Cascade Locks News

The tax proposal failed by a 3,306 to 1,950 margin, or 62.9 percent to 37.1 percent.

Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River.A new report from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates sea lions ate 4,960 salmon and steelhead during the spring of 2009 - 2.4 percent of the fish passing the dam located near Cascade ...

The work will require shifting I-84 eastbound traffic into I-84 westbound travel lanes.

One big question looming over the economies of Columbia Gorge counties this fall is this: Where will Insitu site new facilities? It's a big question, with part of the answer riding on whether the independently owned Boeing subsidiary can attract a big federal defense contract currently out for bid.

An early-season snowfall greeted many towns in the Columbia River Gorge on Tuesday morning.

Unidentified members of Civilian Public Service Camp #21 construct a rock wall at the Cascade Locks Ranger Station.

The steam-powered tugboat Portland floats at its usual home on the Willamette River at Tom McCall Waterfront Park.

The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs expect the final Environmental Impact Statement for a Cascade Locks casino to be released within the month.

So The Oregonian's editorial board says "hands off" to an off-reservation casino in the Willamette Valley, but then rolls out the red carpet for a Gorge casino? To say that the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs have every legal right to build an off-reservation casino in Hood River turns a blind eye to the fact that many legal experts, along with ...

There are plenty of Willamette Valley communities that would warmly greet the Klamath tribes if they came to town to develop manufacturing, retail shopping or a medical center to create jobs and care for tribal members.

One of the twin tunnels between Mosier and Hood River. Bicyclists and hikers will have to wait a bit longer before they can pedal the Twin Tunnel section of the Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail between Hood River and Mosier, Oregon State Parks officials said today.

HOOD RIVER, Ore. - Windsurfing and wind turbines may be recession-proof, but the economic downturn has left its mark on many local economies in the Columbia River Gorge.

Send this Headwaters page to a friend or colleague: Drop in bottled water market may affect Nestle's Oregon plan Nestle Waters North America is contemplating building its first bottling plant in the Northwest in Cascade Locks, Ore., but those plans may be affected by the 3 percent drop in the company's bottled water sales so far this year.

Residents of this tiny Columbia River town were advised to make an orderly but voluntary exit Friday afternoon as a wildfire in the hills above Mosier sent smoke rolling through the community.

A fast-moving wildfire is threatening the town of Mosier this morning and has prompted the evacuation of about a dozen homes.

Joe Bass , a member of the Yakama tribe, filets a 6-pound steelhead for David Azari, who drove out from Portland to Cascade Locks to buy some fresh fish in August 2007.

Nestle Waters North America is eyeing this spring in Cascade Locks as a source for a new water bottling plant.

The Casino Campaign is back. At the O, Jeff Mapes reports that the campaign to legalize a single non-tribal casino in Portland is back.

Hood River County Sheriff Joe Wampler told the Cascade Locks City Council on Monday that he would help facilitate a grant-funded upgrade of the firefighter communications system.

It's been five years since the dogs stopped racing at Multnomah Greyhound Park, the business killed by casinos, the Oregon Lottery and Internet gambling.