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HOOD RIVER — Sugar and spice and in-house milled grains, that’s what the fresh bread baked at the newly opened Bran & Ash bakery in downtown Hood River is made of.
Free news: New executive chef at Skamania Lodge; Hood River County School District offers free summer meals; Hood River County Fair will return July 22-25; Call for Poems; Skyline Health Foundation scholarships; MCEDD loans
BINGEN — The Bingen Theater will look slightly different when the musical “String” opens on July 31, now sporting an upgraded seating arrangement installed by community volunteers on June 10-11.
Commissioners acknowledged the housing need and instructed staff to follow up with the city for a “policy-level discussion.” But they also expressed concerns about the “rough edges” of the program.
Back in the ‘50s and ‘60s, Adelle Davis, the controversial but widely popular nutritionist, coined the phrase, “You are what you eat.” Today, the idea that what you eat affects your health and well-being is widely accepted.
HOOD RIVER — Portland-based Pink Floyd tribute Pigs on the Wing announced its 2025-2026 production, “Animals,” a 2-set Pink Floyd concert experience featuring a full performance of the 1977 album “Animals” and a full second set highlighting the very best of Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters-era catalog. The band will perform at The Ruins in Hood River on June 26 at 6 p.m.
League of Women Voters of Klickitat and Skamania counties host Klickitat Co. candidate forum July 14
Free news: The League of Women Voters of Klickitat and Skamania counties will host a Klickitat County sheriff candidate forum at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 14 at the Mt. View Grange, 1085 N Main Ave.
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HOOD RIVER — Sugar and spice and in-house milled grains, that’s what the fresh bread baked at the newly opened Bran & Ash bakery in downtown Hood River is made of.
BINGEN — The Bingen Theater will look slightly different when the musical “String” opens on July 31, now sporting an upgraded seating arrangement installed by community volunteers on June 10-11.
Free news: Leaders from Adventist Health Columbia Gorge and Celilo Cancer Center welcome comfort donations from Tonkin of the Gorge as part of the Subaru Share the Love campaign.
BINGEN — The Bingen City Council’s regular meeting on June 16 opened with a presentation on the new Oregon/Washington bridge.
GOLDENDALE — Klickitat County Commissioners heard several bits of good news at their June 16 meeting. One of them came from Public Works Direc…
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HOOD RIVER — From a warm early afternoon and well into a breezy evening, people of all ages gathered in the name of freedom and community, dancing their way through Black in the Gorge’s (B.I.G.) fourth annual Juneteenth celebration at Jackson Park.
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HOOD RIVER — Sugar and spice and in-house milled grains, that’s what the fresh bread baked at the newly opened Bran & Ash bakery in downtown Hood River is made of.
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