When I was a second grader in the days of analogue timepieces, I found the skill of telling time perplexing. Phrases such as ...

Community members of all ages gathered Wednesday, July 8, at the La Grande Armory Conference Center for Sen. Ron Wyden’s town ...

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 ...

The Wallowa Memorial Hospital EMS team is a winner of the 2025 Oregon Rural Health Excellence Award. The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest is planning pile burning operations. AARP Oregon urges older ...

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 ...

LA GRANDE — Eastern Oregon University carries with it a long military history. The university, then Eastern Oregon College of Education, almost became a casualty of World War II itself. After the ...

SUMMERVILLE — Bigfoot is ready for his close-up in Union County. Filmmakers Zach Green and Devin O’Rourke in June 2025 toured the county to see if the Grande Ronde Valley might serve as the perfect ...

ISLAND CITY — Trace VanCleave is the new full-time dentist at Arrow Dental in Island City. VanCleave, a Union County native, is the son of Dave VanCleave, manager of Outdoors RV, and Samantha Lebold, ...

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, ...

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 — The La Grande School Board meets Wednesday, May 27, for the second budget committee meeting. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the board room at the district office, 1305 N. Willow St., in ...