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Community responds to face masks

UMATILLA COUNTY — Jeanie Lemens wants the community to think about people like her. Last year, Lemens was…

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Work starting on Hells Canyon Dam power plant upgrades

Projects planned in next decade-plus aim to produce generation, other benefits.

Coronavirus

Loved ones want more COVID-19 protections for inmates

PENDLETON — Lydia Jarrell stood looking across the fenced-off exterior of Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution on Friday, July…

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Medical examiner says teen drowned

BAKER CITY — A 17-year-old boy who had been the subject of a week-long search in the area…

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Still steaming — Sumpter Valley Railroad rolls on during pandemic

SUMPTER — The Sumpter Valley Railroad started steaming along its tracks in the late 1800s, and it continues…

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Bend group creates labyrinth for peace amid pandemic

Members of the Unity Community of Central Oregon are inviting the public to walk through their newly built…

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Umatilla County commissioner candidates dismiss systemic racism as local issue

UMATILLA COUNTY — Umatilla County commissioner candidates HollyJo Beers and Dan Dorran, both of whom are white, provided…

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Half of Baker County’s 10 COVID-19 cases are Forest Service employees

BAKER COUNTY — Three more Baker County residents have contracted COVID-19, county officials announced Tuesday, bringing the county’s…

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Suspect arrested for murder, arson in 2018 deaths of couple in Grant County

JOHN DAY — Almost two years after a fire destroyed a home east of Mount Vernon, a suspect…

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No sign of missing teenager in Baker County

RICHLAND — Baker County Sheriff’s Office marine deputies were continuing to patrol the waters of Brownlee Reservoir on…

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