UNION COUNTY — A national nonprofit organization soon will be giving youth in Union County a helping hand. Friends of the Children recently opened its Eastern Oregon chapter in La Grande and is ...

I first started hiking in the Eagle Cap Wilderness in 1954 when I spent eight days backpacking and fishing. I also climbed Eagle Cap, the centerpiece of the high Wallowas. I was extremely impressed by ...

LA GRANDE — After 113 years the La Grande United Methodist Church bid farewell to the congregation’s building. The mood was somber and heavy with memory during the farewell worship service on June 7, ...

JOSEPH — In November 2023, an unpopular “last-minute” revision to Oregon’s Fish Passage Rules jumped from the realm of legal speculation and into the real world with the official filing of documents ...

LA GRANDE — Union County residents will not be able to catch any outdoor movies this summer. The La Grande Drive-in announced via social media in early May that the location was permanently closing as ...

LA GRANDE — Union County District Attorney Kelsie McDaniel is free of a complaint that hounded her for almost a year. Retired attorney Anne Morrison’s complaint to the Oregon State Bar against ...

LA GRANDE — Union County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Powers sentenced an Elgin man to two life sentences on Wednesday, May 29, for the 2020 slaying of his girlfriend and her granddaughter. Gary Otis ...

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Arthur “Mike” Wells Brennan, 99, the eldest son of the late actor Walter Brennan, died Sept. 13, 2021, at his home outside Joseph. A public graveside service will be held Oct. 2 at 10:30 a.m. at ...

LA GRANDE — A large construction project is underway at the La Grande Business and Technology Park. The construction is for a distribution warehouse, according to Community Development Director Mike ...

LA GRANDE — After more than 30 years, Joe Horst is retiring. Despite this upcoming major life milestone, Horst said, not all that much is changing. He’ll still be surrounded by cars, and long time ...

UNION COUNTY — While election night has come and gone, the race for Position 2 on the Union County Board of Commissioners isn’t over yet. Incumbent Matt Scarfo is ahead of Donna Beverage by just over ...