Celebrate the 45th Anniversary of Vortex I, the only state sponsored rock festival in U.S. history on August 8th, 2015. Vortex I: A Biodegradable Festival of Life, took place at a state park near Estacada in 1970. Learn how Vortex was different than a counter-culture...
Drive over to Cascade Locks for the 2015 Melges 24 US National Championships on August 7th, 8th and 9th. This Columbia River regatta is open to all boats that meet the obligations of the Melges 24 Class rules and USMCA rules, including class membership....
Join the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & Museum on August 20th for Oregon Transformed: World War II Stories on the Columbia River. The Oregon Transformed event is free to the public with an optional pre-program dinner (only $15 per person) including Jerked...
Its hot, so hot that we have a heat advisory from Battlefield, WA to Eugene, OR and everywhere in between. High temperatures are expected to hit between 95F to 100F throughout the Willamette Valley as well as the Western and Central Columbia River Gorge area. Learn...
The population of Western Pond Turtles has grown in the Columbia River Gorge, thanks to the Western Pond Turtle Recovery Project. The program started in the early 1990’s when there were less than 100 Western Pond Turtles in Washington, according to the Oregon...
