LA GRANDE — Owners of a La Grande business who found themselves at odds with the city over replacing windows in their building in the city’s historic district finally received approval to move ...

LA GRANDE — The La Grande City Council voted against the city's latest annexation phase. The 4-2 decision against the plan came Wednesday, Jan. 8, during the packed La Grande City Council ...

LA GRANDE — One of La Grande’s historic family-owned ice cream parlors, Hought’s 24 Flavors, closed Sept. 15 after serving local patrons and tourists since 1951. Owner Carla Sorweide will ...

Despite a 35 percent increase in the volume of patients in the Family Birthing Center at Grande Ronde Hospital, it is thriving and recently received 100 percent on a nationwide simulation ...

UNION COUNTY — The Union County Board of Commissioners will host its first meeting of the year Wednesday, Jan. 8, beginning at 9 a.m. in the Joseph Building Annex Conference Room, 1106 K Ave.

LA GRANDE — The search for a new city manager soon will be underway in La Grande. After 17 years as city manager, Robert Strope announced he will retire later this year. During the regular ...

Do you have a point you’d like to make or an issue you feel strongly about? Submit a letter to the editor or a guest column. The “21-inch rule” protects trees that are 21-inches diameter at ...

Do you have a point you’d like to make or an issue you feel strongly about? Submit a letter to the editor or a guest column. As we closed out 2024, I reflect on a year of milestones ...

SALEM — Oregon’s snowpack appeared in spectacular shape to start 2025 at 163% of normal on Jan. 1. “Having great water supply conditions headed into the summer is definitely on the table.

BAKER CITY — Minnesota’s indie rock band Bad Bad Hats was touring their third album when they played in May 2022 at Churchill School. Now, following a 10th anniversary release of their first ...

LA GRANDE — The Nez Perce historical exhibit is leaving Eastern Oregon University in La Grande for Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton following the winter break. Winter term for EOU ...