PENDLETON — When Sydelle Harrison was just 2 years old, her mother made her a handcrafted jacket from Pendleton blankets. The next year, Harrison’s mother passed away. That jacket was one of the final gifts she ever received from her mother.
SALEM — Shortly after this year’s midterm elections, an anti-government group in Oregon called “Timber Unity” posted a call to action on Facebook. It asked its followers to “bombard” Portland …
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WALLA WALLA, Wash. — A five-truck convoy from Walla Walla Foundry, its largest bronze sculpture ever completed now in tow, is headed across the country to Boston for the assembly and installat…
PORTLAND — Fir trees in Oregon and Washington died in record-breaking numbers in 2022, according to as-yet-unpublished research conducted by the U.S. Forest Service.
HOOD RIVER — At the beginning of this year, Columbia Insight reported on a move by Trump administration officials to terminate a long-running government study looking at the feasibility of rei…
HOOD RIVER — In August of this year, The New York Times ran a feature story titled “The Coming California Megastorm.”
Drought conditions in Washington, Idaho and Oregon should improve this winter, but worsen in much of the West, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts. NOAA primarily base…
HOOD RIVER — Kenneth Hahn was an icon of progressive Los Angeles. Hahn, who died in 1997, was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for 40 years, 1952 to 1992, and before tha…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday, Oct. 17, officially kicked off the application process for his student debt cancellation program and announced that 8 million borrowers had alr…
Federal forecasters are nearly certain that a La Nina will prevail in early winter and think it will likely will stick around until early spring, raising prospects for ample snow in the Cascade Range.
WALLA WALLA — The Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center, Walla Walla, is hosting a virtual town hall for all women veterans at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has signed off on giving federal wildland firefighters a hefty raise for the next two fiscal years, a move that affects more than 16,000 firefighters and comes…
WALLA WALLA, Wash. — The Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center’s Chaplain Service is hosting a virtual community clergy training program on Wednesday, June 23, from 8-10 a.m. for c…
WALLA WALLA — A virtual Memorial Day service from the Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center is scheduled for noon on Thursday, May 26.
A Baker City woman and her daughter who filed a federal lawsuit against the Baker School District two years ago, claiming that district officials retaliated against the daughter after she comp…
South Baker Intermediate fifth-graders Carson Johnson, left, Sadie Christensen and Juniper Joseph create different growing environments for grass seed during an activity at a "Field to Fork" e…
Jordan Wolfe, a fifth-grader at South Baker Intermediate, shows his edible soil sample during "Field to Fork" on Wednesday, May 4. The "soil" layers were made of Oreo cookies, pudding, sprinkl…
Eugene Hawes, a presenter at this year's "Field to Fork" event at the Baker County Fairgrounds, talks about how technology and modern equipment help farmers to grow and harvest food.
Ron Morgan, a district vice president for the Oregon State Firefighters Council, leaves a leaflet on the front door of a Baker City home on Tuesday morning, May 3, 2022.
Firefighters from Baker City and from several other cities across Oregon distributed leaflets on Tuesday morning, May 3, 2022.
Casey Johnson, a Baker City firefighter/paramedic, knocks on the door of the Baker City home Tuesday morning, May 3, 2022. Johnson, who was joined by Ron Morgan, a district vice president for …
Baker City firefighter/paramedic Casey Johnson, left, president of the local union chapter that represents Baker City firefighters, and Ron Morgan, a district vice president for the Oregon Sta…
Former Walla Walla businessman Mark Gilbert, who operated car dealerships in the Walla Walla Valley and was embroiled in several local lawsuits, will be sentenced for fraud July 28 in federal court.
Terri Steenbergen is the executive director of The Harbor, an advocacy center in Astoria for survivors of domestic abuse, sexual assault and stalking.
Supporters of The Harbor lined up to form a teal ribbon in April to raise awareness about domestic violence.
Katrina Fast, a former Baker High School volleyball player, has signed a letter of intent to play for Warner Pacific University in Portland in the fall of 2022.
