FLORA — A handful of volunteers turned out Saturday, Jan. 28, to help the historic Flora School on the road to achieve part of its mission — to “provide a window into the past” — during one of the semiregular workdays held there.
JOSEPH — Joseph Charter School has released the names of students who have qualified for the school's second-quarter honor roll. To earn a spot on the honor roll, students must have a grade po…
ENTERPRISE — A former teacher at Enterprise Elementary School, Margaret Grace taught art for more than a half-dozen years.
If February’s cold and dreariness seem to be dragging on with no end in sight, break things up a bit and take over the kitchen with the family to celebrate National Bake for Family Fun Month.
JOSEPH — A special musical performance will be the highlight of the closing reception Friday, Feb. 17 for the "Hello Neighbor!" and "Timber Culture" exhibit at the Josephy Center for Arts and …
ENTERPRISE — Mike McDonald is one of the many medical professionals who have chosen to make Wallowa County home, having moved here in 2016 to be a nurse practitioner.
ENTERPRISE — Fishtrap Fireside returns on Friday, Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. with two new voices to the stage, Wallowa County locals Matt Kurtz and Robin Pace, plus a longtime Fishtrap favorite, Evelyn Swart.
The Judge’s Choice winners in the Hurricane Creek Grange Chili Cookoff show their prizes Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. From left are first-place winner Barbara McCormack, who also won $50 cash; secon…
JOSEPH — Learn to play the mountain dulcimer during a workshop taught by nationally known instructor Heidi Muller from Jan. 29 to Feb. 26, at the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture in Joseph.
JOSEPH — An eight-week winter session on Foundations in Ceramics for Beginners will run Thursday, Jan. 19 through March 9 at the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture, 403 Main St. in Joseph.
JOSEPH — The Josephy Center for Arts and Culture in Joseph is hosting Interdisciplinary Art Talks every first Wednesday of the month and the sessions are open to artists of all disciplines, at…
BROOKINGS, South Dakota — Aubrina Melville of Enterprise has been named to the dean's list for the fall 2022 semester at South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota, the universit…
WALLOWA — Fourth- and fifth-graders at the Wallowa School District engaged last week in the Mock Newbery Project, an opportunity to read the newest children’s books and to discuss them with ot…
ENTERPRISE — Stirling Webb thinks of himself as the “Easter Bunny” because every Easter, he hides 100 glass Easter eggs around Wallowa County for people to find.
SPOKANE, Washington — Two Wallowa County students have won places on the Gonzaga University President's List for fall semester 2020.
ENTERPRISE — Locals are invited to share their stories this month for “Winter Fishtrap: Generations,” which aims to explore storytelling through a variety of community events, workshops and co…
ENTERPRISE — Josey Ross was born and raised in Enterprise and wouldn’t live anywhere else.
ENTERPRISE — Creed Speaking Night for the Enterprise FFA Chapter will be Wednesday, Jan. 18, according to a press release.
JOSEPH — Local resident Dick Burch will discuss his efforts to place AED devices — automated external defibrillators — in Wallowa County schools and businesses during a Brown Bag session sched…
JOSEPH — Embers Brew House in Joseph will showcase Wallowa County’s favorite chili recipes Saturday, Jan. 14, when the Chili Bowl Championship is held.
ENTERPRISE — Lee Manuel has lived in Wallowa County since 1989, minus a gap of 18 years when she and husband David were doing a project in neighboring Union County.
A cup of hot tea and a good book by the fire. What better way to beat the bitter chill of winter in Wallowa County?
“Timber Culture,” a traveling exhibit exploring the multicultural lives of loggers and their families in Oregon’s logging communities, opens at the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture on Jan. …
Sixteen years ago, on Jan. 1, 2007, five of us braved the cold waters of Wallowa Lake.
WALLOWA LAKE — Sunday’s annual Beth Gibans Memorial Wallowa Lake Polar Bear Plunge drew what could be the largest crowd ever for the event, said Rich Wandschneider, one of its founders.
ENTERPRISE — Jack James lives in Wallowa with his wife, Stacey, where they moved about two years ago.
