KLICKITAT COUNTY — Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer said he was blindsided by the Klickitat County Commission’s 2-1 vote on March 29 to pursue closing the county jail and sending inmates to the Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facility (NORCOR) in The Dalles.
SKAMANIA CO. — A vehicle went over a steep cliff and fell into the Big White Salmon River on April 12, according to Skamania County Sheriff’s Office.
WHITE SALMON — The Friends of the White Salmon Valley Community Library will host a Spring Used Book Sale on Friday, May 3 through Sunday, May 5 in the Sprint/Baker Gallery inside the library.
HOOD RIVER — Little Oak Montessori hosts its annual gala and auction to support its tuition assistance program April 20.
PORTLAND — OPB and ProPublica have co-produced a new podcast, “Salmon Wars,” available now on all podcast platforms. This six-episode series tells the story of the salmon of the Columbia River in a way not heard before: Through the experiences of a tribal family that relies on the fish as essential to their way of life.
THE GORGE — Books for Kids Columbia Gorge recently awarded 13 book grants totaling $19,597 to 19 literacy programs across the Gorge.
DUFUR — The new School Based Health Center (SBHC) in the Dufur School District is nearing completion, with anticipated limited opening this summer and a grand opening in the fall of 2024.
HOOD RIVER — Human Resources Director Gus Hedberg and Hood River Valley High School Athletics Director Sean Mailey gave an overview of the successes of winter sports athletes at the April 10 Hood River County School District board meeting.
I love sharing great news about our local kids, and this girl is truly special. Emma Patterson, a Glenwood high school sophomore and daughter of Shane and Billie, was recently honored by the Yakama Tribal Council for the great basketball season she had with the Trout Lake Mustangs girls.
HOOD RIVER — An Earth Day work party will take place April 20 at Indian Creek Trail, Hood River. Sponsored by Hood River Watershed Group and Hood River Valley Parks and Recreation, the work party will meet 9 a.m.
STEVENSON — Stevenson Grange No. 121 and Stevenson Community Library are sponsoring a plant and seed swap Saturday, April 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., downstairs in the Library Gallery.
THE GORGE — The Gorge Artist Open Studio Tour is back for its 18th year. On April 26-28, local artists from around the Mid-Columbia Gorge region will open their studios to the public to display and highlight their work, process and connection to the environment that inspires them.
WHITE SALMON — Joy Markgraf is in her 11th year as organizer of the Wild About Nature Series. The White Salmon Community Library, Friends of the White Salmon, and the Suksdorf Native Plant Society lend support.
Hood River Elks Lodge 1507 selected Jillian Reitz and Isis Stenn as Students of the Month for April 2024. Both are seniors at Hood River Valley High School.
THE GORGE — The Columbia Gorge Education Service District (CGESD) has received a CTE Revitalization Grant of $265,959 in funding through June 2025.
Newly elected officers for PEO White Salmon Chapter EB are, from left to right, Beth Sauter, president; Shelley Wilson, vice president; Karen Harpole, recording secretary; Kathy Grisanti, corresponding secretary; Kit Malley, treasurer; Kathy Scarborough, chaplain; Tracy Van Alstine, guard. …
HOOD RIVER — Arts in Education of the Gorge and Columbia Center for the Arts present “Creating Together Family Day,” a free day of participatory art-making in the gallery and performances in the theatre, on Saturday, April 13. This free event is open to all.
.HOOD RIVER — OSU Hood River Extension Central Gorge Master Gardeners are trained volunteers who offer science-based gardening information and advice for your home gardening questions. Stop by any of the Plant Clinics from April through October at the OSU Extension Office.
KLICKITAT CO. — A program to help Klickitat residents turn yards into rich wildlife habitat has handed out 10 certifications so far, said Corrie Podolak, project specialist at Underwood Conservation District (UCD), who took over the program this year. With an advocacy for less-neat yards and native plants, interest in the project seems to be growing.
THE GORGE — The Gorge Artists Open Studio Tour is back this April for its 18th year. On April 26-28, local artists from around the Mid-Columbia Gorge region will open their studios to the public to display and highlight their work, process and the connection to the environment that inspires them.
THE DALLES — Submissions are open for photos to fill the 2025 Wasco Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) calendar.
HOOD RIVER — Applications are being accepted through April 5 at 5 p.m. for Visit Hood River’s 2024 Community Investment Matching Grant Program, designed to support businesses and community economic vitality in the greater Hood River area.
HOOD RIVER — OSU Hood River Extension Central Gorge Master Gardeners welcome home gardeners of all abilities to attend the upcoming Garden Gathering series of educational presentations.
THE DALLES — Chris Helton and Moises Gonalez were sworn in as Wasco County Sheriff’s Office’s two newest deputies in March.
