The Dalles

Experience Mt. Hood and the Gorge Regional Destination Management Organization has awarded $120,000 through its 2026 Strategic Investment Fund  grants to support six projects that enhance public infrastructure, outdoor recreation access, visitor experience, and community livability across the area.  Public infrastructure was identified as the region’s top tourism priority in Travel Oregon’s most recent tourism […]

The Columbia Gorge Health Council will receive an approximately $618,000 award from the Oregon Health Authority’s Rural Health Transformation Program for connected care for older adults to help rural seniors stay healthy, independent, and safely in their homes.  The OHA says this project addresses a critical gap in care for older adults in rural communities […]

Farmers Irrigation District in Hood River County is requiring its customers in the upper and middle portion of the district to limit their watering to 75 percent of their water right, or 4.2 gallons per minute per water right acre.  The District says demand and water supply will determine if further water restrictions will be […]

Hood River Watershed Group has started a project on the Hood River just below where the Powerdale Dam used to be to add some side channels in the old flood plain.  Watershed Group Executive Director Cindy Thieman said a pipe to send water down to the Powerdale Powerhouse created a berm along the river that […]

A 64-year-old man from The Dalles was taken to a Vancouver hospital after an accident involving a motorcycle and a pickup on Highway 14 in Skamania County.  According to the Washington State Patrol, the motorcyclist was eastbound on Highway 14 at milepost 24 west of North Bonneville on Sunday morning at around 11:15 when he […]

A fire one mile north of Antelope burned 1,261 acres in grass, brush, and sage.  Central Oregon Fire Information says the fire started early Saturday afternoon, and led to a Level 3 “Go Now” evacuation advisory for the town of Antelope.  By Sunday morning, firefighters had achieved an 80% containment level, and evacuation advisories were […]

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture for disaster relive for Columbia Gorge and Oregon pear growers, as bins of Oregon pears that cost $300 to grow may fetch nothing on the market as farmers confront the consequences of a disastrous 2025 season.  Kotek’s letter notes pear growers face bin prices.of $0 to […]

Following a dry spring and expected warm and dry conditions across much of the forest, public use fire restrictions will be implemented across Mt. Hood National Forest and the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area beginning Wednesday.  All campfires, charcoal or briquette fires, pellet fires, or any other open fires are prohibited across the entire […]

Mid-Columbia Economic Development District will start its process to outline a five-year Regional Economic Development Strategy during the month of July.  Meetings will be held to bring together participants from Hood River, Wasco, Skamania, Klickitat, Sherman, and Gilliam counties to identify economic development strategies based on current trends.  MCEDD Executive Director Jessica Metta says the […]

Klickitat County Emergency Management has again reduced the evacuation advisories associated with the Lyle Hill Fire.  Areas that had been Level 2 “Get Set” have been reduced to Level 1 “Be Ready,” and Level 1 advisories in the community of Lyle have been lifted completely.  More accurate mapping has reduced the size of the fire […]