Free news: Community members are invited to an Oct. 29 open house to learn about and share feedback on long-term plans for Columbia Gorge Regional Airport. Se invita a los miembros de la comunidad a asistir a una evento abierto el 29 de octubre para conocer los planes a largo plazo para el Aeropuerto Regional Columbia Gorge y compartir sus comentarios.
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Another piece of the city’s Federal Immigration Enforcement (ICE) Activity Emergency Declaration puzzle has been placed.
Free news, online only: Wasco County Victim Services and HAVEN from Domestic & Sexual Violence are strengthening their collaborative efforts through a co-located advocacy partnership designed to improve safety, access, and support for survivors of domestic and sexual violence.
UNDERWOOD — Underwood Community Center, 951 School House Road, hosts a non-partisan candidate night on Oct. 9 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Free news: At approximately 2:08 p.m. on Oct. 1, the Hood River County Sheriff’s Office received multiple reports of a small boat adrift near the end of the sandbar in the Columbia River.
Free news: Hood River-White Salmon Bridge Authority is holding a public information session on Thursday, Oct. 1, from 4:30-6 p.m. at SOCA wine shop.
Maddie Washburn’s film about the project, completed just as the Grasshopper Fire raged, showed at the Granada Theatre Sept. 24.
Free news: If you want to meet the candidates for the Cascade Locks City Council, a candidate forum will be held on Monday, Oct. 5 at 6:30 p.m. at the Port of Cascade Locks pavilion.
Student enrollment for the 2026-2027 year is currently at 2,782, down 61 students from last year.
Free news: Klickitat County Sheriff’s Deputies executed a search warrant in the vicinity of the 1300 block of SW Pucker Huddle Road earlier this month as part of an Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigation.
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THE DALLES — The No. 4-ranked The Dalles High Riverhawks continued to enjoy success in OSAA Class 4A girls volleyball as they recorded two more Tri-Valley Conference wins last week.
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Free news: Community members are invited to an Oct. 29 open house to learn about and share feedback on long-term plans for Columbia Gorge Regional Airport. Se invita a los miembros de la comunidad a asistir a una evento abierto el 29 de octubre para conocer los planes a largo plazo para el Aeropuerto Regional Columbia Gorge y compartir sus comentarios.
CASCADE LOCKS — The Port of Cascade Locks opened the application window for round three of its Economic Development Grant Program Oct. 1, offe…
If all goes according to plan, installation begins this fall on a preliminary test designed to support later replacement of the Hood River-White Salmon Bridge.
Before Rye Development can build a massive energy facility in a place sacred to the Yakama Nation, the state will have to write them a new water quality permit, a panel of judges ruled on Sept. 21.
Free news: The used bookstore has been run by Joyce FitzSimmons for 21 years. New owner Siena Balance will be changing its name to The Little Minnow.
Some of my favorite conversations on a jobsite start with, “Ashley, we have a problem.”
Gorge Life
HOOD RIVER — Columbia Center for the Arts (CCA) will stage Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451,” directed by Lowry Browning, from October 9 through October 25, 2026, in the CCA Theater at 215 Cascade Avenue in downtown Hood River. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.
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