Wasco News

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.

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.

"This town needs some help, and I'm all about the college." - Hans Schwarz, 36 "We're in a really exciting time with COCC.

Windmills and power lines operate near Wasco in Sherman County. The region's electricity grid will need to expand to handle all the new wind and other renewable energy projects being built across Oregon and the West.

Malissa Winthorn speaks with Phil Cash Cash during a lunch break. Cash Cash spoke about his doctoral work as a linguist trying to understand and preserve both the verbal and sign languages he grew up with on the Umatilla Reservation.

A 16-mile stretch of the John Day River will be set aside as a state recreation site.

A state park is being planned for land along the John Day River between Wasco and Condon.

Longtime Sherman County rancher, community leader, historian and wind power advocate Gordon Wilson Hilderbrand, 80, a resident of Wasco, died at his home on Friday, Sept.

John A. Wolf declared his candidacy today for circuit court judge for the 7th Judicial District of Oregon.

Summer is almost over, but there's still plenty of time to see Central Oregon from the seat of a saddle.

The John Day River canyon is the setting of the Western Rivers Conservancy's purchase of the Murtha Ranch at Cottonwood, the Oregon 206 crossing between Condon and Wasco Land at the Oregon 206 crossing of the John Day River, between Wasco and Condon, has recently been opened to public access by its new owner, Western Rivers Conservancy , which ...

Sherman County farmer Tom McCoy, a Harvard grad with a Stanford economics doctorate, stepped from his combine Wednesday for the last time after 34 years growing wheat and barley.

Sherman County farmer Tom McCoy, a Harvard grad with a Stanford economics doctorate, stepped from his combine Wednesday for the last time after 34 years growing wheat and barley.

A shot from the 2005 race shows the wind turbines along the course. Condon, Oregon hosted its 7th Annual Independence Day Windmill Run this Saturday, July 4th, starting at 8 am.

By Sam Craig The Chronicle Some decisions are easier to make after eating a handful of freshly-picked cherries.

The first turbines erected for phase two of Portland General Electric's Biglow Canyon Wind Farm have started generating electricity, PGE officials said.

Sherman County now officially has only one elementary school. Though, said Sherman County School District Superintendent Ivan Ritchie - and the principal of the newly-named Sherman Elementary - the district has known that for a while.

Even with two mayors backing them, the group of parents and community members who are trying to keep North Sherman Elementary School from closing are having some problems convincing the district that it would be an economically feasible idea.

With a unanimous motion at their June 8 meeting, the Sherman County School Board made some drastic changes that ruffled feathers across the county.

The faith of Oregon's native and pioneer forebears is the subject of the Line in the Sand Tour "ROAR," , coming to The Dalles Monday as part of Oregon's 150th anniversary of statehood.