Nestle

Leaders in the Columbia River Gorge community of Cascade Locks have spent more than eight years trying to convince Nestle to build a bottling plant there. They say a recent overwhelming public vote against the plant is just the latest step – and hope a strange quirk in Oregon law helps their case.

Voters in Hood River County voted Tuesday to ban commercial water bottling and block a proposed Nestle plant, but the company and its backers haven't given up.

Hood River County voters have approved a ban on commercial water bottling, blocking  Nestle's proposed bottling plant in Cascade Locks.

A measure on this month’s ballot asks Hood River County voters to ban commercial water bottling in an effort to block Nestle from building a $50 million plant in the Columbia River Gorge.

Hood River residents are taking another step to try to stop Nestle from bottling local water.