Building a Better Workforce
Gorge Works aims to unite local businesses with skilled workers By Kathy Ursprung Furnishings are sparse but comfortable in the city council chambers...
Sep
2018
Inside Ruralite
Sep
2018
Fire Puts PUD Line Crews to Test
Response to wildfire preparation is key When wildfire rages across the countryside, the day doesn’t end at closing time for the crews of...
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Aug
2018
PUD General Manager shares his thoughts in ‘Clearing Up’
Roger Kline was recently interviewed for ‘Clearing Up’, the definitive news and information resource for electricity and natural gas in the greater Pacific...
Aug
2018
Student Plays Support Role at PUD
Christian Cunningham heads to university this fall When Christian Cunningham graduated from Horizon Christian School earlier this year, he had not only a...
Aug
2018
Morehart has Long, Varied Utility Career
Pat Morehart is the Engineering and Operations Manager at Northern Wasco County PUD. He was hired in August 2016. “I started in the...
Aug
2018
Teens on Target
Coach Robert Wallace builds a competitive trap-shooting team in Dufur By Kathy Ursprung Once a week from April through June, life is a...
Jul
2018
Grants Benefit Three Communities
Program centers on economic benefit Recipients of Northern Wasco County People’s Utility District’s Economic Development Grants will share $50,000 and provide benefits in...
Jul
2018
A Lens on His Native Land
Adventure photographer takes a new look at familiar territory By Kathy Ursprung For photographer David Polehn, the spectacular Columbia River Gorge backdrop had...
Jun
2018
The RARE Effect on Small Towns
AmeriCorps program makes a lasting impact By Kathy Ursprung Bayoán Ware has two deadlines to meet on this particular Friday. First, he is...
Jun
2018
New Employees Bring Skills to North Wasco
PUD welcomes Wilson, Bartz and Sperber Jim Wilson Jim Wilson joined Northern Wasco County PUD as a lineman in November 2016. “I was...
Jun
2018
Tree Trimming Aids Safety, Efficiency
Save trouble later; don’t plant tall trees below lines Rural tree trimming has been in full swing this spring as work crews hustle...
May
2018
New Workers Keep PUD Rolling
Many departments added new faces in 2017–18 Jay Bonogofsky and Derrick Mauritson The faces of Jay Bonogofsky and Derrick Mauritson aren’t ones that...
