A toxic algae bloom along the Columbia River in Richland is back. The Benton Franklin Health District closed part of the shoreline to recreation in mid-September after reports of three dogs dying and others being sickened after playing in the water.
WALLA WALLA, Washington — The Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center, Walla Walla, is set to hold its second drive-thru flu shot clinic at all its clinic locations on Saturday, Oct. 23.
LA GRANDE — With the vaccine deadline approaching, Eastern Oregon University’s vaccination rate among on-campus students stands at just over 75%, while the staff vaccination rate is above 80%.
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NOAA's Climate Prediction Center forecast that the La Nina will peak at moderate strength from November through January. The center hedged a little, estimating a 13% chance that the La Nina wi…
MEACHAM — Motorists driving on Interstate 84 between Spring Creek and Meacham next week should be ready for lane closures because of continuing road restoration work being conducted by the Ore…
A jury convicted a former Baker City man of felony theft for stealing money in 2017 from a local assisted living center he co-owned.
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JOHN DAY — The John Day Police Department will cease to exist by the end of the month — even though the city has yet to work out an agreement with Grant County to provide law enforcement servi…
The legal dispute pits the enforcement of state water rights against the federal government’s obligation to operate the Klamath irrigation project in compliance with the Endangered Species Act.
A virus changed Gloria Schott’s life.
LA GRANDE — La Grande is just weeks away from hosting its annual congregation of visiting filmmakers at the 2021 Eastern Oregon Film Festival.
Despite a last minute push from opponents, the Bend City Council unanimously approved a ban on the sale, possession and use of all fireworks on Wednesday.
LA GRANDE — The Union County Board of Commissioners wants no part of the River Democracy Act.
A Bend man with terminal cancer was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison for sexually abusing a young relative more than a decade ago.
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JOSEPH — Joseph Charter School’s aviation program is about to take off again, after nearly being grounded. The school has hired Alexis “Lexi” Rindfleisch as the new instructor.
LA GRANDE — La Grande police reported arresting two people Monday, Oct. 4, after reports of a gun being fired.Jessey O'Quinn, a 25-year-old male, was arrested for attempted murder, menacing, r…
LA GRANDE — A wolf pack in Union County north of Elgin has killed 12 ewe sheep and injured two guard dogs protecting sheep over the past week or so, according to the Oregon Department of Fish …
WALLOWA COUNTY — A 3x3 whitetail buck deer was poached along School Flat Road near School Flat Lane within the Sled Springs Wildlife Management Unit sometime prior to 8 a.m. Sept. 25, accordin…
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LA GRANDE — Bi-Mart announced Thursday, Sept. 30, that Walgreens will acquire Bi-Mart's pharmacy business, including "pharmacy patient prescription files and related pharmacy inventory of 56 B…
LA GRANDE — One man was seriously injured in an early morning motor vehicle crash Tuesday, Sept. 28, on Interstate 84, about 12 miles west of La Grande near the Spring Creek Exit.
UNION COUNTY — Firefighters with four departments in Union and Wallowa counties will soon have extra breath and be lighter on their feet.
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A school bus full of kids crashed Friday afternoon at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasco, Washington, after the driver was stabbed to death by an adult man who had gotten on the bus.
WALLOWA — A Wallowa County man is set to join a state committee.
PORTLAND — The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest soon will have a new leader.
The Liberty Theatre Foundation has received a major financial boost to move it closer to completion of the the historic building's renovation.
A 32-year-old Baker City man who pleaded guilty in June 2021 to receiving a $145,200 federal COVID-19 relief loan on behalf of a fictitious company and then using the money for personal purpos…
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LA GRANDE — As fall approaches, so too does one of La Grande’s growing arts traditions.
BAKER CITY — Baker City City Manager Jon Cannon has been busy during the past week carrying out the city council’s order to look into a possible lawsuit challenging Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s ma…
COVE — It was a battle of etiquette at the Cove Cherry Fair polite pie-eating contest.
