Eastern Oregon
Education inside: Pendleton prisoners learn post-release job skills
PENDLETON — Inside a trailer parked on the grounds of Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution sat a row of ...
Eastern Oregon
Damp fall, and replenished reservoirs, have largely dispelled the drought in Northeast Oregon
BAKER CITY — The drought monitor map of Northeast Oregon hasn’t been this boring for a few years. ...
Eastern Oregon
Small but mighty: Business development centers help Eastern Oregon entrepreneurs punch above their weight
PENDLETON — When Emily and Josh McGraw decided to open The Studio Pendleton in 2022, the couple had ...
Eastern Oregon
Opportunities for online education are spreading across Eastern Oregon
PENDLETON — A group of young students sat at tables arranged in a U shape, facing their teacher, ...
Eastern Oregon
Across Eastern Oregon, volunteers, agencies tally the homeless
HERMISTON — Sitting with a bowl of soup and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich at a round ...
Eastern Oregon
Temporary loss of ‘recreational immunity’ has city, county officials concerned about liability issues
BAKER CITY — A pedestrian’s single slip more than four years ago on a bridge leading to an ...
Eastern Oregon
Change is going to come for Measure 110
PENDLETON — Eastern Oregon Republican lawmakers say fixing Measure 110, the drug-decriminalization and addiction-treatment initiative Oregon voters passed ...
Eastern Oregon
Getting high marks: Class of 2023 achieves second-highest graduation rate ever in Oregon
SALEM — The 37,700 students that made up Oregon’s 2023 high school graduating class posted the second-highest four-year ...
Eastern Oregon
Study: Oregon’s poor bear heaviest tax burden
LA GRANDE — Oregon’s tax system, while fairer than that of most states, weighs more heavily on low-income ...
Eastern Oregon
Eastern Oregon agencies gear up for annual homeless count
PENDLETON — Every year on a cold day in January, an important count takes place in Oregon. Community ...