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Discover a whole new ‘sign’ of La Grande

The Ghost Signs Tour in La Grande is a Geocaching Adventure Lab experience that takes participants on a ...

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Oregon Gov. Kotek sends $5 million to food banks ahead of SNAP cutoff

Food banks across Oregon have warned that they do not have enough resources to absorb the impact of ...

La Grande Police Chief Gary Bell, middle, addresses community members along with Union County Sheriff Cody Bowen, left, and Union County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Powers, on Oct. 23, 2025, at the Union County unit of the League of Women Voters' inaugural town hall. Bell, Bowen and Powers discussed how the 2024 change to Oregon’s drug law affected Union County. (Isabella Crowley/The Observer)

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Union County leaders talk effects of Oregon drug laws

Local law enforcement and judicial leaders during a town hall Oct. 23 shared how the 2024 change to ...

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Oregon East Symphony opens season Nov. 9

Composer Chris Thomas returns to Pendleton to join the Oregon East Symphony in the opening concert of its ...

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‘Out There’ explores beauty of national parks

Take a road trip through some of America’s national parks with several screenings of the documentary “Out There: ...

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Oregon’s Rayfield, other Democratic AGs sue Trump over SNAP benefits

A coalition of Democratic state officials sued the Trump administration Tuesday, asking a federal judge to force the ...

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Breast Warriors of Wallowa County raise $3,500 for awareness, aid

Breast Warriors holds second-annual art auction in Joseph.

Elections

Republican Christine Drazan mounts 2026 bid for Oregon governor

Drazan narrowly lost to Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek in a three-way race in 2022 Republican Christine Drazan will ...

Crime & Justice

Oregon gun law case awaits Supreme Court hearing

Supporters of Measure 114 are confident in their chances to defend the law despite some uncertainty over the ...

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Lower Cove Cemetery project takes shape

Community members from across Union County have banded together to help preserve history and prepare for the future ...

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Agriculture

Oregon’s first sage grouse ‘conservation bank’ operating

Landowners in Baker, Malheur counties can sell credits to developers whose projects would harm sage grouse Developers who ...

Government

E. Oregonians, food banks brace for delay in food stamp benefits

SNAP payments will be delayed if federal government shutdown continues into November.

La Grande police arrested Jackson Borge, 34, of La Grande following a car crash on Cove Avenue on Oct. 23, 2025. Police seized around 19 grams of a white crystalline substance during the investigation, shown here in this photo, which tested presumptively positive for fentanyl-laced methamphetamine. (La Grande Police Department/Contributed Photo)

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Police arrest La Grande man for DUII, drugs

A car crash the evening of Oct. 23, led to the arrest of a La Grande man on ...

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Baker County rancher and Oregon Cattlemen’s Association president reflects on Trump administration’s plan to boost beef industry

Matt McElligott was in the mountains, moving his cattle off summer range in the brilliant sunshine of Indian ...

Government

Oregon alleges federal lawyers overstated police presence to deploy National Guard

Federal lawyers claimed a surge of 115 federal police were needed over the summer to quell protests, but ...

Community News

Art Center East opens inaugural Youth Art Open Exhibit Nov. 1

Art Center East, 1006 Penn Ave., unveils the inaugural Youth Art Open Exhibit with a reception on Saturday, ...

Elections

Multipartisan effort aims to open Oregon’s primaries through ballot initiative in 2026

Former governor, ex-state lawmaker and Independent Party leader team up to open Oregon primaries More than 1.3 million ...

Business

Missing federal jobs report leaves Oregon Employment Department, businesses in the dark

Despite delivering in past shutdowns, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said it was unable to provide the ...

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Salem-area residents say Oregon’s next national cemetery should be built east of the Cascades

Residents object to proposal to build national cemetery in their neighborhood A group of residents who live just ...

Akhil Reed Amar conversation with Oregon Humanities

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Oregon Humanities livestreams conversation on Oct. 27 in La Grande

Oregon Humanities will livestream an onstage conversation with Akhil Reed Amar at 7 p.m. on Oct. 27 to ...