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4-H Horse Results

ENTERPRISE — Michael Zanello came to live in Enterprise nearly seven years ago after being in a “homeless situation” in Portland and his uncle urged him to move here, and has no plans to go back.

ENTERPRISE — If it’s not risky, if it’s not a bit scary, why bother? That’s Carissa Yaw’s philosophy on why she likes trick riding.

ENTERPRISE — Quantity doesn’t always equate to quality, as was evidenced this week with the youthful expertise in horsemanship on display during the 4-H Horse Show at the Wallowa County Fairgrounds.

JOSEPH — The Josephy Center for Arts and Culture’s annual Wild Landscape show opened Friday, July 31, without the usual Friday evening celebratory fanfare.

WALLOWA LAKE — The last weekend of July is all about Chief Joseph Days in Wallowa County. This year, with no rodeo, no celebration and COVID-19 fears rampant, merchants and recreational busine…

ENTERPRISE — Saying “it is with regret but based on an abundance of caution concerning COVID-19,” this year’s Main Street Show and Shine scheduled for Aug. 14-15 has been canceled, according t…

ENTERPRISE — Three young ladies are getting set to represent Wallowa County 4-H at the Wallowa County Fair.

ENTERPRISE — This year’s Hells Canyon Mule Days is suffering the same fate as a number of other events throughout Oregon with nearly all its components being canceled because of the COVID-19 p…

ENTERPRISE — It has been almost 20 years in the making, but Michael Tevlin’s book, “Sockeye,” has finally made it home to Wallowa County.

ENTERPRISE — Bonnie Davis has lived in Enterprise since 1993, married to Larry Davis all that time. Her daughter, Katie Wightman, is store director at the Enterprise Safeway.

WALLOWA LAKE — A self-loader log truck placed three impossibly huge Pondeosa pine logs into Wallowa Lake early on Monday, July 13.

ENTERPRISE — Some changes for the better are coming to the recycling center in Enterprise, courtesy of the new Wallowa County Recycling Task Force.

WALLOWA — By the end of July, the Wallowa City Library will sport a bright new look — an imaginative storybook mural now underway by local artist Anna Vogel.

WALLOWA LAKE — Adventure guide Judy Swank led a group up a trail to the top of Wallowa Lake’s east moraine Saturday, June 27, in the inaugural Discovery Walk for the 2020 season.

ENTERPRISE — In years past, the Watershed and Woodlands Festival has been held in Cloverleaf Hall or at the fairgrounds. This year, due to COVID-19 concerns, it’s more of a do-it-yourself project.

WALLOWA — After 13 years as the Wallowa Public Library director, Debbie Lind is moving on.

SALEM — The Oregon Department of Agriculture’s long-term summer forecast calls for a summer that will average out to be cool and moist, but still include a dry July and August.

ELGIN — A small weathered wooden building, which lacks color but sports a colorful past, is set to be thrust into the Union County spotlight.

Now in his 80s, Richard Ogden spent 50 years as an excavator in western Oregon before retiring and moving to Wallowa Lake eight years ago with his wife, Marlene.

Some 16.3 million years ago, what is today Wallowa County was the site of one of the greatest volcanic eruptions known on Earth. Its products include the Bowlby stone that constructs the Wallo…

There’s a new look and new feel to Winding Waters Community Health Center’s Joseph Clinic. A full remodel has made the interior of the clinic, snugged between the Sports Corral and the Chief J…

It’s a long hard ride to become rodeo royalty. But the three members of the 2020 Chief Joseph Days court have all made it to the top. Cassidy Harrod, Brianna Micka, and Destiny Wecks will be t…

The usual backers of the annual Fourth of July fireworks display on Wallowa Lake may have bailed, but other organizers are picking up the ball and running with it.

Sharon Forster has lived in Enterprise for 47 years, many of which she spent as an educator.

This year’s Wallowa County Fair may look a bit different than past years, but the Aug. 1-8 event is a go and won’t be halted by COVID-19 restrictions, organizers said last week.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Cooking and gardening have taken the country by storm and easy-to-grow herbs act as a bridge between the two, adding flavor to our food and confidence to our gardening.

Here’s a conundrum that many in Wallowa County face. It’s summer and you want to eat fresh local veggies. But you don’t have time to grow a season-round garden. And your Saturdays are just too…

Fuels near fire-readiness on mix of rain, heat.