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Greetings The Dalles! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What The Dalles residents need to know about new 90-gallon recycling carts
  • See which The Dalles Middle School students made Trimester 2 honor roll
  • How worsening drought could intensify The Dalles’ Google data center worries

Also on today's calendar: Fun Fridays and 4 more events.

Friendly reminder: know of a great event coming up in The Dalles or nearby? Post it to the The Dalles calendar! Did you know it's free to post locally? It's also inexpensive to share to nearby towns. 📅

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Very windy; clouds and sun, with a high of 58 and low of 40 degrees.
  • Friday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 65, low: 37.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 70 and low of 41 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. City in Oregon Expands Curbside Recycling with Producer-Funded Investment (packagingstrategies.com) — Households in The Dalles are getting much larger 90-gallon recycling carts and an expanded list of accepted materials, thanks to producer-funded support under Oregon’s Recycling Modernization Act. Nearly 5,000 carts are being rolled out, and The Dalles is the first community in the state to use this funding model to boost curbside recycling access.
   

2. The Dalles Middle School: Trimester 2 Honor Roll (columbiagorgenews.com) — Families in The Dalles can now see which Middle School students earned Highest Honors, Honor Roll, and Honorable Mention for the second trimester of the 2025–26 year. The published list recognizes hard work across grades 6–8 and highlights dozens of local students’ academic achievements.
   

3. Kotek issues first 2026 drought declaration for Baker, Umatilla and Deschutes counties (nbc16.com) — A new state drought emergency for Baker, Umatilla, and Deschutes counties underscores how critically low Oregon’s water supplies are, with snowpack at just 29% of normal. That trend matters in The Dalles, where residents already worry Google’s proposed data center expansion could strain limited water resources even further as hotter, drier conditions spread across the region.
   

4. 3-31 U.S. Senator Ron Wyden's The Dalles Town Hall meeting (gorgenewscenter.com) — U.S. Senator Ron Wyden held a town hall at The Dalles Readiness Center, taking on questions about healthcare funding and threats to vote-by-mail elections. He criticized reported GOP plans to cut healthcare to fund war and warned about presidential comments questioning the need for elections, stressing the importance of protecting democratic participation.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Waste Connections posted a job opening for Scale Attendant Cashier-The Dalles, OR in The Dalles. Apply here.
  • AutoZone, Inc. posted a job opening for Part Sales Manager - Part Time in The Dalles. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near The Dalles here.

Ok The Dalles! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Sign language! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in The Dalles

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in The Dalles

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.