The Dalles News

Dozens of high-wage technology jobs could be coming to Prineville, courtesy of a company so secretive its name isn't even known by those in city government.

Mid-Columbia Producers got the go-ahead Wednesday to add two new 556,000-bushel grain silos to its site on Bargeway Road from The Dalles port commission.

The Dalles public works is asking for help clearing leaves from storm drains. The leaves are also slowing down street sweepers.

The Dalles City Council found both roses and thorns tossed its way at its first town hall meeting Monday at the Mid-Columbia Senior Center.

Thursday morning finds a group of veterans called the Hi-flyers gathered around a long table in the dining room of A wing at the Oregon Veterans Home in The Dalles.

Wasco County has circled back to space in the La Clinica building as a potential site for a new 9-1-1 center to replace the existing small center, located downtown within The Dalles' flood plain.

One person died and two were injured in a snowy two-car collision on Tygh Ridge late Friday morning.

The Dalles' big community Thanksgiving dinner has become a local institution since it was founded 21 years ago; now, Tracy and Mark Linebarger hope to generate the same kind of momentum for a community Christmas Eve dinner.

In the 1800s, it was known as "railway spine" after survivors of train crashes suffered from mental anguish following the accident.

Their goals aren't lofty. They're not looking for fame and fortune. They've got one mission and they're getting closer to completing it.

State police arrested twice as many people suspected of driving under the influence this Halloween as the previous year, officials said.

Veterans Day has always held a special meaning for Americans. If it weren't for the first American veterans we'd still be printing pictures of British royalty on all our currency.

North Central Public Health District has received a shipment of H1N1 vaccine sufficient to allow for public clinics, said Teri Thalhofer, RN, district director, in a Nov.

The Dalles has made some significant gains in the way it deals with its drug problems, but it still has a long way to go.

A 37-year-old woman from The Dalles died at the scene when her car ran into the back of another vehicle at the intersection of Bret Clodfelter Way and Highway 197 Sunday night.

It was a busier Halloween night for Oregon State Police troopers patrolling the state's stretch of highways.

The historical and cultural effects of dams around the world, including the Columbia River, will be the subject of a Nov.

Halloween is creeping 'round the corner and the crooked-smile pumpkins, Styrofoam tombstones and fake, nylon cobwebs are popping up like zombies at an all-you-can-eat brains buffet.

After five elected terms in the Oregon Legislature, John Lim is pursuing the Republican nomination for Oregon's governor.

October 24, 2009 -- HOOD RIVER, Ore. -- The historic Columbia Gorge Hotel in Hood River, Ore., is being bought by Tri-Cities and Eastern Oregon hotel owner Vijay Patel of Kennewick.