Golden Northwest Aluminum closed the smelter in 2000, crippled by rising power costs, and began demolition in 2007. All that's left is a few mounds of rebar and steel, waiting to be hauled. Resident cats outnumber May and his crew. And this time, everybody knows aluminum jobs won't return. But something strange is happening: As Oregon staggers through the worst recession in memory, The Dalles is doing OK.
The trail in The Dalles is most scenic at its west end, from the Klindt Street trailhead to where it approaches the Discovery Center through a wildlife area.
If you want to be in the right place when the recovery starts, that place may be in Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Texas or Washington.
The season total for steelhead over Bonneville as of Aug. 13 is at 258,087, more than 80,000 above the 10-year average as of that date, the Fish Passage Center says.
The stellar pinot noir made by Rich Cushman at Phelps Creek is helping the Columbia River Gorge region emerge from the shadow of the Willamette Valley.
The Students Recycling Used Technology program in The Dalles received a gift from Internet giant, Google, of 96 computers, flat screen monitors, keyboards and mice. As part of a pilot program, the StRUT program is the first educational district entity ever to receive a donation directly from Google.
For 50 years, the first thing visitors and residents have seen on the horizon when they approached The Dalles from the west has been the Northwest Aluminum smelter. That’s about to change. Piece by piece and bit by bit, the 100-acre facility is being dismantled and recycled to make way for future economic development.
Mid-Columbia Medical Center (MCMC) has entered a three-way partnership to build a new 59,000-square-foot, three-story riverfront medical building at the Lone Pine Village.
Mid-Columbia Medical Center (MCMC), hospital for The Dalles, Ore., has partnered with local mixed-used community Lone Pine Village and commercial contractor Integrity Structures, to open a new facility within the Village in fall 2009. The three-story building will expand on the hospital’s existing services with nearly 59,000 square feet of floor space.
Other filming sites include Oregon's Multnomah Falls and Indian Beach, and the Cape Horn loop trail on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge. It circles the area where hunky vampire Edward (played by Robert Pattinson) and Bella (Kristen Stewart) perch in trees, says Harry Medved of Fandango.com. Fandango is helping Twilight fans visit movie sites via a contest at fandango.com/sweepstakes/twilight.