Year In Review
The Observer’s top 10 COVID-19 stories
10. Pandemic prompts innovative graduations Innovation took center stage on the graduation front in Northeastern Oregon in 2020 ...
Year In Review
The Observer’s top 10 non-COVID-19 stories
10. Animal shelter rebounds from turmoil The Blue Mountain Humane Association in La Grande reported in 2020 it ...
Year In Review
The Observer’s top 10 sports stories of 2020
10. La Grande swim coach puts in a final lap LA GRANDE — Darren Dutto ended his run ...
Year In Review
In Memoriam — 2020
Victor Abbott Scott Abernethy Bonnie Ackley Michelle Addleman Corey Aldrich Rebecca Ambrose Barbara Amyx Richard Ansell Dock Baker ...
Year In Review
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020
In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes ...
Year In Review
2020: The Year in Review
This last year was some good training ground for a new editor. Not that I wouldn’t have minded ...
Year In Review
The Observer’s top 10 sports stories of 2019
10 — EOU men’s soccer clinches first-ever NAIA national bid Midway through the season, it seemed as if ...
Year In Review
From the editor’s desk | Looking back and moving ahead
What a year. From flooding to arrests for murder to state high school sports champs, we have plenty ...
Year In Review
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019
This year saw the deaths of people who shifted culture through prose, pragmatism and persistence. It also witnessed ...
