Columbia Gorge News media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Columbia Gorge News in the centre. We have seen it on 81 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Columbia Gorge News biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Columbia Gorge News in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Columbia Gorge News left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Columbia Gorge News in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Columbia Gorge News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Columbia Gorge News are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Columbia Gorge News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Columbia Gorge News’s own report linked underneath.
A Government Accountability Office report found the Trump administration spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative leave for federal workers in 2025. The initiative, known as DOGE, led to a 435% increase in such leave, with an estimated $6.7 billion spent on a deferred resignation program.
Columbia Gorge News reported it asFeds spent $6.7B paying buyout takers to stay home, GAO finds (opens Columbia Gorge News in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump announced significant progress toward establishing a US military base in Poland. He stated the location would be announced soon and described the potential base as a historic step for the US-Poland alliance. Polish President Karol Nawrocki was credited for his leadership.
Columbia Gorge News reported it asTrump signals new U.S. Army base coming to Poland (opens Columbia Gorge News in a new tab)
Minnesota continues to use a COVID-era waiver for SNAP applicants, permitting verbal signatures over the phone. The U.S. Department of Agriculture extended this waiver until June 30, 2028, but state and federal officials appear to differ on its application.
Columbia Gorge News reported it asMinnesota, USDA differ on scope of SNAP waiver as lawmaker raises fraud concerns (opens Columbia Gorge News in a new tab)
Federal authorities have unsealed an indictment charging five individuals linked to Russian intelligence services with plotting targeted killings in the United States and European nations supporting Ukraine. The FBI announced it disrupted the alleged plot.
Columbia Gorge News reported it asFive indicted in Russian assassination scheme in New York (opens Columbia Gorge News in a new tab)
A Pentagon inspector general's report has detailed the financial and material costs of the Iran war, estimating expenses at $33.4 billion as of June 29. The report also highlighted significant damage to U.S. bases and aircraft, alongside strategic inventory shortfalls for munitions.
Columbia Gorge News reported it asCongress never funded the Iran war. The Pentagon is paying anyway (opens Columbia Gorge News in a new tab)
Representative Thomas Massie has introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Massie alleges Hegseth continued U.S. military operations in Iran without congressional approval and criticizes his actions in Venezuela and Yemen.
Columbia Gorge News reported it asHouse Republican files impeachment resolution against Hegseth over Iran (opens Columbia Gorge News in a new tab)
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has publicly stated that Congresswoman Ilhan Omar married her brother to facilitate his immigration to the United States. Mullin indicated that an ongoing investigation could result in Omar's deportation if illegal activity is uncovered.
Columbia Gorge News reported it asHoman confirms ongoing federal investigation into Ilhan Omar (opens Columbia Gorge News in a new tab)
Border Czar Tom Homan has confirmed that the federal inquiry into Representative Ilhan Omar is an ongoing criminal investigation. He stated that fraud or material misrepresentation during the citizenship process could lead to denaturalization.
Columbia Gorge News reported it asHoman confirms ongoing federal investigation into Ilhan Omar (opens Columbia Gorge News in a new tab)
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to repeal rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from coal and natural gas power plants. Administrator Lee Zeldin stated the move could save billions for the industry and boost American energy.
Columbia Gorge News reported it asEPA repeals emission rule for coal, natural gas power plants (opens Columbia Gorge News in a new tab)
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a coalition of Democratic-led cities and states have filed a lawsuit challenging a new Trump administration rule. The rule would allow immigration officials to deny green cards and visas to immigrants who use public benefits.
Columbia Gorge News reported it asNew York leads lawsuit against Trump’s ‘public charge’ immigration rule (opens Columbia Gorge News in a new tab)
Bo French, the Republican nominee for Texas Railroad Commissioner, posted a photo of University of Texas students and described them as 'foreigners' displacing Americans. The post drew condemnation from prominent Texas Republicans, including U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, who called it racist and intolerant.
Columbia Gorge News reported it asFifty days ahead of Election Day, Republicans pour money into Paxton campaign (opens Columbia Gorge News in a new tab)
Saudi Arabia has shut its 1,200-kilometre East-West oil pipeline following drone attacks launched from Iraq. The closure removes a key route for oil exports, potentially impacting four percent of global supply and driving up crude prices.
Columbia Gorge News reported it asIran backed Houthi attack on Saudi pipeline threatens global supply (opens Columbia Gorge News in a new tab)
Gasoline prices in Michigan increased by 32 cents per gallon over the past week, marking the largest rise of any U.S. state during that period. This significant jump has been noted as one of the largest weekly increases in months.
Columbia Gorge News reported it asMinnesota gas prices surge nearly 30 cents in a week (opens Columbia Gorge News in a new tab)
Gasoline and diesel prices are expected to increase significantly on Wednesday and Thursday, with analysts pointing to ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Iran as primary drivers. The U.S. average diesel price has reached $6.301 per gallon, and gasoline is at $4.355 per gallon.
Columbia Gorge News reported it asMinnesota gas prices surge nearly 30 cents in a week (opens Columbia Gorge News in a new tab)
Documents obtained by multiple outlets reveal that Atlantic Industrial Coatings admitted its own design and workmanship flaws caused the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool liner to blister and detach. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office said the damage resulted from a botched installation, and the government agreed to a $14.7 million repair payment.
Columbia Gorge News reported it asTrump’s slapdash Reflecting Pool renovations stand in stark contrast to years of deliberation and engineering ingenuity that went into its creation (opens Columbia Gorge News in a new tab)
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with an exhibit of artifacts. The display includes personal items from the day, presented openly due to fragility, as museum leadership navigates political criticism.
Columbia Gorge News reported it as9/11 25th anniversary commemorative events happening Friday (opens Columbia Gorge News in a new tab)
Scientists estimate Mercury's diameter may have shrunk by up to 14 miles (23 kilometers), a figure 30% greater than earlier projections. The planet's hot iron core cooling and contracting is believed to be the cause, tightening its surface.
Columbia Gorge News reported it asMercury shrinking more than scientists previously thought (opens Columbia Gorge News in a new tab)
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will attend the annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony on Friday. His attendance has drawn criticism due to his appointment of Ramzi Kassem as chief legal counsel, who previously represented a convicted al-Qaeda member.
Columbia Gorge News reported it asFamilies from 9/11 urge Mamdani to skip Friday's 25th anniversary memorial (opens Columbia Gorge News in a new tab)
A study examining UK medical records found that semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, was associated with a nearly 40% reduction in asthma attacks and a 20% decrease in COPD flare-ups. Scientists suggest anti-inflammatory properties may be responsible, but caution that further trials are needed.
Columbia Gorge News reported it asStudy finds weight loss drugs linked to 40% drop in asthma attacks (opens Columbia Gorge News in a new tab)
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to reject a federal judge's order that halts new rules for mail-in voting. The appeal comes as North Carolina prepares to send out mail ballots, with a whistleblower report warning the new rules could prevent millions of ballots from being sent.
Columbia Gorge News reported it asTrump administration asks Supreme Court to halt mail voting order again (opens Columbia Gorge News in a new tab)
Who says so
2 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
High factuality
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for Columbia Gorge News.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- columbiagorgenews.com
- Seen publishing on
- columbiagorgenews.com
- Access
- Free to read
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 81
- Reports listed
- 81
- We could read
- 2
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
79 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 2 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Columbia Gorge News is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 81 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Columbia Gorge News’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 21 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 18 September 2026. Ratings pulled 4 September 2026.
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