The Dalles News — Columbia Community Connection News

Mar 22

Mar 22 Wrong-way Driver, Fatality, Debris in roadway, part of accident uptick in Gorge

Police in the Gorge have had their hands full the last several days as multiple accidents, a fatality, and yet another wrong-way driver on Interstate 84 sent lights flashing.

Mar 22

Mar 22 Celestial Wonder: Lunar Halo Illuminates The Night Sky in the Gorge

Cole Goodwin

Home Page, Hood River County, Skamania County, The Dalles, Wasco County, Positive News, Weather

Residents of The Dalles and the Columbia River Gorge were treated to a stunning and rare celestial phenomenon on March 21st: a lunar halo.

Mar 21

Mar 21 Wasco County and The Dalles Little League Team Up to Enhance Kramer Field for Youth Baseball

Columbia Community Connection

The Dalles, Wasco County, Positive News

In a heartening display of community spirit, Wasco County staff and The Dalles Little League families joined together in an initiative aimed at enhancing the ballfields at Kramer Field. Over the last two weekends, volunteers and staff gathered at the fields with shovels, rakes, and determination, in preparation for the 2024 season.

Mar 21

Mar 21 Grant to support South Wasco and Hood River County School Districts’ CTE Programming

Columbia Community Connection

Home Page, Hood River County, Wasco County

The Columbia Gorge Education Service District (CGESD) has received a CTE Revitalization Grant of $265,959 in funding through June 2025. The grant will be managed by the Columbia Gorge STEM Hub and will support and expand access to current manufacturing technologies at two local partner school districts, South Wasco County School District and Hood River County School District.

Mar 21

Mar 21 Hood River-White Salmon Bridge Replacement Project Awarded $8 Million in Federal Earmarks

Columbia Community Connection

Home Page, Hood River County, Klickitat County

The Hood River-White Salmon Bridge Replacement Project will receive an additional $8 million in federal funding after Congress approved two separate requests late last week. This latest round of funding comes just months after the project was awarded a $ 200 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Mar 21

Mar 21 Column: Gorge Games' unsinkable Peggy Lalor retools for the planet

Columbia Community Connection

Environment, Columns, Home Page, Sports, Hood River County

There is no quit in Hood River legend Peggy Lalor. The Gorge Games founder has fought her way back from a near-death experience when she was hit by a car while riding her bike in Calgary in 2010. The physical challenges of recovery seem to have made her even more steadfast as she pushes forward on her goal of improving the planet.

Mar 21

Mar 21 Holycross, Woodbury lead Goldendale at first track meet in TD

Mike Salsbury

Home Page, Sports

The team’s first competition of the season happened Saturday, March 16 at the Wahtonka Track in The Dalles and, by the looks of things, the Timberwolves are blistering.

Mar 20

Mar 20 TD gets an early pop of the splendor yet to come

Tom Peterson

Positive News

To the east, dear people, to the east. Hills flowing like past floods filled green spring with nuggets as glorious as sunshine. Just beyond the hospital, there.

Mar 20

Mar 20 Record High Temperatures Recorded in Oregon and Washington

Cole Goodwin

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

If you’ve been thinking that the weather has made it feel more like June than March this past week you’d be right. The US National Weather Service reported record breaking temperatures for March in Dallesport, WA and several other locations in the Pendleton Service area yesterday.

Mar 20

Mar 20 Easter Egg Scramble March 30th at Lewis & Clark Festival Park

Columbia Community Connection

Home Page, The Dalles

The annual Easter Egg Scramble is back! Columbia Gorge Honda & Toyota partners with Bicoastal Media to produce this long-time community event

Mar 20

Mar 20 Bargeway bangin' those drums; Gorge Gigs springing up like balsamroot

Jim Drake

Art, Columns, Entertainment, Home Page

The Bargeway Pub, The Dalles Premier Outdoor Music Venue brings another four days of jams, juice and fare that will move you. Al Hare hits the stage for Tequila & Taco Thursday. The rest of the Gorge is emerging too with a feast of films, music, arts and activities. Check it all out here.

Mar 20

Mar 20 Hood River New School Students Brings History Alive For Community Learning Day

Cole Goodwin

Education, Home Page, Positive News, Hood River County, The Dalles

Hood River New School hosted its annual student project expo on Friday, March 15. This year the theme of the event was history and offered students a chance to share their learning with parents and community members.

Mar 20

Mar 20 Gorge woman struggles to avoid houselessness

Washington Gorge Action Programs

Home Page, Klickitat County

Houselessness can happen to anyone at any age. Just ask Teri Hounslow. Following a divorce, Hounslow kept houselessness at bay—well, kind of. She had been running a campsite with her husband before that job and their marriage dissolved. Then, at over 60 years old, she found herself without a place to stay.

Mar 19

Mar 19 Zoe LeBreton Signs with Clackamas Community College

Joshuah Albert

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

The Dalles High School held a signing day ceremony for Senior Zoe LeBreton, yesterday afternoon on March 18, at 3 p.m. to celebrate the continuation of her education and her softball career at Clackamas Community College.

Mar 19

Mar 19 Little Royals Contest Launches this Tuesday ~ March 19, 2024

Columbia Community Connection

Home Page, The Dalles

The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce and Rivermark Community Credit Union are excited to launch the 2024 Little Royals Contest for this year’s 43rd Northwest Cherry Festival “Cherries on Broadway”.

Mar 19

Mar 19 Soroptimist Hood River seeking Women of Distinction nominations

Columbia Community Connection

Home Page, Hood River County

Soroptimist International of Hood River is thrilled to announce the opening of nominations for the 2024 "Women of Distinction" Awards. These awards aim to recognize remarkable women who have significantly contributed to the betterment of Hood River County or have positively impacted the lives of local women and girls through their professional or volunteer endeavors.

Mar 19

Mar 19 A success story: Computer Club at The Dalles Library

Tom Peterson

The Dalles, Home Page

The Dalles Library hosted the first meeting of the “Coffee and Computers with Kimball” on Wednesday, February 21st. Several people showed up needing assistance with their computer problems. Other participants were able to help. This made it an enjoyable evening for all. This club is off to a great start.

Mar 19

Mar 19 Astronaut Col. Jeffery Williams landing in Hood River March 21

Jim Drake

Home Page, Hood River County

“My entire career as an astronaut basically encompassed the early development, initiation and the building of the space station, and on my last flight in 2016 it was in full operational mode,” Williams said in a recent interview with CCCNews.

Mar 18

Mar 18 Structure Fire on Georgeville Rd of Hwy 97

Mike Salsbury

The Dalles, Klickitat County, Home Page, Fire

A structure fire was reported today at Georgeville Rd, just off of Hwy 97 North of Goldendale.

Mar 18

Mar 18 Gorge Youth Mentoring Urgently Seeks Volunteers in Wasco, Hood River, and Klickitat Counties

The Next Door

The Dalles, Home Page

Gorge Youth Mentoring, also known as GYM, is a community-based program of The Next Door Inc. (TNDI) serving Wasco, Hood River, and Klickitat Counties. GYM pairs local youth, or mentees, ages 6-21 in need of positive role modeling with an adult volunteer mentor based on similar interests, personalities, and needs.

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