PORTLAND — Opposing rallies that drew hundreds of people in Portland sparked clashes Sunday, Aug. 22.
BAKER CITY — Baker City Councilor Lynette Perry announced her resignation on Wednesday, Aug. 18, citing health issues.
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Portions of the Pacific Ocean cooled considerably in July, affirming that a La Nina weather system likely will form this fall, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.
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WASHINGTON — Included in the sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure bill approved by the Senate is funding for Western water projects that farmers, water providers and environmentalists say are b…
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Tyson Fresh Meats has gone to court to forcibly acquire the Pasco, Wash., feedlot that bankrupt cattleman Cody Easterday sold to a major competitor last year after bilking Tyson out of $233 million.
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For the first time in 122 years of record-keeping, drought covers almost the entire Western U.S. as measured by the Palmer Drought Severity Index.
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BOISE, Idaho — Wildlife advocates on Thursday, July 29, petitioned federal officials to restore federal protections for gray wolves throughout the U.S. West after Idaho and Montana passed laws…
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The Justice Department has objected to a $3.8 million legal bill submitted by a Los Angeles law firm overseeing the liquidation of the bankrupt Easterday ranches and farms in the Columbia Basin.
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Members of the Washington and Oregon fish and wildlife commissions will hold a virtual meeting from 2-5:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 28, to discuss policy for the shared waters of the Columbia River.
BAKER CITY — A 24-year-old Baker City man was sentenced to almost nine years in prison Thursday, July 15, after pleading guilty to first-degree robbery and to spraying bear spray in the face o…
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LEWISTON, Idaho — Last week, on what Steve Carlson called a horrible day for fire danger, firefighters were able to use a drip torch to light a blaze along the 42 Road on the Umatilla National…
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BOISE, Idaho — Airport officials, including those in Northeast Oregon, facing jet fuel shortages are concerned they’ll have to wave off planes and helicopters that drop fire retardants during …
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Forecasters are predicting that the odds favor a La Nina forming next fall, a climate phenomenon linked to large snowpacks and good irrigation seasons in most Northwest basins.
An Ontario man has been arrested on sex crime and kidnapping charges in Grant County.
LA GRANDE — The Oregon Trail Fire near the Oregon Trail Interpretive Park at Blue Mountain Crossing, about 12 miles west of La Grande, continues to burn, according to the Blue Mountain Interag…
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PORTLAND — As outlandish as the killer heat wave that struck the Pacific Northwest was, it fits into a decades-long pattern of uneven summer warming across the United States.
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PORTLAND — A Pacific Northwest heat wave has killed nearly 100 people in Oregon alone, a number that state’s governor called “absolutely unacceptable.”
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Jul. 3—Water and salmon managers opted Friday to halt normal summer spill operations at two dams on the Lower Snake in a desperate attempt to keep water temperatures from rising to dangerous l…
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SPOKANE — A bipartisan group of 21 Northwest lawmakers called on President Joe Biden to prioritize a long-running effort to renegotiate a 60-year-old treaty that governs how the United States …
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to temporarily raise pay for federal firefighters to ensure that no one fighting wildland fires is making less than $15 per hour, according to a senior …
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SPOKANE — Record-high heat is forecast in the normally mild-weathered Pacific Northwest this weekend, raising concerns about wildfires and the health of people in a region where many people do…
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Farmland Reserve Inc., the real estate company of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, submitted the high bid of $209 million for the Easterday ranch properties in Eastern Washing…
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Leaders of national and regional farm organizations rallied around efforts to protect the four lower Snake River dams June 16, taking part in a day-long briefing on the role the structures pla…
WALLOWA COUNTY — People with mobility issues soon will have a much easier time getting to and from sidewalks in Eastern Oregon, according to an Oregon Department of Transportation press release.
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ENTERPRISE — Before the state had the opportunity to declare fire season in Northeastern Oregon, two fires erupted late last week in the remote canyons of Wallowa County.
