with a second community input survey.