Cook Memorial Library is excited to announce our book drops are open Monday, June 1, and our takeout service starts Monday, June 8.
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LA GRANDE — Eastern Oregon University will welcome a new faculty member this fall in the sustainable rural systems degree program.
FLORA — The coronavirus outbreak has led to the cancellation of School Days at Flora School. But the Flora School Education Center is working on a Virtual School Days for 2020.
La Grande Parks and Recreation employees Kyle Micovich (left) and Victoria Ingram install posts Thursday afternoon at Riverside Park for the Cook Memorial Library's StoryWalk. This year's Stor…
Rabbi Ben Ezra was a 12th-century Spanish scholar, and a poem by Robert Browning imagined what he might have said about growing old. The poem’s attitude toward aging is positive. Its first lin…
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If our minds are filled with a world of thoughts that are contrary or even dishonorable to God, how can there be room for us to concentrate on his goodness, peace and hope? When Mary was about…
LA GRANDE — La Grande senior Lara Insko was awarded a unique scholarship that few could reach — a scholarship from the Portland Skyliners Tall Club, an affiliate of Tall Clubs International.
SALEM — A native of La Grande received the Julie Aberdroth Professor of the Year Award from the Willamette University Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
LA GRANDE — Cook Memorial Library is taking gradual steps to reopen to the public with takeout-style book checkout and book drops opening June 1.
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In these unprecedented COVID-19 times, do out-of-school (and out-of-the-house) programs such as the arts, sports, parks and recreation camps and classes and events help reduce youth use of alc…
Pickup from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at 1504 N. Albany St., La Grande. For delivery, call 541-963-7532 before 10 a.m. Age 60+, $3 suggested donation; all others, $5.
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UNION COUNTY — Rental assistance is available for those affected by COVID-19 through Community Connection of Northeast Oregon Inc.
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On Thursday, May 21st the 44th annual EGG WEEK concluded for Enterprise students. Chuck Corak started this annual tradition 44 years ago, and his daughter, Enterprise third grade teacher Tori …
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH
I recently had the opportunity to watch season one of “The Chosen.”
ENTERPRISE — In journalism there is nothing more paramount than objectively telling the truth. Donald Swart, Sr., former Wallowa County Chieftain editor and publisher, epitomized this value, a…
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The Josephy Center for Arts and Culture will present the upcoming virtual exhibit and catalog “Three Journeys: Mike Koloski, Leslie LeViner and Mary Edwards.”
The Enterprise Public Library, shuttered since the COVID-19 outbreak hit Oregon, will begin reopening in a modified fashion on May 18.
Pickup from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at 1504 N. Albany St., La Grande. For delivery, call 541-963-7532 before 10 a.m. Age 60+, $3 suggested donation; all others, $5.
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As Mother’s Day passes, I think of Kathleen, my wife of 72 years, my daughter, Carolyn, daughters-in-law, June and Jan, and the younger mothers in the family. I pay them all tribute with these…
FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH
Around the country, marijuana use is becoming a norm, and in our community it is controversial. From mid-2018 to early 2019, I collected surveys from Union County adults to get a view of adult…
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God has worked through mothers to bring life and care
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As this year has been different than any we have known, I hope you have found a way to make it one of the most meaningful and personal spiritual experiences with God ever. As the darkness of w…
On Monday, May 4, the Josephy Center opened the virtual exhibit of historical postcards from the Edsel White collection.
Jacob Journigan, a fifth grader in teacher Jennifer Gibbs’ class at Wallowa Elementary, not only won the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) essay contest at the local level (DAR Lone P…
The date for Joseph’s Wallowa Mountain Cruise is being moved to Aug. 28 and 29 from its original June date because the state was forced to rescind the city’s permit to close Main Street for th…
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NEW YORK — They are briny and sweet — once you get past those formidable spines. Biting into one has been likened to kissing a mermaid.
Hello all! We miss you and can’t wait to see your smiling faces once again. Thank you to everyone who donated for Library Giving Day. More than $1,500 was raised for the Libraries of Union Cou…
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Pastor shares ‘Hidden in Plain Sight’
Suppose a social worker interviews 50 people from a fine apartment building. He asks each person if he or she is dealing with any sort of affliction. We would expect a “yes” from most if not a…
ELGIN — Members of the Elgin Lions Club have been busy doing their part to slow the spread of the coronavirus by making face masks to give to the public. President Kathy Oliver has already mad…
Art Center East will offer online classes
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Over the past year or so my visits with you ceased because I had not been traveling much and felt there was little of note that needed to be shared.
Elgin alumni banquet canceled
Elgin Neighborhood watch continues from home
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