WALLOWA COUNTY — A pair of preserved land parcels within Wallowa County are part of a new map highlighting protected lands throughout Oregon.
Two bald eagle parents keep close watch over the eaglets in their nest near Enterprise Thursday, April 29, 2021.
WALLOWA — John Howard moved here just four years ago, but already he’s found it just like home.
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ENTERPRISE — What may be the next generation of political leaders in Enterprise was honored Monday, May 10, as the City Council recognized the winners of the “If I Were Mayor” contest during t…
JOSEPH — Rick LaFave is bringing to Wallowa County something many have noted the county sorely needs — jobs that pay a living wage to as many as 25 people.
ENTERPRISE — A 90-day moratorium on any new Airbnbs in Enterprise was approved by the City Council during its meeting Monday, May 10.
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JOSEPH — A scathing rebuke by the Joseph Chamber of Commerce, a second employee complaint of harassment and resident comments on the “cloud” that remains over the Joseph City Council greeted t…
ENTERPRISE — Wallowa Memorial Hospital has again been ranked among the top Critical Access Hospitals in the nation.
ENTERPRISE — Lending Heart Community Resources and Wallowa Memorial Hospital are teaming up for an equipment drive to take place May 17-21.
ENTERPRISE — Two cases of COVID-19 were reported in Wallowa County by the Oregon Health Authority over the weekend, bringing the countywide total to 182 since the start of the pandemic last year.
ENTERPRISE — A resolution following last month’s concerns about Airbnbs in residential Enterprise will be on the agenda when the Enterprise City Council meets tonight, Monday, May 10, at City Hall.
JOSEPH — The Characteristics of Watercolors: Painting Cloudy Skies will be the focus of an in-person class at the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture later this month, according to a press release.
ENTERPRISE — There are two more COVID-19 cases in Wallowa County, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday, May 6. That brings the total number of cases in the county to 180, and 20 cases…
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WALLOWA COUNTY — Do you have an anniversary coming up? There’s a cookie for that. Have a birthday around the corner? There’s a cookie for that. Wedding? Yep, there’s a cookie for that, too.
JOSEPH — A class on painting in pastels will take place from 4-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 19, via Zoom from the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture.
Wallowa County had two more cases of COVID-19, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday, May 5, raising the overall total since the start of the pandemic to 178. There have been 18 cases…
SALEM — The State Senate voted Wednesday, May 5, to accept Oregon Legislature's major gun legislation of 2021, the House version of a bill that combines requirements for locks and safe storage…
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ENTERPRISE — Wallowa County’s Building Healthy Families has received national recognition by the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading as a “2021 Bright Spot” for its responses to the coronavirus c…
JOSEPH — Work on the budget process will be a major focus when the Joseph City Council meets at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 6.
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WALLOWA — The Nez Perce Tribe took another step toward reestablishing itself in its traditional Wallowa County homeland Thursday, April 29, when it received the title to the now-former Wallowa…
JOSEPH— Self-proclaimed “old geezer” Ralph Anderson will share his talent for whittling in a relaxed and informative class from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 15, at the Josephy Center for Ar…
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ENTERPRISE — Winners of the 2021 Wallowa Valley Youth Arts Festival for students from Enterprise, Joseph, Troy, Wallowa and alternative-ed schools were announced last week.
ENTERPRISE — Two scholarships are currently being offered to local health care workers looking to advance their personal and professional development for the benefit of health care in Wallowa …
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Fox kits venture out from their underground burrow Tuesday, April 27, 2021, as they get to know the world they’ll live in near the north end of Wallowa Lake.
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ENTERPRISE — Enterprise residents will have a high-speed internet option in place by the end of the summer.
SALEM — It's a new month, but Oregon's Legislature has the same headaches.
ENTERPRISE — Fifteen new COVID-19 cases in five days.
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ENTERPRISE — Spring cleaning took on a special meaning Thursday and Friday, April 22-23, as about a dozen volunteers celebrated Earth Day by holding a “litter patrol,” cleaning up the Wallowa …
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ENTERPRISE — Hollywood in Enterprise? Well, not quite, but some of Grady Rawls’ work with Paper Street Enterprise might rival it.
UNION COUNTY — The La Grande Police Department and the Center for Human Development issued a warning late Friday afternoon, April 23, about fentanyl-laced drugs.
SALEM — The Oregon House, on a largely party-line vote, approved a bill that combines storage requirements for firearms with a narrower ban on guns in some public places.
The Oregon Health Authority reported three more cases of COVID-19 in Wallowa County on Thursday, April 29, raising the total in the pandemic to 168 and the total in the last three days to eigh…
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WALLOWA LAKE — Leadership at the Wallowa Lake Lodge is hoping to have a new, improved and expanded deck completed by next month — just in time for the start of the new season.
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JOSEPH — Lynn Wolf moved here some 13 years ago with her now-deceased husband after visiting numerous times.
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WALLOWA — Wallowa High School closed for two weeks, effective Thursday, April 29, after several COVID-19 cases were confirmed at the school, Superintendent Tammy Jones said in a post to the di…
PORTLAND — U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden plans to hold three online town halls for residents of five counties Saturday and Sunday, May 1-2, according to a press release.
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ENTERPRISE — Enterprise’s Christian community is losing one of its leaders, as Pastor Archie Hook gave his final sermon Sunday, April 25, at the Community Congregational Church.
There were three new cases of COVID-19 reported in Wallowa County on Wednesday, April 28, the highest total of COVID cases in one day in roughly two months.
WALLOWA — What once belonged to the Nez Perce people will be returned Thursday, April 29, with celebration and fellowship, at Wallowa United Methodist Church in Wallowa.
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WALLOWA LAKE — A local fishing expert who holds the record for the largest mackinaw caught at Wallowa Lake recently hooked another whopper.
JOSEPH — Friends of the Grange are invited to join Hurricane Creek Grange volunteers for a garden/landscape clean-up event at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 1, at the grange, according to a press release.
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WALLOWA — The Wallowa City Council voted to replace outgoing Councilman Christian Niece with former Councilman Oren McCrea during its monthly meeting Tuesday, April 20, at City Hall.
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JOSEPH — Progress was made toward replacing resigned city Administrator/Recorder Larry Braden during another emergency meeting Wednesday, April 21, but the Joseph City Council failed to answer…
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ENTERPRISE — In a nearly record-short about 7½-minute meeting, the Wallowa County Board of Commissioners handled largely routine money matters, including applying for a $500,000 grant to help …
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Leprechauns must have snatched the pot o’ gold at the end of these twin rainbows, as they weren’t there Monday evening, April 26, 2021, during a lull in a rainstorm south of Enterprise.
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LA GRANDE — The search and rescue teams from Union, Umatilla and Wallowa counties gained almost 25 newly certified members this week following two weekends of training and practice held in La …
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SALEM — Five bills aimed at changing policing practices, plus four related measures, have cleared the Oregon House by near-unanimous votes.
The 15th season of Tunesmith Night, put on by the Wallowa Valley Music Alliance, wraps up Saturday, May 8, with a performance that will be livestreamed to YouTube and the WMVA website, wvmusic…
SALEM — Health care providers in Oregon may continue to administer the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, as long as they can ensure that patients or their caregivers are informed about the benefi…
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