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Senior citizens who rely on dining centers in Wallowa and Enterprise also must deal with the ban on public gatherings.
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A group of local volunteers is making masks to help medical and care providers here in Wallowa County. The shortage of masks for medical personnel on the front line of COVID-19 care has made h…
CORVALLIS, Ore. – While you’re weeding and seeding and planting and pruning, there’s one more thing to put on your plate: dividing.
Plans continued to move forward for the newly-named 2020 Wallowa Mountain Cruise, the June 12-13 car show to be held in Joseph. Organizers met Tuesday, March 10, at the Kokanee Inn for their f…
Teens from Wallowa County’s Mentor Match Youth Entrepreneur Program on Friday, March 13, traveled to Baker City to participate in the first ever Rural Teen Entrepreneur Summit.
JOSEPH — Want to find a way to give of yourself? Well, give yourself — or at least a portion. That was the message conveyed Thursday, March 12, by four junior high members of the Family, Caree…
Samantha Layne is a relative newcomer to Enterprise, moving here about 2½ years ago from Ohio. She came here following her parents, who moved from Alabama.
Raising awareness about organ donation will be the focus of an assembly at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, March 12, held by Joseph Charter Schools junior high FCCLA at the school.
TROY — Gary Rials lives up the Grande Ronde River about three miles from Troy and has for the past 14 years.
Youth vaping has reached Wallowa County and there’s no doubt as to the insidious nature of vaping products.
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“Healing The Big River” comes to Wallowa, on Saturday, March 14 at 3 p.m. at Wallowa City Hall. The talk, by Hood River photographer Peter Marbach, is sponsored by Friends of Wallowa Public Li…
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Hells Canyon, North America’s deepest gorge, is sequestered in Oregon’s far northeastern corner. It is renowned for its diverse wildlife population, including a vulnerable population of Rocky …
A workshop for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease caregivers and family members Thursday evening, March 5, provided a savvy foundation for understanding the progression and treatment of this dev…
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CORVALLIS — A lack of space needn’t keep you from a bounty of fresh produce if you turn to straw bales for planting edible gardens.
WALLOWA — Sara Averbeck grew up in Enterprise but moved away at 18 for college. She just returned to The County about seven months ago after living in Portland awhile and traveling a bit.
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EGGS! When I was small, I went out to the chicken coop and got the eggs from under a hen. Now we don’t have that luxury we used to call a chore. We must drive to the store and choose what KIND…
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A cat in a funny hat, a Lorax, Sam I am, a grinch and more odd characters were swarming all over Enterprise Elementary School last week for Dr. Seuss Week in an effort to spur reading among th…
It’s been seven years since the first CHIP — Complete Health Improvement Program — was launched in Wallowa County in Wallowa Memorial Hospital’s cafeteria. Since then, hundreds of local reside…
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Charmingly mild weather this winter will most likely coax roses into bloom early, which means dealing with the usual diseases and pests earlier, too.
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The Wallowa County Health Care District will host a town hall meeting about precautions, preparations, recognition, and risks of the newly recognized corona virus (COVID-19) Wednesday, March 4…
The one-room schoolhouse seems a charming and antiquated thing of the past. Unless, that is, you live in Wallowa County. Of the few remaining one-room schools in Oregon, two are right here at …
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What was originally intended to be a bed and breakfast east of Joseph has been transformed into a ministry to help all those in need in the area.
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School discover a potential new way in which diet influences aging-related diseases.
People come from all over the country to settle in Wallowa County, and Amber Love moved here from Ringgold, Ga., last summer.
The fossilized tail of a young dinosaur that lived on a prairie in southern Alberta, Canada, is home to the remains of a fossilized 70-million-year-old tumor. That type of tumor, LCH (Langerha…
Ichthyosaurs are among the few fossils that Wallowa Mountains has from the Age of Dinosaurs. They were fish-like reptiles that first appeared about 250 million years ago and quickly diversifie…
CORVALLIS — Beetle parasites clinging to a primitive bee 100 million years ago may have caused the flight error that, while deadly for the insect, is a boon for science today.
