Hood River News

Hood River Mayor Arthur Babitz' has been concerned all year that the city budget is in worse shape than suspected and he has been proven right.

"55 Hikes in Central Washington," by Ira Spring and Harvey Manning "100 Hikes in Northwest Oregon," by William L. Sullivan Bring: Topo maps, a compass and GPS equipment.

Three students admitted in court Thursday to conspiring in a shooting plot at Cascade Junior and Senior High School in Turner.

Flory, an officer with the Beaverton Police Department, accepted his award in the 'Looking Beyond the Traffic Ticket' awards ceremony Oct.

District 52 State Rep. Suzanne VanOrman has opened an office at 39110 Proctor Blvd.

Oregon has seen a boom in wind energy projects, such as this one in the Columbia River Gorge not far from Hood River.

"Ask us about Maggie," family members are saying after the tragic death of Margaret Guth Bleakley on Oct.

U.S. Rep Greg Walden appears to be the first U.S. Congressman to come down with the H1N1 virus, also known as the swine flu.

The City of Hood River filed court documents on Monday denying that any wrongful actions were taken by Mayor Arthur Babitz and employees to influence the outcome of the September gas tax election.

Three Oregon State Police troopers from the Roseburg Area Command office received Oregon Department of Transportation Safety Division's "Looking Beyond the Traffic Ticket" awards Wednesday during the Annual Safety Conference held in Hood River.

When Oregon and Washington's governors announced a settlement with the U.S. Department of Energy in August for cleanup of radioactive tank waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation , they said it included a "moratorium" on shipping new radioactive waste to Hanford until a plant to treat the tank wastes was up and running.

High school junior Karrie Hoag looks on approvingly as kindergartner Arlet Villa-Justo works on an apple-themed card during Dos Estudiantes.

Vijay Patel, who owns a small chain of hotels in eastern Oregon and Washington, is buying the Columbia Gorge Hotel in Hood River for more than $4 million from ShoreBank Pacific, which earlier foreclosed on the picturesque property.

A preview of the Oregon Book Awards category for general nonfiction shows four books with a strong Oregon basis and one about an author with no connection to Oregon by a multiple Oregon Book Award winner.

Heroes Club puts together boxes, plans fundraisers October 17, 2009 The Gorge Heroes Club has begun collecting snack and hygiene items for holiday care packages that will be sent to military personnel in late November.

Insitu will be moving about 150 employees into leased office space at Waucoma Center during the first quarter of 2010.

Scott Freeman attended last week's sentencing of a former employee for theft and listened to the man attempt to bargain down jail and probation time without expressing remorse for his crimes.

An American flag will be burned here Saturday evening. But this is no protest. It's a traditional flag retirement ceremony beginning at 6 p.m. at the Eagle Point National Cemetery to demonstrate the proper retirement of Old Glory.

The Columbia Gorge communities of Hood River, White Salmon and Bingen have been described as "one townseparated by the river." The only bridge connecting them is off-limits to people on bikes or on foot, causing growing frustrating among area residents, businesses and elected officials who want to improve community health and reduce greenhouse gas ...

After weeks of stellar, sunny and dry conditions on the Oregon coast, it likes like major rain, big seas and maybe even gale force winds may hit the beaches and parts of western Oregon.