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In The Dalles, Forecasters from Weather Underground are calling for 102 degrees today, Aug. 13, with a high of 111 degrees on Tuesday, Aug. 14, and then backing down to 101, on Thursday, Aug. 17.

Aug 12

Aug 12 Column: When You’re Hot, You’re Hot

I might be mad as a hatter, but I am not about to get all hot and bothered about idioms. I’m dropping the study of idioms like a hot potato. What really concerns me is the weather prediction for next week; you probably are too. Hang onto your sun hat. We’re facing the dog days of summer. It’s going to be hotter than six shades of hell.

Aug 12

Aug 12 Photo Gallery: Cruise the Gorge Revs Up This Weekend

Home Page, Entertainment

A huge crowd of car enthusiasts and admirers lined the streets of downtown The Dalles on Friday night to kick off the Mid-Columbia Car Club’s 30th Anniversary Cruise the Gorge Celebration.

Aug 12

Aug 12 Question of the week: If you had one car to choose, which would it be?

Columns, Home Page

With the 30th Annual Cruise the Gorge burning up the tracks at Sorosis Park with a Show in the Shade, we hit the grass and pressed the flesh to find out if you could have just one of the cars, which would it be? Locals supercharged their minds added glass packs and went for a harmonic balancer to bring us these smooth answers.

Aug 12

Aug 12 Circles of Solace Returns in September

Positive News

Riverside Community Church in downtown Hood River offers participants a safe and sacred place to share grief, whether it be for personal losses, or circumstances in the world.

Aug 12

Aug 12 Jazz in The Dalles – Porter and Gershwin

Positive News

Serious Theater presents a concert of the music written by jazz era greats return to The Dalles on Sunday September 3rd at 2:00 p.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church

Aug 12

Aug 12 Columbia Gorge Health Council Recently Launched Its New Health Data Dashboard

Columbia Gorge Health Council recently launched its new health data dashboard, the site provides local leaders and the community with a powerful new visualization tool to compare social determinants of health data in Hood River and Wasco counties.

Aug 11

Aug 11 Cruise Brings Rampage: $5 a ticket - lucky winner announced Saturday

Anson Jones, 17, of The Dalles was all thumbs up this afternoon out front of Burgerville in downtown The Dalles. He and his dad Dennis are raffling this 84 Dodge Rampage for $5 a ticket. Anson said the proceeds will go to The Dalles Lions, who work to assist children with vision problems.

Aug 11

Aug 11 Lyle Fire & Rescue Gains Ground in "Lose the Loan" Campaign for New Water Tender

Home Page, Klickitat County

Lyle Fire & Rescue District #4's has received $35,890 towards their $55,000 goal to replace their aging water tender, which has served the community for nearly four decades.

Aug 11

Aug 11 Feeling Big River Blues at Bargeway tonight, Aug. 11; Entertainment is hot, bangin' and lots of it

Jim Drake

Art, Columns, Entertainment, Home Page

Bargeway Pub welcomes Big River Blues Band tonight, Aug. 11 at 7 p.m. Seems appropriate as the band will be playing the best outdoor venue in The Dalles next to the mighty Columbia. And the heat of summer is ripening up a nice batch of music all over the gorge. This week’s guide overfloweth like tomatoes from your garden.

Aug 10

Aug 10 The Wagon Social Club Opens in Mosier

Wasco County, Home Page, Business

A few months ago Maren McGeeney, decided to take a leap of faith. After decades working in other people’s restaurants and cafe’s she decided to put her culinary and barista skills to the test by opening The Wagon Social Club in Mosier, OR. This hip food cart shares outdoor patio seating, with Randonée Coffee Co., a local coffee shop owned by Maren’s husband Bryan McGeeney, and sits kitty corner from several other food carts in the area.

Aug 10

Aug 10 Fire at Koberg Beach State Park

Fire, Home Page

There have been multiple reports of smoke coming from the north east side of Koberg Beach State Park at I-84 milemarker 65.6 near Hood River and across from Bingen, WA.

Aug 9

Aug 9 Help Kiwanis Stuff The Bus With School Supplies August 10th-12th!

Robin

Home Page, The Dalles, Wasco County, Education

The Dalles Kiwanis Club is preparing for its third annual "Stuff the Bus" project, a school supply drive aimed at filling a bus with vital learning tools for local school children. Starting tomorrow, August 10th-12th

Aug 9

Aug 9 Woman Injured in two-wheeled car wreck on West Fourth in TD

Her vehicle could be seen driving up the driver's rear quarter panel and going up on two wheels before coming to rest back on all four tires in the center of the street.

Aug 8

Aug 8 Anglers’ car burgled while fishing in remote area of Deschutes River

The Canadians had left their vehicle on Freebridge Road about seven miles from the mouth of the Deschutes while they were tossing flies for steelhead in a nice run at Kloan when their car was burgled. Even their passports were stolen.

Aug 8

Aug 8 You're Beautiful, that's for sure

The yard is best described as an eclectic cottage garden inspired by permaculture. With a mix of anything from okra to pawpaw and towering pines, you can see the passion for gardening everywhere you look. Come take a tour of the Tastove and Williams yard.

Aug 8

Aug 8 There's Less Than a Month Left in the Put the Scenic Back in Sorosis Fundraiser

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

The Put the Scenic Back in Sorosis fundraiser led by Annette Beyers, has successfully raised over $200,000, of their $347,000 fundraising goal. With less than a month left in the fundraiser, the park still needs to raise some $142-$147k to push phase sne of the park's rehabilitation project over the finish line.

Aug 8

Aug 8 Question of the week: What do you think about recent news of evidence of alien crash sites?

Positive News, Entertainment, Home Page

With former Intelligence Official David Grusch testifying to Congress that the US had discovered a “UFP” (Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon) and stating they “Have recovered non-human biologics”, CCCNews reached out to locals asking them their thoughts on the existence of life from other planets being amongst us.

Aug 7

Aug 7 Hazardous Waste collection events on tap in Wasco, HR & Sherman Counties