Carefully picking myself up from the edge of a jagged, ice-covered, granite face, I grimaced at the sharp pain in my right hip. My setter, Finn, was entangled between intense interest in a lone sagebrush in which a brace of chukar had just departed, and passing sidelong glances of puzzlement…
PENDLETON — There will be no shortage of familiar faces when Pendleton’s Jordyn Murphy laces up her spikes for cross-country and track and field at Eastern Oregon University.
CORVALLIS — A former Eastern Oregon University athletic director is making Cascade Collegiate Conference history in more ways than one.
“A lot of times the first thing a guy will do is clamp down on the reel when a big fish starts to go. Don’t do that.” We were pointed east toward Minam and a little ribbon of water where the s…
HERMISTON — David Faaeteete was happy to see the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association move football to Season 1 during its Wednesday, Jan. 6, meeting, but for the Hermiston footba…
HEPPNER — Madelyn Nichols has made a name for herself as one of the top small-school runners in Oregon, and even though she lost her junior year of track and field, she did not not fall off th…
NORTH POWDER — Learn to ski or snowboard for free.
PILOT ROCK — Play ball!
“What are you doing that I’m not?” Ken asked.
There’s no better place to say “good riddance” to 2020 than the natural beauty of one of Oregon’s state parks.
Dan Marvin chuckles as he lampoons the way Rocky Mountain elk sometimes act.
HERMISTON — If Hermiston baseball coach Kevin Moore could pencil Rustin Edmiston in his lineup at shortstop and pitcher, he would.
PENDLETON — While gym doors on school grounds continue to remain closed, every component of Oregon high school athletics are in the midst of a transitional phase.
The sun rested against the crest of the horizon, a massive sphere radiating vibrant magenta. Wind turbines stood solemnly shadowed in the foreground while a rich golden hue settled across the …
LA GRANDE — Students from universities across the country competed in trapshooting events this fall when traditional varsity athletics were on hold.
ARLINGTON, Texas — Blake Knowles put together the best run he had in the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, placing in five rounds and winning two.
I didn’t want to tell a lie in front of the pastor. But I had a 10-pound hatchery steelhead and I didn’t feel like blabbing to this guy about where it came from.
PENDLETON — After keeping the gym doors closed the last few weeks due to the “freeze” issued by Gov. Kate Brown and the Oregon Health Authority, the Oregon School Activities Association met vi…
LA GRANDE — Eastern Oregon University spent November welcoming a new head coach to the Mountaineers women’s wrestling squad with the hiring of Carlene Sluberski.
ARLINGTON, Texas — Blake Knowles won his second round in the steer wrestling on Thursday, Dec. 10, at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, recording a run of 3.6 seconds in Round 8 at Globe Lif…
LAKE OSWEGO — The Oregon School Activities Association executive board on Monday, Dec. 7, voted to revise the 2020-21 OSAA calendar by moving the start dates of Season 2 to February 2021, with…
ENTERPRISE — The 2021 Eagle Cap Extreme sled dog race, originally scheduled for January, has been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the ECX website.
Grandpa Harry harnessed my fascination with flame by letting me manage the living room fireplace during holiday gatherings. While adults watched college football and discussed the state of the…
ECHO — It could be the hours put in at the gun range, or there could be a little magic left in her father’s Browning 12-gauge shotgun. Whatever it is has Echo High School senior Emily Ray rank…
ARLINGTON, Texas — Blake Knowles is making his fifth trip to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, but Thursday night, Dec. 3, was the first time the Heppner cowboy won a round on the biggest st…
COVID-19 changes caused Oregon state parks officials to reconsider the camping reservations system. Now they want to hear from people who use the parks.
