Fruit Co. holds warehouse sale
The Fruit Company announces its second-annual Fruit Friday Summer Warehouse Extravaganza, to be held June 21.
Joe Renault: A lock-down guy
Corps of Engineers honors Cascade Locks man for 50 years of service
Joe Renault’s award certainly came through the proper channel.
Bickford named chair at CenterPointe Bank
Bickford named chair Orchardist Steve Bickford has been appointed chairman of the board for CenterPointe Community Bank.
A slice of local life -- Yong Cho: Serving the Odell community
Yong Cho has been commuting from Portland to Mid Valley Market, the store he purchased in Odell from John and Kathie Alley in 2007, for the last six years. He makes a 180-mile round trip every day, taking only one day off per month—if that.
Solstice Cafe move hinges on Kickstarter campaign
Solstice Cafe, a popular restaurant that specializes in wood-fired gourmet pizzas, has outgrown its current Bingen, Wash., location and wants to relocate to the Hood River waterfront area.
Anti-gravity treadmill gives Heights clinic unique edge
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to walk on the moon, to run through clouds, or bound like Tigger? Or, more realistically, have you ever imagined the ease of walking or running if you were just a fraction of your current body weight?
Pfriem celebrates one year anniversary with expansion
Hood River’s new waterfront brewpub, Pfriem Family Brewing, will be nearly doubling in size just in time for its one-year anniversary. At its June 4 night meeting, the Port of Hood River commission approved an intent to award a bid to Colton Construction for improvements to the Halyard Building on Portway Avenue. The $191,000 contract calls for an expansion for Pfriem to increase its size for around 6,000 square feet to 10,000 and improvements on the exterior of the building.
City says Naito project is a go -- again
Hood River City Council approved the Nichols Landing hotel and commercial building project Monday night and gave the green light to its own State Street improvement project, in a wide-ranging, four-and-a-half-hour meeting. “We are excited to be coming to Hood River and bringing a much-needed hotel and office building,” said Steve Naito of the Naito Corp., which will build the four-story, 45,000- square-foot, 88-room hotel, doing business as a Hampton Inn, and two-story, 20,000-square-foot commercial building in the Nichols boat basin on the Columbia River, along with a parking facility.
Port told Skagit-type collapse unlikely on HR toll bridge
The old bridge appears to be safe. The Port of Hood River received a report Tuesday from its bridge engineer regarding the vulnerability of the Hood River Toll Bridge to accidents like the one which resulted May 23 in the collapse of a bridge over the Skagit River on Interstate 5 in Washington. Bridge engineer David McCurry provided general analysis based on the Hood River bridge structure and type, compared to that of the Skagit River Bridge.
A slice of local life:Molly Clarke knows the scope, and scoop, at Mike’s
Molly Clarke, Hood River Valley High School senior, has been employed at Mike’s Ice Cream for the past three years, and she can’t think of one downside to working with ice cream all summer long. “It’s one of the best jobs ever,” she said. Clarke has lived in Hood River all her life and was a frequent customer at Mike’s growing up. “I still remember certain people who worked there, who would split my scoop in half for me; little things like that.”
Crowds flock to new hardware store in Hood River
The largest dining hall in town on Saturday was located in the shed at a new hardware store. Crowds gathered at long tables and on hay bales at Hood River Supply for hot dogs and hamburgers cooked by West Side Fire Department. Saturday was a record sales day for the expanded store, on Tucker Road on the Heights, said CEO Pat McAllister, terming the facility the company’s largest capital construction since the original Heights building went up in 1967. Hood River Supply also owns a store in Odell.
City responds to LUBA Naito remand and new evidence
Public may comment on waterfront project at June 10 meeting
At its May 28 meeting, the Hood River City Council considered two aspects of the proposed development of the Nichols Boat Basin waterfront area by Naito Development LLC. The project would create a 20,000-square-foot commercial building alongside an 88-room Hampton Inn & Suites hotel on city-regulated property adjacent to the exit 63 overpass.
A slice of local life -- Tammie and Kaitlin Eckert: Still learning
Every Thread Counts — ETC to locals — celebrated its one-year anniversary May 1 under the new ownership of mother-daughter team Tammie and Kaitlin Eckert. The business will celebrate at its new location in the old Wine Sellers space, 514 State St., on June 17. The Eckerts — Tammie and husband Joe, son Max and Kaitlin — are originally from the East Coast, moving from Sandy Hook, Conn., to Mosier in 2011.
City must re-examine Walmart ruling, again
Like a ping-pong ball gone astray, the city’s latest ruling on Walmart – denying the proposed expansion of the West Cascade store – is ricocheting back onto the City Council’s paddle. The original zoning question “match” began on Feb. 23, 2011 when Walmart served the first volley, requesting a 30,000 square foot expansion of its Cascade Avenue site.
HR Supply holds grand opening May 30-June 1
Hood River Supply opened a new store on the Heights in Hood River Feb. 28. The store, located at 1945 12th St., will provide an increase in product selection and service offered to the community.
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