The La Grande Urban Renewal Agency outlined its priorities for the upcoming fiscal year during the annual retreat with city ...

LA GRANDE — La Grande National Guardsman Karl Baum, a citizen soldier with a noteworthy distinction, has received a salute from a U.S. Department of Defense agency. Baum, a member of the 3rd ...

JOSEPH — Clayton Perry, of Power, Montana, took home the top prize Saturday, Jan. 25, as winner of the 200-mile stretch of the Eagle Class Extreme Sled Dog Race. He finished the race in 32 hours ...

UNION COUNTY — Are term limits for county commissioners legal under the Oregon Constitution? This is the question the Union County Board of Commissioners wants to bring before the court.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration issued a report in January to Congress recommending long-distance passenger rail service return to Eastern Oregon. Passenger rail ended in ...

HEPPNER — The Bank of Eastern Oregon had consolidated earnings of just under $16.5 million for 2024, the institution announced. BEO ended the year with $867.6 million in total assets, $580 ...

LA GRANDE — From the rainforests of Ecuador to the shores of the Galápagos Islands, Eastern Oregon University professor Laura Mahrt embarked on hands-on adventure in some of the world’s most ...

SALEM — A winter that’s been unusually mild so far has deprived anglers who like to drill a hole in thick ice and drop a line into the frigid water of a local pond or reservoir. Without the ...

ENTERPRISE — Wallowa Resources will receive one of three grants to fund conservation efforts in the Pacific Northwest, according to a press release. The Enterprise-based nonprofit is scheduled ...

LA GRANDE — Sarah Rankin’s career in La Grande started and ended with spinach. “I started working in the spinach fields as a young woman,” Rankin said. “You didn’t make a whole lot of ...

That’s what Craig Anderson will be hollering again as he sets his sled dog team on the course of the 2025 Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog Race outside of Joseph this month. Bill Bradshaw covers news ...

LA GRANDE — The annual tally of people who are homeless has a focus in 2025 on youth. This year's Point-In-Time count is Wednesday, Jan. 29, and agencies that provide services to the homeless ...