Oct 11

Oct 11 Police running down leads on suspect in Kelly Avenue Shooting in TD

Multiple police officers were called out to the intersection of Kelly Avenue and 11th Street on Monday, Oct. 10 at about 4:50 p.m. after a local man was shot in the leg with a handgun.

Oct 10

Oct 10 Celebrating Indigenous People’s Day in the Gorge

Cole Goodwin

Home Page, Hood River County, The Dalles, Klickitat County, Wasco County

The City of Hood River offices was closed today, October 10th, 2022 in observance of Indigenous People’s Day, a holiday honoring Indigenous communities and to commemorate their history, culture and resiliency. Keep reading to learn more about how to celebrate this important day in the Gorge.

Oct 10

Oct 10 TDHS Runners take second at Mustang Invite near Heppner

Jill Bell

Sports, The Dalles, Home Page

If you could only watch one cross-country meet in the season, go out to Heppner. It’s the ultimate, stripped-down version of what the sport is all about. Dust rises from the pack of runners. Weeds crunch under spikes as a handful of spectators look out under desolately beautiful blue skies.

Oct 10

Oct 10 Is this building worth another $76,000?

Tom Peterson

Education, History, Home Page, The Dalles

At first sight, it seems a no-brainer. It could be a great annex to the park and a possible future location for tourism-related functions while providing an historic billboard to Interstate 84. TD City Council is set to ponder the future of the Gitchell building, which sits next to Lewis & Clark Park off First Street. The meeting is scheduled for tonight, Oct. 10, starting at 5:30 p.m.

Oct 10

Oct 10 Who is this woman and why is she picking up trash at the Klickitat Trailhead?

Cole Goodwin

Home Page, Klickitat County, The Dalles

She’s spent thousands of hours volunteering, and advocating on behalf of public lands in the Gorge.

Oct 10

Oct 10 Free COVID vaccine clinic set for Thursday, Oct. 13, in TD; more planned

North Central Public Health District

Home Page, The Dalles, Wasco County

The North Central Public Health District is set to hold a three-day COVID vaccine clinic, starting on Thursday, Oct. 13 at the former Griffith Motors building in Downtown The Dalles, 523 E. 3rd St.

Oct 8

Oct 8 Walk of the Town: City-wide walking tour allows residents and visitors alike to celebrate art, history, and what makes The Dalles unique

Sarah Cook

Art, Business, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Home Page, The Dalles

Life is in the details. And this week’s column by Sarah Cook calls out many of those in our own backyard. It’s easy to get tunnel vision and want to just get from A to B. But Cook shows us, if you take your foot off the gas for a moment, and grab a local guide app, there is some pretty cool stuff we walk past in TD without even noticing.

Oct 7

Oct 7 Even a car crash can't kill the vibe at RainDrop Laundry

Cole Goodwin

Home Page, The Dalles, Wasco County

A customer of RainDrop Laundry accidentally drove through their storefront located at 2634 W 6th St in The Dalles at 9:38 a.m. this morning. Cindy Nimmo said she was sitting behind the drop-off counter on the phone with Bohn’s printing when suddenly a car came crashing through the front door, scaring the daylights out of her.

Oct 7

Oct 7 Grant Funding Awarded to Five Local Childcare Providers

Columbia Community Connection

Education, Positive News

Four new early childhood education programs and two existing programs have received grant funding from The Oregon Department of Education’s Early Learning Division (ELD) to add additional Preschool Promise slots to their child care programs.

Oct 7

Oct 7 Drug Take Back Day set for Oct. 29 in Goldendale; unites prevention coalition

Washington Gorge Action Programs

Education, Home Page

“About 165 kids -- or roughly four school busloads of children -- are seen in emergency rooms for medication-related treatment every day in the U.S.,” said Kate Carr, President and CEO of Safe Kids Worldwide on ashealth.org. “Every one of those trips was preventable. We can and must do better.”

