What’s a pie orchard? No, it’s not a grove where you pluck a pie off a tree, but close. The South Fork Grange has a 49-year ...

Resources assigned: 21 crews, 3 helicopters, 12 engines, 14 dozers, 8 water tenders CURRENT SITUATION: Firefighters are focused on strengthening existing holding features and bolstering control lines ...

Oregonians kept more than 130,000 mattresses and box springs from landfills during 2025, the first full year of a new statewide recycling program with free collection points in nearly all of the state ...

At third meeting, Kotek’s transportation workgroup invited lawmakers to discuss their priorities and policy ideas they want to include in 2027 SALEM — Bipartisanship and earlier deliberations over ...

The Oregon Health Authority has so far awarded $175.3 million in grants from a new federal program meant to support rural healthcare. The Rural Health Transformation Program, established by the ...

The U.S. Forest Service’s proposed revisions to the Blue Mountain Forest Plan would allow more logging and taking older trees in the name of wildfire prevention Officials at the U.S. Forest Service ...

BOARDMAN — The Boardman Fire Rescue District has a new deputy chief. The district on July 3 announced the promotion of Sam Irons to the position. Irons joined the district in 2012 as a student ...

When I was a second grader in the days of analogue timepieces, I found the skill of telling time perplexing. Phrases such as “13 after” and “22 til” made no sense to me. One evening my father decided ...

UMATILLA — When the Umatilla Museum and Historical Society reopens later this summer, it will have a new look thanks to some key upgrades. Work on the museum in Umatilla began several weeks ago. The ...

Anyone who supports “DEI” (diversity, equity, inclusion) supports bigotry and discrimination — and they know it. That’s been the objective of DEI all along: to generate racism, sexism and ...

MISSION — The North Cayuse Fire on the Umatilla Indian Reservation spans 2,300-2,500 acres, according to the most recent updates. The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation on its ...

Danielle Mosteller lights ground fireworks July 3, 2026, in Pendleton, to celebrate the Fourth of July. Mosteller said she purchased $300 worth of fireworks from Walla Walla to celebrate Independence ...