Hood River News

It's harvest time in the Hood River Valley, just an hour east of Portland. Your Fruit Loop map guides you through the countryside, where roadside produce stands and wine-tasting rooms vie with picture-postcard ...

One of the regular weekend activities for us this summer has been hunting and gathering our own berries.

Researchers hope to keep Oregon pear growers ahead of international competition by cutting orchard costs - creating "flat" orchards unlike those Oregonians have known.

I always think of Portland as an adventurous place to live. Forget the rain. People here walk, bike, run, and spend time outdoors all year round.

Ballot will see only one contested race By RODGER NICHOLS of The Chronicle Political fans looking for exciting election battles will have to look beyond Wasco County when Nov.

Other past notable Marijuana seizures involving Oregon State Police: 323 POUNDS On April 4, 2005, an OSP trooper stopped a pickup southbound on Interstate 5 near Salem and seized approximately 323 pounds of ...

Commuting the 20-mile stretch of Interstate 84 from Hood River to The Dalles, Susan Wolff couldn't help notice truck after truck also headed east, their flatbed trailers loaded with long cylinders - wind ...

Crews managed Friday to bridge the rain-swollen waters of Newton Creek to access the Mt.

A historic beach party comes to Hood River Saturday. The grand opening of the Hood River Waterfront Park will be from 4 to 7 p.m. at the park, located on the Columbia River, between the shoreline and Portway ...

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When someone would ask me 15 years ago what Bend's best restaurant was, I would always say "Scanlon's." The food was consistently prepared with variety and creativity, but it was familiar and accessible.

Firefighters say they have no clear idea when the forest fire on the north side of Mount Hood, now at about 800 acres, will be contained.

Commuting the 20-mile stretch of Interstate 84 from Hood River to The Dalles, Susan Wolff couldn't help notice truck after truck also headed east, their flatbed trailers loaded with long cylinders -- wind ...

Experience wine of the Gorge in Hood River at the 2008 Gorge Wine Celebration for Hospice from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Divots-Indian Creek Golf Course, 3605 Brookside Drive in Hood River.

An assessment of a state agency charged with getting hospitals to report their mistakes shows that, in some cases, the hospitals might be willing to anonymously report their errors to the agency.

As you read this, there's a young man who is carrying a large, wooden cross toward Missoula.

Not to be outdone by rival Outside Magazine, who recently put out their Best Towns 2008 list, National Geographic Adventure has responded with their own list of the 50 Best Places to Live and Play .

Cellular networks need better antennas and backhaul upgrades if they are going to optimize the performance of next-generation technologies, said an engineering manager who has helped build many such nets.

Black drift fences and one backhoe parked on a hill are among the signs that construction work is imminent for Interstate 84 near Exit 44 in Cascade Locks.

An Odell woman was killed Saturday night in a head-on crash involving two vehicles on Highway 35 near milepost 94.