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden says it’s time for Congress to lift federal cannabis restrictions dating back more than 80 years to the Great Depression.
SPOKANE, Wash. — Washington’s wolf population grew in 2021 for the 13th consecutive year, showing a 16% increase from the previous year, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife said Saturday…
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is ordering the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation's strategic petroleum reserve for six months, the White House said Thursday, March …
The reigning La Nina has more staying power than expected and likely will stay through the spring and into the summer, influencing U.S. temperatures and precipitation for the upcoming months, …
SANDPOINT, Idaho — Linda Navarre moved to Sandpoint, Idaho, from Cleveland in 1978, when the town consisted of people in the timber industry and hippies “and they all got along.”
ENTERPRISE — The centuries-old practice of using dog sleds for transport in snow-covered terrain has met the 21st century at Race Central for the Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog Race at Cloverleaf …
Small booklets of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were handed out to students following a presentation by Crook County District Attorney Wade Whiting and Circuit Judg…
Crook County District Attorney Wade Whiting and Circuit Judge Daina Vitolins answer questions from students about the U.S. Constitution and criminal justice system during an assembly at Steins…
Students raise their hands to ask questions about the U.S. Constitution and criminal justice system during an assembly at Steins Pillar Elementary School in Prineville on Friday.
Crook County District Attorney Wade Whiting discusses how he works with law enforcement while talking about the U.S. Constitution and criminal justice system with students at Steins Pillar Ele…
Crook County District Attorney Wade Whiting shows his badge while talking about the U.S. Constitution and criminal justice system with students at Steins Pillar Elementary School in Prineville…
Classmates watch as fifth grader Landon Bisset
Crook County District Attorney Wade Whiting asks students a question while talking about the U.S. Constitution and criminal justice system at Steins Pillar Elementary School in Prineville on Friday.
Circuit Judge Daina Vitolins helps a student try on a judicial robe before starting a presentation about the U.S. Constitution and criminal justice system at Steins Pillar Elementary School in…
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden says there is still a path toward social supports and climate change projects, despite comments by another senator that appear to doom the prospects of the Build Back Bette…
BILLINGS, Mont. — A group of Democratic lawmakers on Thursday, Oct. 28, urged the Biden administration to enact emergency protections for gray wolves in the U.S. West in response to Republican…
PORTLAND — Record low numbers of steelhead are returning to the Columbia River this year, prompting conservationists and anglers alike to call for a halt to recreational fishing for the sea-run fish.
PENDLETON — A Pendleton man suffered serious injuries Wednesday, Aug. 25, on the eastbound side of Interstate 84 when he crashed his motorcycle into a passenger car that was stopped because of…
WASHINGTON — Included in the sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure bill approved by the Senate is funding for Western water projects that farmers, water providers and environmentalists say are b…
Portions of the Pacific Ocean cooled considerably in July, affirming that a La Nina weather system likely will form this fall, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.
For the first time in 122 years of record-keeping, drought covers almost the entire Western U.S. as measured by the Palmer Drought Severity Index.
BOISE, Idaho — Wildlife advocates last week petitioned federal officials to restore federal protections for gray wolves throughout the U.S. West after Idaho and Montana passed laws intended to…
MEDFORD — Cooler weather on Tuesday, July 27, helped calm two gigantic wildfires in the U.S. West, but a tally of property losses mounted as authorities got better access to a remote area of S…
WALLOWA COUNTY — The Elbow Creek Fire, which started Thursday, July 15, has quickly grown to an estimated 9,000 acres, causing the evacuation of residents in the northwest end of Wallowa Count…
BOISE — Airport officials, including those in Northeastern Oregon, facing jet fuel shortages are concerned they’ll have to wave off planes and helicopters that drop fire retardants during what…
Two major fires burning adjacent to Wallowa County are continuing to grow in size.
Traffic backs up Friday morning, July 9, 2021, on the eastbound side of Interstate 84 due to a fatal crash near about 7 miles from Pendleton. Oregon State Police reported a semitrailer crashed…
More than 90% of West in drought.
