Columbia River Gorge

Between the three largest Oregon fires and Klickitat County’s Newell Road Fire, roughly 90,000 acres have burned, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

Two service providers announced they would not operate cooling shelters for people experiencing homelessness in the Columbia River Gorge this summer, and instead would distribute supplies such as water, fans and sunscreen.

A wildfire burning on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge in Skamania County has reached 80% containment just over a week since it started.

As of Sunday morning, the Tunnel 5 Fire burning in Skamania County in Southwest Washington was 65% contained, according to a fire update provided by the interagency Southwest Washington Fire Information Facebook page.

Gliding in the skies is a form of freedom and responsibility taken on by a group of teenagers in the Columbia Gorge who came together through the Hood River Soaring Club.

A long-standing vision for a 200-mile trail network linking towns on both sides of the Columbia Gorge in Oregon and Washington is moving closer to reality.

We hear from three people at the only homeless shelter facility in The Dalles, including a 64-year-old person experiencing homelessness and the lead medical provider of a mobile medical clinic that treats unhoused patients.

We get three perspectives on homelessness in The Dalles from the executive director of a homeless services agency, a person experiencing homelessness and the lead medical provider who operates a mobile medical van serving unhoused patients at the only shelter facility in Wasco County.

In other news: 6th graders pulled from Outdoor School over non-binary counselors, snow is forecast for Lane County and more.

The city and Wasco County have now approved a deal to give a large tax break to tech giant Google on new facilities in The Dalles.