A group of businesses and the Port of The Dalles is working on an internship program they are looking to launch next summer. Port of The Dalles Executive Director Andrea Klaas says they had heard from businesses about their need for trained employees and a willingness to do the training, and that sparked the idea. Klaas says the program, called GorgeWorks and would be Gorge-wide, is currently planning to work with five to seven businesses that will offer a similar type of job so high school graduates 18 years or older will be able to apply for an internship in the program. The program aims to begin in the summer of 2018.