FREE NEWS: For the second time in as many months, Skamania County Superior Court Judge Randall Krog ruled that a petition seeking to recall Stevenson City Council member Lucy Lauser met the requirements to move ahead.
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THE GORGE — Rep. Cliff Bentz has announced a tele-town hall for Wasco, Sherman, Klamath, Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson counties on Monday, Sept. 8 beginning at 5:30 p.m.
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THE DALLES — Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District Rep. Cliff Bentz attended the Rotary Club of The Dalles meeting at Spooky’s Pizza on Aug. 20, where he focused on aspects of the recently passed Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) that “will help this community economically over the next 10, if not long…
HOOD RIVER — The Hood River County Board of Commissioners met Aug. 18. In her administrator’s report, Allison Williams spoke about the Rowena Fire traffic impact stakeholder meeting she and Chair Jennifer Euwer attended on Aug. 11.
STEVENSON — The Skamania County Auditor will be providing an online and printed voters’ guide for the Nov. 4, 2025, General Election. The guide will contain “For” and “Against” statements for each ballot proposition and the Skamania County Auditor is seeking interested persons to serve on ei…
The effort now has a certified ballot title but lacks a website or political action committee.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter (OR-03) announced Aug. 6 they introduced the Farmworker Smoke and Excessive Heat Protection Act. The bicameral bill would put safeguards in place for farmworkers facing the dangers of wildfire smoke and extreme weather.
CASCADE LOCKS — The Cascade Locks City Council met on July 28 to discuss a recently awarded grant, the Inter-Governmental Agreement with Mid-Columbia Economic Development District (MCEDD), audit delays, worker schedules, and the city’s upcoming ballot funding measure.
OREGON — Heading into these five Eastern Oregon town halls from July 25-27, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has held 1,124 open-to-all town halls in keeping his promise to hold at least one town hall each year in each of Oregon’s 36 counties.
MORO — Like other senior meal programs receiving federal funding, the Sherman County Senior and Community Center in Moro was unexpectedly deprived of contracted federal funds earlier this spring.
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THE GORGE — White Salmon Valley School District (WSVSD), Hood River County School District (HRCSD), and North Wasco County School District 21 (NWCSD) are preparing to potentially lose funding after the U.S. Department of Education announced it is temporarily freezing several key grant progra…
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WHITE SALMON — Community members packed the White Salmon Fire Hall on July 2, largely demonstrating solidarity with one agenda item in particular: a resolution backing local immigrants amidst intense federal scrutiny, which city council unanimously adopted.
STEVENSON — At 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 17, the Skamania County Elections Office will conduct a logic and accuracy test of the programming used to tabulate ballots for the Aug. 5 Primary and Special Election.
“It was a difficult decision.”
The challenge comes as more Oregonians than ever are excluded from primary contests that decide many general elections.
Ben Edtl is working to save his job — and change the way Oregonians cast their ballots.
THE GORGE — Before the House passed President Donald Trump’s signature spending package, Oregon Democrats in Congress, along with Governor Tina Kotek, warned of its “devastating” impacts during a press conference last Wednesday, repeating a common refrain: working families lose, billionaires win.
Women’s Health Protection Act comes as Trump and Congressional Republicans move to restrict a woman’s right to choose and toward a national abortion ban
WHITE SALMON — American Legion Evergreen Boys State will take place June 15-21 in Stanwood, Washington. High school juniors attend from all over the state to learn about government and political leaders, to debate important issues and be around boys of similar interest.
GOP bill in Congress would devastate rural health care and threaten coverage for hundreds of thousands of Oregonians on the Oregon Health Plan
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