The Dalles News

Some people plan for their careers. Others just fall into them. Chuck Ritchie was born into his.

Greater community awareness is perhaps the biggest thing the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center can expect from the Oregon Solutions process, which will hold its concluding event on July 15.

Starting in September, The Dalles Middle School will be using the four-day-week schedule as will The Dalles Wahtonka High School.

Mid-Columbia Fire & Rescue had a busy weekend, responding to a half-dozen fires in the area.

The Oregon House has advanced a bill intended to stop voyeurs from videotaping minors for sexual gratification.

Bibi Gaston is a successful landscape architect based in The Dalles who has worked on major restoration projects on the Columbia River Highway, including the Mosier Twin Tunnels.

A smaller budget equals big changes for schools around The Dalles. The North Wasco County School Board approved a budget last night that will mean numerous cuts and changes throughout the school system.

A week long planning charrette took place in the context of the research project to develop repertoires for analysis and methods for integration of former industrial sites in urban functioning spaces in Germany and the US.

OK, Dr. David Mack hasn't exactly kept a running tally of the number of babies he's delivered.

Kim Bringham Campbell shows Mehdi Alsamawi of Portland two chinook salmon that were caught Tuesday at Cascade Locks, Ore.

Several hundred guests thronged to Lone Pine Village Thursday night to celebrate ground breaking at Mid-Columbia Medical Center's Water's Edge Health and Wellness Center.

Two fire protection agencies announced the start of fire season, in some cases meaning bans on outdoor debris burning.

Thursday night, The Dalles City Council and The Dalles Planning Commission will hold a joint work session on a plan for future transportation developments on the west side of The Dalles.

It is not often someone from a small town like The Dalles can claim the title of International Champion, but Casey Crane can.

The bridge provides an important link to Tualatin Community Park , near the junction of Tualatin and Boones Ferry roads.

There may be many more roundabouts in your future. Six of them are proposed for the west side of The Dalles by the Oregon Department of Transportation as part of a proposed I-84/Chenoweth Interchange Area Master Plan.

Gymnastics, fort win biggest grants Not a bad way for a public meeting to go: short and producing plenty of smiles at the end.

Though most of The Dalles City Council's meeting Monday was taken up with its decision to expand the scope and the length of the city's urban renewal agency, councilors had other meaty items on their plate.

Momma Jane's Pancake House can now officially call itself "World Famous." The breakfast spot in The Dalles hosted the BBC program that's also aired on Oregon Public Broadcasting, "World Have Your Say" Wednesday morning.

The Dalles City Council voted Monday to double the amount of money the local urban renewal district can spend on projects and administration, and extend its term indefinitely.