Celebrate Lineworker Appreciation Day on April 18

No matter what Mother Nature has in store, Northern Wasco County PUD lineworkers are ready to answer the call, ensuring[...]

Careful Planning Reduces Risk

Story and photo by Rodger Nichols Risk is not just a board game. It’s a process managers must deal with.[...]

From Salem to South Africa to The Dalles

NWCPUD welcomes Joshua Smith to its engineering team Story and photo by Rodger Nichols Joshua Smith is one of the[...]

A Mission to Give Back

Story and photos by Rodger Nichols Northern Wasco County PUD’s mission is to “provide reliable, competitively priced energy and related[...]

Bigger Than the Circus

Buffalo Bill brought the Wild West to The Dalles in 1902 By Rodger Nichols Electricity first came to The Dalles[...]

Manager’s Report — March 2020

Columbia River System Operations – Draft Environmental Impact Statement By the time this issue of Ruralite gets to your mailbox,[...]

For the Good of All

In today’s political climate, society often seems fractured and divided. That’s not always the case for local governments. Photos and[...]

A Facility for the Future

By Rodger Nichols A proposed new project near the John Day Dam could offer the Columbia Gorge and beyond a[...]