Columbia Gorge News

Columbia Gorge News is a weekly newspaper based in Hood River, Oregon.

It was formed in April 2020 by the merger of The Dalles Chronicle, Hood River News and White Salmon Enterprise after Eagle Newspapers sold them to Chelsea Marr.

[5] Litfin would be remembered for "gradually turning the pile of junk he found into a living, breathing, fighting newspaper."

When advertisers threatened to boycott his paper for publishing a divorce story about a prominent business man, Litfin refused to yield, saying "I'm going to print the news.

[10] Pulitzer acquired the company in 1996[11][12] and sold the Chronicle later that year to Eagle Newspapers.

[21] The Meresse family owned the Enterprise from 1912 until it was purchased by Hood River News on July 1, 1976, which was part of Eagle Newspapers.

[22][23] Due to the COVID-19 recession in the United States, Eagle Newspapers announced plans to shutter the Hood River News, The Dalles Chronicle and the White Salmon Enterprise on March 31, 2020.