LA GRANDE — David Memmott, a La Grande author of fiction and poetry, will read from his new fantasy novel, “The Furnace Room,” at Art Center East, 1006 Penn Ave. The event is Nov. 6, from 6-8 p.m.

With the November midterm elections rapidly approaching, voters in Eastern Oregon are thinking about more than just national politics. Umatilla County voters have a choice between an an incumbent and ...

LA GRANDE — Interstate 84 is now reopen in Eastern Oregon on Wednesday, June 24, following a multi-hour closure due to a crash outside La Grande. A semi truck crashed near milepost 259 shortly after 1 ...

PENDLETON — The following is the Sunday, Aug. 23, update on the Paradise and Hagen fires in the Umatilla National Forest. Highway 204: A pilot car is helping control traffic patterns along Hight 204.

Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative lineman and other union workers who went on strike Aug. 24 will return to their jobs Thursday, Sept. 3, after the employees ratified a contract offer from the ...

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, ...

UNION COUNTY — No people — or horses — were injured following a fire on Interstate 84 in Union County. The La Grande Rural Fire Protection District announced in a social media post that emergency ...

Result: With no candidate winning more than 50% of the vote, Scarfo and Beverage go on to a runoff in the November general election. Result: Smith is the winner. No Democrat ran in the primary for the ...

LA GRANDE — Hannah Hauter and Thomas Taylor opened Whitewater Tea and Coffee near the end of June 2025 in La Grande. The immediate community support their small speciality beverage shop received blew ...

Although Native Americans had lived in what became Northeastern Oregon for millennia, when the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776, the better part of a century would pass before ...

LA GRANDE — Noted La Grande author George Venn has a shelf full of award-winning books to his credit, works which include his widely acclaimed volume of literary essays, “Marking the Magic Circle.” ...