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Grant County energy assistance on hold due to shutdown
The longest shutdown in American history has led to Community Connection of Northeast Oregon pausing applications for energy ...
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Grant County’s largest supermarket not sweating SNAP pause
The ongoing pause in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program started to impact Chester’s Market in John Day before ...
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A Grant County Halloween
Here are some sights from this year's Halloween festivities in John Day and Canyon City.
Recreation
Double dose of fall color: Northeastern Oregon boasts brilliant leaves — and needles
Northeastern Oregon residents are doubly fortunate when it comes to the splendor of fall foliage.
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John Day’s Painted Sky readies for fundraising gala
Live music, art, food and fun are on the menu Nov. 8 for John Day nonprofit art center’s ...
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Government
Trump administration blocked from cutting off SNAP benefits as two judges issue orders
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Boston ruled Friday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plan to pause ...
Government
Oregon Gov. Kotek sends $5 million to food banks ahead of SNAP cutoff
Food banks across Oregon have warned that they do not have enough resources to absorb the impact of ...
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John Day City Council, URA board decide to challenge writ
The city of John Day and its urban renewal agency have decided to once again challenge a petition ...
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Mechanical failure outside Dayville blocks highway
Two Frito-Lay trailers blocked highway on morning of Oct. 29.
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Soon-to-be former Prairie City mayor candid about recall
Recently recalled Prairie City mayor Ed Clark said he didn’t take his job as mayor lightly — now ...
Business
Oregon’s Rayfield, other Democratic AGs sue Trump over SNAP benefits
A coalition of Democratic state officials sued the Trump administration Tuesday, asking a federal judge to force the ...
Elections
Republican Christine Drazan mounts 2026 bid for Oregon governor
Drazan narrowly lost to Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek in a three-way race in 2022 Republican Christine Drazan will ...
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Crime & Justice
Oregon gun law case awaits Supreme Court hearing
Supporters of Measure 114 are confident in their chances to defend the law despite some uncertainty over the ...
Agriculture
Oregon’s first sage grouse ‘conservation bank’ operating
Landowners in Baker, Malheur counties can sell credits to developers whose projects would harm sage grouse Developers who ...
Government
E. Oregonians, food banks brace for delay in food stamp benefits
SNAP payments will be delayed if federal government shutdown continues into November.
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Baker County rancher and Oregon Cattlemen’s Association president reflects on Trump administration’s plan to boost beef industry
Matt McElligott was in the mountains, moving his cattle off summer range in the brilliant sunshine of Indian ...
Community News
Charlie Brown inspired pumpkin patch in Mount Vernon adds corn maze
SGR Pumpkin Farm in Mount Vernon returns for a third Halloween.
Elections
Multipartisan effort aims to open Oregon’s primaries through ballot initiative in 2026
Former governor, ex-state lawmaker and Independent Party leader team up to open Oregon primaries More than 1.3 million ...
Business
Missing federal jobs report leaves Oregon Employment Department, businesses in the dark
Despite delivering in past shutdowns, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said it was unable to provide the ...
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Salem-area residents say Oregon’s next national cemetery should be built east of the Cascades
Residents object to proposal to build national cemetery in their neighborhood A group of residents who live just ...
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Crowd packs final hearing on funding the Grant County Library
Grant County residents turned out for the second public hearing on the county defunding its public library.