PENDLETON — Kyle Field doesn’t know if he will get to play another baseball game for Pendleton High School, but after signing with Community Colleges of Spokane on Nov. 16, he knows his baseba…
PENDLETON — Kylie Parsons’ pitching numbers her sophomore year would not be what college coaches are looking for, but two summers of elite softball elevated her game, and her improved numbers …
As part of its COVID-19 safety plan, Walla Walla University has announced that it will withdraw from the Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) schedules for men’s and women’s basketball, women’s…
BAKER CITY — Skiers and snowboarders rejoice: Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort opens to season pass holders for the first turns of the season on Saturday, Nov. 28.
SALEM — After a hiatus of more than nine months, organized high school sports in Oregon are set to resume Dec. 28 with a season for traditional winter sports.
PENDLETON — The Nov. 18 to Dec. 2 statewide “freeze” designed to slow the recent surge in COVID-19 cases stopped high school sports practices before they had a chance to get started.
HERMISTON — When.
An icon of the western U.S., the wary, spike-tailed adult males of this species boast the endearing nickname “bombers” due to their large size and lumbering liftoff. An obligate inhabitant of …
PENDLETON — Tucker Zander has not played a high school baseball game since Pendleton lost to Central in the 2019 5A state championship game. He was a sophomore.
HERMISTON — Presentation is everything, from the grooming of the horse to the length of the rider’s pants. The smallest detail could mean the difference between a world championship and a long…
It's Election Day plus six and we do not know now any more than we did a week ago about which turkey will be president come January, but we do know that it is November and that means Thanksgiv…
A little more than a week ago, pedaling a mountain bike probably was the fastest way to descend the slopes at Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort.
CORVALLIS — The Cascade Collegiate Conference announced the adoption of a comprehensive Return to Play Plan for intercollegiate athletics.
You are never too old to learn. I thought I knew everything about smoking fish until a tiny girl with big blue eyes and soft curls in her auburn hair spit out a mouthful of mushed-up salmon in…
BAKER CITY — If high schools in Eastern Oregon resume competitive events in 2021, teams might seek to limit their opponents to relatively nearby schools to reduce travel and make it easier to …
SALEM — Someone shot a wolf in Oregon, leaving its pack without a breeding male, wildlife officials said on Friday, Oct. 23, as they announced a $6,150 reward for the shooter.
Eight months after a bacterial illness was confirmed to be spreading through one of Baker County’s two herds of bighorn sheep, animals in the other herd are also getting sick and, in a few cas…
Jeff Coston from Semiahmoo Golf and Country Club followed his first-round 66 with a second-round 67 on Wednesday to win the Senior Oregon Open Invitational with a 133.
Local golfers are taking part in the Senior Oregon Open Invitational at Wildhorse Resort and Casino and The Golf Course at Birch Creek.
UMATILLA — The 16th annual Bob Brinkley Memorial Turkey Shoot fundraiser golf tournament is accepting team and individual entries for its Saturday, Nov. 21, event held at Big River Golf Course…
LA GRANDE — The COVID-19 pandemic meant Eastern Oregon University head baseball coach Mike McInerney had less time for in-person recruiting as he would have liked.
I’ve never experienced anything quite like spot-and-stalk mule deer hunting in the foothills of the Blue Mountains. The open expanse of golden wheat stubble and grasslands pressures a hunter i…
The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest is proposing to increase fees at 28 campgrounds and to charge fees at 24 other recreation sites, most of them also campgrounds, that are free now. The chang…
HERMISTON — With Heppner’s Blake Knowles holding the lead with a time of 8.7 seconds on two runs, Dalton Massey knew he had to have a quick run if he wanted to finish atop the leaderboard in t…
LA GRANDE — The Eastern Oregon University football team will play a seven-game regular season schedule in the upcoming season that will feature a contest against each Frontier Conference opponent.
LA GRANDE — The Eastern Oregon University volleyball team edged rival Southern Oregon University to be selected as the preseason favorite in the Cascade Collegiate Conference coaches poll, whi…
HERMISTON — Joe Blankenship was just a few weeks old when he attended his first rodeo. By the time he was 5 years old, he was helping his dad Bill separate horses and bulls.
Flyfishing was something I shied away from for years because of the elitist culture common in certain cliques.
