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JOSEPH — Massage therapist Eme Henderson opened her new business in Joseph early last month, located in an office space within the Arrowhead Building.

LA GRANDE — After five years as chair of the Eastern Oregon University Board of Directors, and following decades of public service, David Nelson will retire next week.

ENTERPRISE — Rural school districts in Wallowa County and across Eastern Oregon are a step closer to putting students back in classrooms this fall.

The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, in response to rising wildfire danger, will impose more stringent restrictions on campfires and chainsaw use starting at 12:01 a.m. Friday, July 31.

Baker County Sheriff’s officers believe a 14-year-old boy who waded into the water on the banks of Oxbow Reservoir at the eastern edge of the county stepped into a steep drop-off and drowned M…

HAT POINT LOOKOUT — A 45-year-old Portland man was rescued Saturday, July 25, after being missing more than 72 hours during a hike that took him down to the Snake River, said Mike Hansen, inci…

WALLOWA — A request for a variation on an ordinance prohibiting more than one horse per acre within city limits was denied Tuesday, July 21, by the Wallowa City Council.

ENTERPRISE, Ore. — Last spring the world was shaken by a global pandemic that either sent people home to work or left them unemployed. The shutdown shuttered restaurants and left local produce…

ALBANY — A former Enterprise woman who stole thousands of of dollars from two local organizations now faces similar charges in Linn County.

JOSEPH — Richard Pointer, a member of the Joseph City Council, died Thursday, July 16, at his home in Joseph, City Administrator Larry Braden said.

WALLOWA COUNTY — If you liked the wet spring weather, you’ll probably like fall and winter, too. Both are predicted to be cooler and wetter than normal, according to Pete Parsons, an Oregon De…

ENTERPRISE — Terminal Gravity beer is heading west, from Enterprise where it is brewed to the northern Washington Cascades, where fans are awaiting its return, the craft brewery announced July 13.

WALLOWA — The Wallowa Resale Department and Community Store is prepared to reopen Thursday, July 23, according to a news release from Marilyn Hulse.

Projects planned in next decade-plus aim to produce generation, other benefits.

ENTERPRISE — Sometime this week, each of 5,798 registered voters in Wallowa County will get a postcard from Sandy Lathrop, the county clerk, to confirm party affiliations.

WALLOWA COUNTY — Rocky Mountain elk have often been a controversial animal in Wallowa County, but one long-standing issue — the number of elk on Zumwalt Prairie’s private lands — has finally b…

A 17-year-old boy who had been the subject of a week-long search in the area of Hewitt Park in eastern Baker County was found dead Friday night.

ENTERPRISE — A 9-year-old boy was reported as having been found safe before 8 p.m. Sunday, July 12, after having fallen into a major irrigation ditch running from the Wallowa River north towar…

JOSEPH — The city of Joseph has a few new people on board, having welcomed a new code enforcement officer, two new maintenance workers and a 6-year-old volunteer to help keep the city park fre…

RICHLAND — Searchers this week continued to interview campers at Hewitt Park, the eastern Baker County park near Richland where a 17-year-old boy went missing July 3.

ENTERPRISE — Heather Pearson knew she was in trouble when she lost her footing and slid off a wet log. Her ankle snapped — maybe it was just sprained, she thought. But she couldn’t walk on it.

WALLOWA COUNTY — Local hay producers are firing up their swathers and balers to harvest this year’s first cutting of the crop to be used both for local cattle and exported around the world.