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Hunters can win exclusive bull elk hunt on the Zumwalt Prairie at EOU raffle
LA GRANDE — Oregon hunters have the chance to win a bull elk hunt on the Zumwalt Prairie ...
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Developing a workforce for rural health care meets critical need
One of the most critical needs in rural health care is maintaining the workforce, according to Meredith Lair, ...
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Oregon’s slow march toward health equity
Baker City’s Saint Alphonsus Medical Center closed its birth center in late August 2023, a decision that received ...
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Idaho Power files two more condemnation suits for Boardman to Hemingway project
BAKER CITY — Attorneys for a Boise-based utility have filed two more condemnation lawsuits against Baker County property ...
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Wyden unveils bill to help hospital maternity departments stay open
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, is co-sponsoring a bill intended to help small, rural hospitals in Northeastern Oregon ...
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Human-caused fire burns nearly 8 acres near Medical Springs
BAKER CITY — Investigators are trying to determine the source of a human-caused fire that burned almost 8 ...
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Wyden to introduce bill to try to keep rural birthing centers open
BAKER CITY — U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, prompted in part by the August 2023 closure of the ...
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Grant County sheriff, Forest Service react to dismissal of burn boss case
PENDLETON — The dismissal of criminal charges against a federal burn boss has prompted a flurry of reactions ...
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Eastern Oregon Women’s Coalition hosts economic summit
HERMISTON — The Eastern Oregon Economic Summit, slated for Thursday and Friday, June 20-21, in Hermiston, is a ...
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Cows on the freeway? Parts of I-84, I-5 are ‘open range’ for cattle in rural Oregon, court says
PORTLAND — It was 11:30 at night and Roxann Stout and her adult daughter Jesica Galligher drove along ...