Local News | The Dalles Chronicle

Local News

Subscribe

TDW, Sherman honors its top athletes of ‘13

Scholarships handed out in year-end ceremonies The Dalles Wahtonka High School announced year-end athlete award winners for the 2012-2013 sports season at the All Sports Ceremony held last Tuesday in The Dalles. All-state baseball recipient Connor Mathisen won Male Scholar Athlete honors and fellow TDW graduates Maya Barnard-Davidson and Anndria North were recognized as the school’s Female Scholar Athletes.

Missoula auditions for Beauty Lou and the Country Beast Monday, June 17th

An audition will be held for the Missoula children’s theatre (MCT) production of Beauty Lou and the Country Beast Monday, June 17th at The Dalles Wahtonka High School from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. Those auditioning should arrive at 9:30 am and plan to stay for the full two hours. Most of the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immediately following the audition.

For the Record, June 14

Police, fire, medical and lottery reports from June 14, 2013.

Dalles Dam offers weekend guided tours

Guests can also wander Seufert Park The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will offer tours of The Dalles Dam this summer, every Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Tours will end the last weekend of September. Visitors can join a park ranger for a guided tour to learn about the dam’s history, operations, power generation and fish passage facilities.

Tease photo

Fire destroys Foley Lakes residence

Blaze leaves eight people homeless WITH PHOTO GALLERY AND VIDEO An older single-wide trailer was destroyed by fire Thursday afternoon and investigators believe the cause of the blaze was a faulty electrical wire underneath the residence.

Tease photo

Fire destroys home in Foley Lakes

A fire Thursday afternoon, June 13, gutted a single-wide manufactured home in Foley Lakes. Crew and apparatus from Mid Columbia Fire and Rescue and Dallesport Fire Department responded to the blaze, which left eight homeless.

For the Record, June 13

Police, fire, medical and lottery reports for June 13, 2013

Tease photo

Mother reflects on loss, meaning of life

Kate Alvarez says fire taught her a valuable lesson Kate Alvarez said she, like most Americans, sometimes put too much priority on material possessions — until she watched her house go up in flames.

Collection under way for fire victims

Clothing for the children of Jose and Kate Alvarez, who lost everything in a house fire on West Eighth Street early Sunday morning, is now being collected in the main office at Colonel Wright Elementary School, 610 W. 14th St., or The Dalles Wahtonka High School, 220 E. 10th St. Greg Bigelow, principal at Colonel Wright, is organizing the clothing drive for the family and said these sizes are needed:

For the Record, June 11

Police, fire, medical and lottery reports from June 11, 2013.

Music in the Park cancelled

The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce has decided to cancel the 2013 Music in the Park series, which includes the June 12, July 17 and Aug. 14 dates.

Tease photo

Woman pulled from burning car

Witnesses to a crash Monday, June 10, near Cascade Locks aided in the rescue of an unconscious woman from a burning car.

Tease photo

Fire destroys family home

A fire that is believed to have been started Sunday by a careless smoker destroyed a home at 117 W. Eighth St. and damaged two other properties.

For the Record, June 10

Police, fire, medical and lottery reports for June 10, 2013.

Road work scheduled

The Dalles Public Works Department will close East 14th Street, between Washington Street and Kelly Avenue, to all traffic from 7 a.m. Monday, June 10, through 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 12.

Previous

Events

Latest blog posts

Photos

More photos

Latest video