HOOD RIVER — The History Museum of Hood River County is calling on community members for financial support. Budget cuts, waning volunteership and post-pandemic economic instability have placed a significant strain on current operations, particularly concerning storage costs.

WHITE SALMON — In collaboration with StoveTeam International and nine other groups throughout Rotary District 5100, the White Salmon-Bingen Rotary Club helped fund the construction of 74 safe and efficient cookstoves in Retalhuleu, Guatemala.

UNDERWOOD — The Skamania Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has yet to decide whether to allow housing development within the county’s remaining crop of unzoned property, opting to table its ruling for Dec. 9.

THE GORGE — The Columbia Gorge Orchestra Association’s (CGOA) vocal ensemble, Voci Community Choir, will perform their winter concert “On This Shining Night” three times this holiday season, debuting at Hood River Valley Christian Church on Dec. 12-13 and returning at The Dalles Civic Auditorium on Dec. 14.

HOOD RIVER — The third installment of Mt. Adams Institute’s Sense of Place Season 16 will arrive at Columbia Center for the Arts on Dec. 10. Titled “After Gifford Pinchot: Ancient Forests, Timber Wars, and a Century of Change,” the evening will welcome writer Rand Schenck for a deep dive into the past century of Pacific Northwest forest management.

HOOD RIVER — Around 15-20 demonstrators braved brisk conditions downtown on Nov. 21 for a conflicting milestone: 100-straight Fridays of sign-wielding, chanting and harmonizing in protest of the ongoing, U.S.-funded genocide in Gaza.

WHITE SALMON — A group of students placed the finishing touches on an access gate in White Salmon on Nov. 24, connecting Mamie and Francis Gaddis Park with a popular network of forest trails.