Skamania County — The Dalles News — Columbia Community Connection News

Jan 18

Jan 18 Conflict resolution helps prevent evictions

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Ben Noble is on a mission to get people talking. His job is an important one: to get landlords and tenants to discuss matters that could potentially lead to an eviction and try to help them find common ground and resolve their issues.

Nov 15

Nov 15 WAGAP plans an interactive GivingTuesday

Washington Gorge Action Programs

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This year’s season of giving campaign, Two for GivingTuesday, will kick off at Washington Gorge Action Programs (WAGAP) beginning Tuesday, November 28, 2023. “We are inviting community members to stop by Stevenson, Bingen, and Goldendale Housing offices to say hello and pick up two free WAGAP shopping bags,” said Jennifer Pauletto, associate director.

Jun 30

Jun 30 Get Ready To Blow It UP! Fourth of July igniting around the Gorge

Tom Peterson

Home Page, Entertainment

It’s time to light that fuse.

Patriotism is blowing up all over the Gorge as the towns of the Mid-Columbia are riding the Fourth of July Rocket into a deluge of parades, runs, food, music and good times with our neighbors. The Dalles, Hood River, Goldendale, Cascade Locks, White Salmon, Stevenson, and Skamania County are all offering a charcuterie tray of fun peppered with gunpowder.

Feb 21

Feb 21 Suspect Taken into Custody After Discharging Firearm Near Neighbor’s Residence

Cole Goodwin

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William Jones, a 69-year-old resident of Skamania, has been taken into custody after discharging his firearm near his neighbor’s residence. The incident occurred on the early morning of February 20, 2023, on Little Road in Skamania, Washington.

Sep 22

Sep 22 Washington pushes $7.3 million to Action Programs; Klickitat, Skamania to benefit

Tammy Kaufman

Positive News, Klickitat County

A recent block grant of $7.3 million will help fund Washington State’s 30 Community Action Agencies - including the Washington Gorge Action Program serving Klickitat and Skamania counties - to stabilize and equip families and individuals to exit poverty for good through a network of local organizations.

Aug 22

Aug 22 VANtastic Art and Music Fest Sept 4th

Cole Goodwin

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A VANtastic Art and Music Fest will occur at the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum Grounds located at 990 SW Rock Creek Dr. Stevenson, WA on Sunday September 4 from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The event is free for the local community and for Community Art Studio of Skamania (CASS) supporters.

Feb 24

Feb 24 Locals invited to town hall on making Lyle Food Pantry mobile

Tammy Kaufman

Positive News, Klickitat County

"We also see an opportunity to expand service to other locations such as Dallesport, Wishram, Trout Lake, and perhaps at In Lieu sites to serve our Native communities," aid Leslie Naramore, WAGAP Executive Director. "A Mobile Food Pantry will allow us to do this."

Dec 17

Dec 17 Grand Jury Indicts Cantwell on attempted murder for firing shots on deputy

Tom Peterson

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Grand Jury Indicts Logan Cantwell, 23, on charges of attempted murder after Wasco District Attorney alleged he fired on a Wasco County Deputy after a chase led them near Shaniko. Cantwell is currently being lodged in the Skamania County Jail.

Mar 23

Mar 23 WAGAP Receives $2M in Grant Funds to Prevent Evictions

Washington Gorge Action Programs

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Renters and landlords in Skamania and Klickitat Counties may be eligible to apply

Dec 11

Dec 11 Donor willing to double donations to COVID relief fund

Tom Peterson

Klickitat County, Positive News

A local donor has stepped forward to make $15,000 in matching funds available for Washington Gorge Action Programs (WAGAP) effort to raise $50,000 to rebuild the COVID-19 Relief Fund by December 31.

Nov 16

Nov 16 Washington Gorge Action Programs Joins the GivingTuesday Movement

Cole Goodwin

Home Page, Wasco County

Washington Gorge Action Programs is participating in GivingTuesday for the first time this year in an effort to highlight everyone who makes the agency successful, and it will be setting a new goal to raise $50,000 for the Covid-19 Relief Fund which will all go directly back to support Skamania and Klickitat County residents in need.

Welcome, friends.