ENTERPRISE — It was a holy night — the night the Son of God was born to a young Jewish girl and her almost-husband. It was the third-holiest day in the Christian calendar, after the Crucifixio…
ENTERPRISE — Susan Green just moved here this past summer to be near family, coming all the way from Florida.
After a hiatus of many years — no one is sure exactly how many — the American Legion High School Oratorical Scholarship Program is returning to Wallowa County.
JOSEPH — There’s a new face behind the pulpit at the Joseph United Methodist Church now that Pastor Beth Ann Estock has taken up the mantle left by her predecessor, Pastor Cherie Dearth.
Wallowa County Chieftain staff members are hard at work preparing the stories and photographs that will appear in our annual section reviewing the biggest news stories of 2022. The section is …
ENTERPRISE — For the third year in a row, the Wallowa County Fairgrounds hosted its holiday “Fair Lights” display, with about 100 vehicles enjoying the first night, Friday, Dec. 16.
CORVALLIS — Three Wallowa County students have earned spots on Oregon State University's Scholastic Honor Roll for fall 2022, OSU announced in a news release.
I’m lucky. We’re lucky, living in this Walllowa place.
LA GRANDE — Elves are magical, according to Germanic mythology.
JOSEPH — A traveling exhibit called “Timber Culture” will be at the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture in Joseph, from Jan. 6 to Feb. 20, with an opening reception and presentation Jan. 7 fro…
Jordan Lindsay, left, who teaches fifth- through eighth-grades at the Enterprise Seventh-day Adventist School, directs the school’s Chimes Choir during a performance at Enterprise Christian Ch…
ENTERPRISE — Doneva Bolen is fairly new to Wallowa County, only having lived in Enterprise for the past four years. She and her late husband, Kerry, moved here when he retired from being a con…
JOSEPH — A holiday concert to raise money for the Wallowa Valley Music Alliance and the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture will be held at the center at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18.
ENTERPRISE — Holiday revelers once again braved the chilly temperatures to enjoy Winterfest and its accompanying parade Saturday, Dec. 10, in downtown Enterprise.
Ellen Morris Bishop, right, tells of her contributions to “Stories of Wallowa Lake: A History of the Lake and Its Communities,” a book largely written by Rita Ehrler, left, during a book-signi…
A scene from the first Christmas is reenacted on a porch on North Street in Enterprise as the holiday approaches.
ENTERPRISE — The third-annual live Nativity will be held Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 17-18, next to Wallowa Valley Eye Care at 519 W. North St. in Enterprise.
Hurricane Creek Grange 608 is hosting a free music event at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Grange, 82930 Airport Lane in Joseph.
ENTERPRISE — The Enterprise Elks are again partnering with more than a dozen local organizations to help ensure that those in need have a good Christmas meal and some presents for the kids, to…
ENTERPRISE — The sounds of Christmas will peal from the Enterprise Christian Church on Saturday, Dec. 17, when the Wallowa Valley Chorale again performs for the community.
The Wallowa County Humane Society is hosting a Kids Movie Night-Parents Night Out event on Friday, Dec. 9 at the society's Re-tail Boutique, 119 E. Main St. in Enterprise.
Seventy years ago La Grande's Walt Swart had the unenviable task of searching for light in an icy sea of darkness.
Thanksgiving was amazing this year! We attended the Veterans at the Hurricane Creek Grange in Joseph. They had many veterans in attendance and much conversation was enjoyed by us all.
ENTERPRISE — Philip “Pip” Redding has lived in Enterprise for almost eight years, having moved here after a brief time in Portland and having grown up in Tennessee.
JOSEPH — A call to artists is being issued for the annual Women’s Art Exhibit for 2023 at the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture, with a submission deadline of midnight Jan. 16, according to …
FLORA — The North End Grange at Flora will hold its annual chili feed and dessert auction Sunday, Dec. 18, at 2 p.m. at the Grange, according to a press release.
ENTERPRISE — Lagina Fowler and her husband have lived in Enterprise about 9½ years, having moved here from Imbler to be closer to her in-laws.
The season of gift-giving is upon us. As a parent (or grandparent) you may be finding yourself bombarded by television ads and newspaper ads, ads on social media and store displays promoting t…
