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Following an extensive search process, the City of Hood River has selected Richard Rice as the City of Hood River’s new public works director.
Spooky stories, haunted humor, Hallo-wine, pumpkin parade - The Gorge has gone all out Jekyll and Hyde this season. Check out what’s happening here in Gorge Entertainment.
D21 Chief Financial Officer Kara Flath has been working collaboratively with the Wasco County Tax Assessor’s office over the last several months to ensure estimated tax numbers related to the potential bond coincide with the most recent tax assessments. These numbers will help the district better understand, and subsequently respond, to concerns regarding the bond cost when it comes to individual impacts.
Innovations Academy located in the former Wahtonka High School recently released its first Blue Phoenix Report. The newsletter is the work of several students in Julia Cardiel’s publications class in room 216. Writers and students Kimberly Cisneros, Abigail Porritt, AJ Cardenas-Gresio and Tomas Blas Morales are all contributors to this edition.
Today is the last day to register to vote if you're a new voter in Oregon, said Wasco County Clerk Lisa Gambee.
At Estacada two days later, at last, the Riverhawks finally caught a glimpse of the reward for their efforts. With nearly 20 personal records, the varsity and JV boys placed first, while the girls’ teams came in second behind 6A Oregon City.
If I’ve learned anything from this year’s Get There Challenge, it’s that getting anywhere in the Gorge…truly is a challenge. But luckily there’s plenty of friendly faces that are willing to help you along the way.
Angela and Brian Hanson have poured their heart and souls into Empower Yoga in downtown The Dalles with the idea that the new business can bring strength to the community through wellness and movement.
Arturo Dominguez's grit and determination have led him to restart his jewelry business at 409 Lincoln St., The Dalles. He said it was especially uplifting to receive so much help from the local community so that he could make it happen after a fire destroyed his shop in May.
Zach Manuel George Robertson and Michael Willard enjoyed a little low life this afternoon, Oct. 11.
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.
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.
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.
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.
She’s spent thousands of hours volunteering, and advocating on behalf of public lands in the Gorge.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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.”
