UNION COUNTY — A stretch of private land has long separated the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest on the east and west side of the Blue Mountains. That’s about to change. The Oregon Department of Fish ...

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 ...

Gretchen Chandler Addison Conklin Lyla Davis Macie Davis Koen Eby Brooklyn Grashoff Eve Grigg Toby Heideman Dora Koltuv Kimber Kretschmer Ella Lees Kaden May Zoey Myers Adele Olson Kellyn Oswald ...

Oregon hunters and anglers will pay more for licenses and tags in 2026, the first increase since 2020. On average, prices will rise by 12% to 14%, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and ...

LA GRANDE — Melinda Jederberg of La Grande has a mission — find out the identity of a young woman who was found in a shallow grave near Elgin. And if luck prevails, find out who put her there.

LA GRANDE — The Grande Ronde Hospital Foundation is helping bring the future of health care to Northeastern Oregon. The foundation started a campaign in December to raise funds for a da Vinci Surgical ...

LA GRANDE — A Union man facing a murder charge for killing his son told law enforcement he fired a shotgun at close range into the back of his son’s head. According to the probable cause declaration ...

BOARDMAN — After a dozen years operating data centers in Eastern Oregon, Amazon says it has a deal to buy renewable energy to help power them. The Seattle company announced recently it has started ...

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 ...

LA GRANDE — Strawberry Mountain Law, headquartered in Canyon City, has opened two new offices, its main branch office in La Grande and a satellite office in Enterprise. Attorney Jeff MacNeilly will ...

LA GRANDE — Union County residents of all ages did a lot of reading in 2025. Here’s a list of the top 10 most-checked out media by adults, teens and children according to data provided by La Grande’s ...