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Local restaurants embrace impacts of nationwide pandemic struggles

LA GRANDE — With restaurants in need, grant funding has helped keep the doors open for some local…

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Brown orders masks worn indoors as COVID-19 hits record levels in Oregon

SALEM — Gov. Kate Brown on Wednesday, Aug. 11, ordered face masks worn indoors in public places by…

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Police raid two marijuana grow sites in Union

UNION — Oregon State Police and Union County Sheriff’s Office found and searched two illegal marijuana grow sites…

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Officials: 10 fully vaccinated Oregonians died in July

SALEM — The Oregon Health Authority reported Monday, Aug. 9, that 10 of the 55 Oregonians who died…

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Union County records 17 new COVID-19 cases

UNION COUNTY — The Oregon Health Authority announced 17 new cases of COVID-19 in Union County for Tuesday,…

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Oregon’s sharpest COVID-19 spike on track to leave state 500 hospital beds short of needs

SALEM — The COVID-19 delta variant is spreading so fast that it will hit most of the state’s…

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Paying tribute to friends lost to COVID-19

UNION — With pen in hand and heart on his sleeve, Jim Arnott is helping the state step…

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La Grande School Board approves operations plan amidst local outcry

LA GRANDE — Central Elementary School’s gymnasium was filled with tension Wednesday night, Aug. 4. The gym was…

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Union County COVID-19 rate highest in 10 months

LA GRANDE — For the last several months, the 25 beds at Grande Ronde Hospital have been plenty…

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Oregon health care workers will be required to get vaccinated or face frequent testing

SALEM — Oregon health care workers will need to get vaccinated for COVID-19 or face weekly tests, under…

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