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Travelers will contend with two upcoming rounds of Hood River – White Salmon Bridge closures beginning Sept. 21 and continuing into early October, according to the Port of Hood River.
Superintendent Rich Polkinghorn had a construction update for White Salmon Valley School District (WSVSD) board members at their Aug. 27 meeting.
Scam — On Aug. 25 in Hood River, a scammer posing as a bank convinced a resident to deposit $16,000 of their money into an unknown account.
It was standing room only at the Klickitat County Commissioner’s Sept. 3 morning workshop on data centers. An estimated 150 people showed up for the discussion concerned about the effects of data centers on the landscape.
The Port of Hood River hopes to proceed this winter with long-planned removal of nine privately-owned boathouses in the Hood River Marina.
Free news from Columbia Gorge News and Uplift Local: An intergovernmental agency went through months of hard work and long waits to win a major federal grant meant to provide affordable Internet to homes in rural northern Wasco County.
Free news: The Bingen City Council faces a vacant seat with the resignation of Councilor Erika Ramsey.
Council clarified, in further outreach, that the complaint had been filed before city leadership knew that Big Fish Properties had, in fact, met with former Mayor Catherine Kiewit as well as the mural artist prior to the partial removal of the mural.
Free news: The Sept. 3 The Dalles Chamber of Commerce Community Affairs meeting focused on various community updates and initiatives.
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Free news from Columbia Gorge News and Uplift Local: An intergovernmental agency went through months of hard work and long waits to win a major federal grant meant to provide affordable Internet to homes in rural northern Wasco County.
D’Avanzo’s, an Italian restaurant from Goldendale, opened its second location this month in The Dalles.
THE DALLES — A survey conducted by PortlandRealEstate.com gives The Dalles the number one spot on its “Oregon’s most envied place for first-time buyers” list.
Free news: Sense of Place, the Gorge-based storytelling series that connects people to the history, culture, and ecology of the Columbia River Gorge, has opened sponsorship for its upcoming 17th season.
WHITE SALMON — Last Wednesday, White Salmon’s Planning Commission discussed a potential ordinance that would make small-box discount stores a …
Free news from Columbia Gorge News and Uplift Local: Skamania County commissioners unanimously passed a moratorium at their Aug. 18 meeting after eight people provided public comment in favor of the pause.
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Participants board the Sternwheeler in Cascade Locks for the 82nd annual Columbia River Cross Channel Swim on Sept. 5. After being ferried to the Washington side, the more than 500 swimmers jumped into the Columbia River in groups of five to make the approximately 1.1 mile journey back to Ca…
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