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Union County BOC ensures public transit remains funded
The Union County Board of Commissioners transferred funds to keep transportation services moving.
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Drought conditions land Union County in local state of emergency
The Union County Board of Commissioners declared an emergency for drought.
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‘Stars, Stripes and Summer Nights’ at the Union County Fair
The Union County Fair is back for another fun filled week of “Stars, Stripes and Summer Nights” — ...
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Study finds old growth trees in Blue Mountains dying at high rate
James Johnston has been studying trees in the Blue Mountains that are older than America, and he’s disturbed ...
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Union County BOC will consider declaring local state of emergency
The Union County Board of Commissioners will consider declaring a local state of emergency during the regular session ...
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‘One Big Beautiful Bill’, Bentz draw fierce backlash from Oregon Democrats, nurses
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, July 2, narrowly passed H.R. 1, the so-called ...
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4 La Grande businesses receive $225,000 in urban renewal funds
LA GRANDE — Four downtown La Grande businesses will receive help with building renovations thanks to the city’s ...
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Oregon Department of Forestry adds fire restrictions starting July 2
With hot, dry weather forecast to continue, the Oregon Department of Forestry is tightening restrictions designed to reduce ...
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Northeastern Oregon fire chiefs lament ambush shooting of firefighters in Idaho
Baker City Fire Chief Michael Carlson said a Sunday incident near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, in which a man ...
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Statewide minimum wage increases 35 cents, the lowest rise in 10 years
The standard statewide hourly wage will rise to $15.05 per hour, while Portland’s minimum wage will rise to ...
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Bentz: Sale of public lands in West not right for federal spending bill
Rep. Cliff Bentz, the lone Republican in Oregon’s congressional delegation, said June 25 that he opposes a provision ...
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Union County Board of Commissioners adopts 2025-26 budget
UNION COUNTY — Union County’s budget picture for the next year is set.
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Ready for play! La Grande’s Riverside Park playground reopens July 2 with ribbon cutting
LA GRANDE — Children will soon be able to run, climb, jump and swing all over the new ...
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Federal payments in lieu of property taxes total more than $6 million in NE Oregon
A federal program dating to 1977 that sends millions of dollars annually to counties based on the amount ...
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Elgin hosts wild week of rodeo in July with 78th annual Elgin Stampede and Miss Rodeo Oregon
ELGIN — The city of Elgin is preparing for a wild week of rodeo this July with the ...
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Oregon Senate rejects bill making big tech pay for local journalism as session end nears
The bill’s author told the Capital Chronicle after the vote that she would be reintroducing the bill next ...
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Steadfast Tin Soldier takes to the stage in La Grande after 20 year hiatus
LA GRANDE — It may have been 20 years since their last public performance, but the members of ...
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Revitalization efforts of La Grande building receives $400,000 grant
LA GRANDE — Local entrepreneurs are getting a helping hand to revitalize a historic building in downtown La ...
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U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden jabs at Trump budget bill during La Grande town hall
LA GRANDE — U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden at his town hall Friday, June 20, in La Grande summed ...
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Evanses tabbed as Independence Day grand marshals in Wallowa
WALLOWA — Every year, city workers in Wallowa get together and vote on who should be the grand ...
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Funding renewal
LA GRANDE — La Grande’s Urban Renewal Agency and Urban Renewal Advisory Commission meet Monday, June 30, for ...
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Eastern Oregon University graduates urged to keep climbing
LA GRANDE — The members of the Eastern Oregon University class of 2025 were asked to keep climbing ...
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Gov. Kotek proposes using $160 million from state’s ‘rainy day fund’ for one-time wildfire funding
Desperate for money to get through the next two wildfire seasons and with few proposals on the table ...
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Wallowa County could join push for lifting wolf protection statewide
ENTERPRISE — The Wallowa County Board of Commissioners could throw its support behind an Oregon House resolution that ...
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Mountain Women Market opens in Elgin
ELGIN — Owners of the Espresso Wagon Coffee Company in Elgin, Linda and Troy Juniper, are opening a second ...