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State offering free opioid reversal medication to schools

PENDLETON — The Oregon Health Authority is helping to tackle a growing issue affecting young people across the…

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Joseph joins program to help with planning work

JOSEPH — Before construction workers start building housing units in the numbers called for by Gov. Tina Kotek,…

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Betting on the house: Eastern Oregon communities try different approaches to housing crunch

WALLOWA — For Whitney Murdoch, it all started in the town of Wallowa in the weeks following the…

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Rogers drops out of Wallowa County commission race

ENTERPRISE — One name is no longer on the May 21 primary election ballot and one more has…

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Home in the hills

BAKER CITY — Ron DeRoest’s best friend for a while was a bobcat. DeRoest caught the kitten in…

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Millions of acres to manage: Forest Service updating 33-year-old plans for three national forests in the Blue Mountains

BAKER CITY — Start with a swath of land more than twice as big as Rhode Island and…

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Most Eastern Oregon counties see population decline in latest estimates

PORTLAND — Oregon’s population ticked upward again in 2023, but the new population estimates by Portland State University,…

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Eastern Oregon colleges taking steps to curb food insecurity on campus

LA GRANDE — A staggering one in three college students experience food insecurity, but area individuals and colleges…

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Judicial candidate Jared Boyd announces plans to self-fund campaign

LA GRANDE — A candidate for the 10th Judicial Circuit is taking a unique approach to campaign funding.…

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With drought diminishing in some areas, farmers focus on winter forecast

BAKER CITY — Mark Ward won’t stop worrying about water — he’s a farmer in a valley with…

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