Eastern Oregon
Snake River dam removal impacts debated in Congressional hearing led by Bentz
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ontario, led a congressional hearing Tuesday, Dec. 12, to discuss ...
Eastern Oregon
Phone failure: Mapping apps lead motorists into potentially dangerous situations
BAKER CITY — Smartphones can tap the world’s accumulated knowledge, but in one significant way they can be ...
Eastern Oregon
Northeastern Oregon farmers concerned about grasshoppers in 2024
BAKER CITY — The grasshoppers are gone but the seeds of another scourge lie still and quiet, bothered ...
Eastern Oregon
State offering free opioid reversal medication to schools
PENDLETON — The Oregon Health Authority is helping to tackle a growing issue affecting young people across the ...
Eastern Oregon
Joseph joins program to help with planning work
JOSEPH — Before construction workers start building housing units in the numbers called for by Gov. Tina Kotek, ...
Eastern Oregon
Betting on the house: Eastern Oregon communities try different approaches to housing crunch
WALLOWA — For Whitney Murdoch, it all started in the town of Wallowa in the weeks following the ...
Eastern Oregon
Millions of acres to manage: Forest Service updating 33-year-old plans for three national forests in the Blue Mountains
BAKER CITY — Start with a swath of land more than twice as big as Rhode Island and ...
Eastern Oregon
Most Eastern Oregon counties see population decline in latest estimates
PORTLAND — Oregon’s population ticked upward again in 2023, but the new population estimates by Portland State University, ...
Eastern Oregon
Eastern Oregon colleges taking steps to curb food insecurity on campus
LA GRANDE — A staggering one in three college students experience food insecurity, but area individuals and colleges ...
Eastern Oregon
With drought diminishing in some areas, farmers focus on winter forecast
BAKER CITY — Mark Ward won’t stop worrying about water — he’s a farmer in a valley with ...