Oct 7
Oct 7 Fall in TD? No, it's a Stall

Tom Peterson

Weather, Home Page

Another day in the 80s is this Friday, Oct. 7.

It does not seem like Fall.

I think there is a stall.

Oct 7

Oct 7 TD Kiwanis October Programs focus on housing, houseless issues

Tom Peterson

Positive News

TD Kiwanis October Programs focus on housing, houseless issues

Oct 6

Oct 6 Sense of Place Lecture Series Returns October 19th with Lamprey Education

Cole Goodwin

The Dalles, Home Page, Education

Mt. Adams Institute will host a unique Sense of Place event, Bloodsucker, Eel, Asum, Ksuyas, Parasite, Lamprey: Many Names, but What Does it Mean to Us? October 19, 2022. The presentation, by Ralph Lampman, which includes live lamprey, will be offered in-person at the Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River, Oregon, and via livestream.

Oct 6

Oct 6 Tourism leadership visits the Gorge to thanks hospitality workers

Cole Goodwin

Business, Home Page

Several local businesses in the Columbia River Gorge got a special delivery on October 5th, 2022. Travel Oregon, and local tourism leadership hand delivered bags of cookies with thank you notes attached to tourism oriented businesses across the region. Their visit highlighted both the successes and struggles of the Mt. Hood and Columbia River Gorge’s tourism industry.

Oct 5

Oct 5 Mosier Issues Warning About Fat, Oil, and Grease Levels at City Wastewater Treatment Plant

Columbia Community Connection

Home Page

The sewage flowing into the City’s wastewater treatment plant has high levels of fats, oils and grease which is causing problems with treating the wastewater prior to discharge to the Columbia River. These problems may lead to violations of water quality standards and pollution of the river resulting in closures of local beaches. The City could be fined by the State for violations.

Oct 5

Oct 5 Fentanyl likely cause in latest overdose death

Tom Peterson

Home Page, Wasco County

The strength of black market fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, has resulted in multiple overdoses and deaths this year in The Dalles. Another suspected case involving a 30-year-old woman occurred just on Monday, Oct. 3, near The Dalles Library. “She probably left 60 years on the table,” said The Dalles Police Chief Tom Worthy.

Oct 5

Oct 5 TD’s Rayburn to become City Administrator in White Salmon

Tom Peterson

Klickitat County, Positive News, Home Page

Troy Rayburn who grew up in The Dalles and graduated from TDHS in 1980 is taking the position of city administrator at White Salmon Washington, according to a recent article in The Nugget Newspaper in Sisters, Oregon. Click here to learn more about Rayburn.

Oct 5

Oct 5 Montbleau, Jarabe Mexicano kick of huge week of entertainment in Gorge

Tom Peterson

Art, Business, Columns, Education, Entertainment, Home Page

Jarabe, which translates to “concoction,” highlights the eclectic mix of genres Jarebe Mexicano perform ranging from Mexican Folk, Rock & Roll, and Norteño/Tex-Mex to Latin Rock, Trío Romántico, and popular Cumbia. They hit the stage on Thursday, Oct. 6 at The Dalles Civic. They’re not just musicians but educators and ambassadors of culture and a ton of fun.

Oct 5

Oct 5 TDHS X Country get tough at Champoeg Invitational Oct. 1.

Jill Bell

Home Page, Sports, The Dalles

It’s human nature to shy away from discomfort and disappointment- although you can learn so much more from a bad or a tough race than you can from a perfect one; it’s better to learn when there are still four weeks until Districts. Tough races are how we grow as runners- and as people.

Oct 4

Oct 4 TD Grad takes up paddle to Finish PCT by Boat

Tom Peterson

Columns, Environment, Home Page, The Dalles

All things must come to an end. And such is the state of the journey for TD’s Emily Peterson who will hit Canada shortly. Fires ended her hiking journey on Monday as the last 30 miles of the trail remained closed. But she was not to be deterred. She and hiker friend Sandals rented a canoe and are paddling the last 22 miles via Ross Lake.

Welcome, friends.