MISSION — Sen. Todd Nash encourages people to save the date for the 2026 Eastern Oregon Open Tournament. According to a press release, District No. 29 senators have held the fundraising event for ...

The Elks Lodge in La Grande stands forlorn after a fire in the summer of 1970. Some of us have been around long enough to remember when the Lodge caught caught fire early in the morning of Aug. 10, ...

UNION COUNTY — A national nonprofit organization soon will be giving youth in Union County a helping hand. Friends of the Children recently opened its Eastern Oregon chapter in La Grande and is ...

UNION COUNTY — A local organization and individuals who help people get outside into the great outdoors were recognized during the 90th annual Union County Chamber Awards Banquet. The Blue Mountain ...

UNION COUNTY — A stretch of private land has long separated the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest on the east and west side of the Blue Mountains. That’s about to change. The Oregon Department of Fish ...

On average, prices will rise by 12% to 14%, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Increases for certain licenses will rise by more. The cost of a sports pac, for instance, will ...

I first started hiking in the Eagle Cap Wilderness in 1954 when I spent eight days backpacking and fishing. I also climbed Eagle Cap, the centerpiece of the high Wallowas. I was extremely impressed by ...

UNION COUNTY — Union County has the best burgers and fries, but you’ll need to drive if you want both for one meal. Best burger goes to Nell’s-N-Out for the second year in a row, while Mom’Ma Bear’s ...

ISLAND CITY — The Island City Lions Club is folding up, and with it go its major fundraising events, the annual gun show and Hog Wild Days. “Hog Wild Days has been an annual tradition for over 40 ...

LA GRANDE — When Logan Nedrow looks around her third-grade classroom at North Powder Charter School, she’s reminded of her upbringing. From the ages of 6 to 18, Nedrow was a student at North Powder in ...

SALEM — Two Oregon legislators, including Sen. Mike McLane, who represents Baker County, are sponsoring a bill intended to protect residents’ legal access to public land parcels that border private ...

When I led the U.S. Bureau of Land Management under President joe Biden, the hardest part of my job was reassembling the agency after the first Trump administration had scattered its headquarters from ...