THE GORGE — Spring plant sales are happening throughout the Gorge.
HOOD RIVER — Local landowners in Hood River County will once again have access to a free mobile wood chipping program this spring and fall.
LYLE — The annual spring community cleanup is scheduled for April 13-14. Community members are asked to spend time picking up litter in a favorite spot, reduce fire risk by cleaning gutters or pulling invasive puncturevine plants.
LYLE — Lyle Lions Club hosts breakfast on the first Saturday of each month, with the next planned for April 6 at the Lyle Lions Community center, Fifth and State Street, from 7-10 a.m.
Five local Gorge music students of Kathy and Kendra Apland were chosen from the local district Baroque Festival to perform and receive medals in Salem for the OMTA State Festival.
HOOD RIVER — Stories of Hope will be returning this May for its first in-person event since 2019.
GOLDENDALE — The first week of June will be busy in downtown Goldendale. The East Houseless Task Force invites partners to connect with area residents in a week of activities highlighted by a Community Resource Fair at the Grange Hall on Wednesday, June 5.
I left out the time of the memorial service for Kay Kayser-Thompson in the last news column. Here’s just one more reminder of Kay’s service. The service will take place on April 13 at 11 a.m. at the Goldendale High School.
Welcome to April, our first full month of spring. The month features shorter but warmer nights and generally a few more clear nights as we approach summer. And this year we have the chance to spot a comet, and view a total solar eclipse.
THE GORGE — Gorge Youth Mentoring (GYM), a program serving Wasco, Hood River and Klickitat counties, is in desperate need of adult mentors, with over 30 youth awaiting a match with an adult.
HOOD RIVER — Soroptimist International of Hood River has opened nominations for its 2024 “Women of Distinction” Awards.
MT. HOOD-PARKDALE — Mt. Hood Town Hall, 575 OR-35, hosts Solar Night on Wednesday, April 10 from 6:30-8 p.m. Information will be presented in English and Spanish.
HOOD RIVER — The Hood River County Heritage Council has selected Lisa Commander as the new executive director of the History Museum of Hood River County.
WHITE SALMON — Extremist politicians repeatedly bash the nation’s most important law enforcement agency— what could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot, according to a recently published thriller, Lethal Alliance, written by White Salmon author Rick George.
THE GORGE — All you need is love — but what happens when that love runs dry?
The recently released 2024 anthology, Poems for Ex Lovers from Sockeye Publishing, explores the different ways in which we examine past relationships and romances.
A bonus farmer’s market takes place in Hood River March 30, 2024, to help local producers recover from two weather-related cancellations earlier in the year.
Elizabeth Lance Inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
BATON ROUGE — Elizabeth Lance of Dufur, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society.
Congratulations are in order to The Munson team (Dane Backman, Tommy Hood and Jay Slack), who won the Thursday afternoon County bowling league at Hood River’s Orchard Lanes last week.
HOOD RIVER — Gorge Rebuild-It Center is accepting nominations for the 11th annual Tod J. LeFevre Sustainability Champion Awards, which celebrates the people and businesses who are working on innovative, creative solutions to the environmental, economic and social issues facing the Gorge.
BINGEN — Let’s face it. We live in, and travel to, the Gorge for one reason: To enjoy the great outdoors. Whether it’s kiteboarding, wind surfing, skiing, biking, kayaking, hiking or just plain relaxing, we want to be outside.
THE DALLES — Lisa Farquharson, CEO of The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, is already changing things up after her recent graduation from Academy, a professional development program for chamber executives from the Western Association of Chamber Exectives (WACE).
HOOD RIVER — Local real estate brokers, staff, and owners with Windermere Columbia River Gorge Real Estate supported various charitable organizations through the Windermere Foundation in the Columbia River Gorge area during 2023.
CASCADE LOCKS — The Port of Cascade Locks’ recently completed audit for fiscal year 2020-2021 received an unmodified opinion, it was reported to the commission at their March 19 meeting. The following two fiscal years will be completed simultaneously, and Blue hopes the port will be caught u…
THE DALLES — Oregon Behavioral Health, Inc. (GOBHI) has named Grant Souders as its new communications coordinator. Souders assumed this role earlier this year and will be responsible for supporting both internal and external communications for GOBHI.
THE DALLES — A team of seven from Mid-Columbia Fire & Rescue ascended the Columbia Center in downtown Seattle March 10 to raise funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and their mission to cure blood cancers.
HOOD RIVER — Hood River 4-H welcomes new 4-H Fair Ambassadors for 2024 fair season: Hailey Harjo of Hood River and Karyna Marquez of Odell.
HOOD RIVER — Columbia Center for the Arts welcomed its new executive director, Tim Harkins, on Dec. 1.
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