CORVALLIS — From newly minted gardeners to avid urban farmers, everyone with a patch of land wants to grow an apple tree.
DURHAM, N.C. — Biomedical engineers from Duke University have demonstrated that, despite significant advancements in protection from ballistics and blunt impacts, modern military helmets are n…
Wallowa County has a new head of its Vegetation Department, but Andy Marcum is far from new to Wallowa County. Marcum took over Jan. 1, after seven months as noxious weed supervisor for the co…
Caught in the act: A herd of elk flee after pillaging a farmer’s bales of hay Monday, Feb. 10, in a field along Eggleson Lane near the Joseph Highway. More elk were waiting the other side of E…
Bumblebees are the big lifters of the insect world, able to fly back to the hive with almost their own bodyweight in nectar on board. A study published Feb. 5 in Science Advances shows how the…
Why are some people better able to fight off the flu than others? Part of the answer, according to a new study, is related to the first flu strain we encounter in childhood.
The Wallowa Rural Fire Protection District netted about $2,000 from its annual steak and oyster feed Saturday, Feb. 8, Fire Chief Gary Hulse said Monday. The event is a traditional annual affa…
WALLOWA LAKE VILLAGE —People in Wallowa County have long hoped that the iconic Edelweiss Inn at Wallowa Lake could be restored. But it’s looking less and less like such a miracle will occur.
Awhile back, when Montgomery Ward was located on Washington Avenue in La Grande, and Monarch ranges featuring duplex draft with all riveted joints sold for $82.50, the women in northeast Orego…
More than 80 generous people raised more than $55,000 for the long-planned integrated health center Saturday night at the third annual Hearts for Health dinner and auction. Construction on the…
The adage "Fake it until you make it" — the idea that someone can fake a positive attitude to elicit real-life benefits — often backfires when used with co-workers, according to a study led by…
One of the challenges to living in Wallowa County — especially for kidney patients — is the lack of a dialysis facility here.
JOSEPH — Cheryl Barker has lived in Wallowa County since 2001, coming to Joseph from southern California — a fact she still draws on to contrast her current and former homes.
Roughly one-third of young males and 1 in 10 females in rural communities have carried a handgun, reports a new University of Washington study. And, the study found, many of those rural kids s…
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Any time of year is a good time to start a budget, so why not now? You haven’t forgotten those frugal resolutions, have you? Since the gardening season is still a few months …
To improve behavior in class, teachers should focus on praising children for good behavior, rather than telling them off for being disruptive, according to a new study published in Educational…
Mathematicians, physicists, and materials experts might not spring to mind as the first people to consult about whether you are brewing your coffee right. But a team of such researchers from a…
Australia’s devastating drought is having a critical impact on the iconic platypus, a globally unique mammal, with increasing reports of rivers drying up and platypuses becoming stranded.
Enterprise native Misty Pinter just moved back to her home turf and has fallen in love with it all over again.
JOSEPH — Joseph State Airport is gaining attention in the aviation community as a fascinating destination for vacation travelers. Along with recreation seekers, its mile-long runway attracts l…
A material revolution replacing cement and steel in urban construction by wood can have double benefits for climate stabilization, a new study shows. First, it can avoid greenhouse gas emissio…
People who develop Parkinson’s disease before age 50 may have been born with disordered brain cells that went undetected for decades, according to new Cedars-Sinai research. The research point…
Despite emerging clues about the cause of vape-related illness and deaths, the cold fact remains: Breathing anything other than clean air into your lungs is harmful. Yet two of the substances …
When it comes to playing a game of fetch, many dogs are naturals. But now, researchers report that the remarkable ability to interpret human social communicative cues that enables a dog to go …
A new study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (JAD) supports a growing body of research that links human exposure to aluminum with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Researchers found sig…