From the editor’s desk: Oct. 23, 2023
Published 9:15 am Monday, October 23, 2023
- THE STORY: In October, a dredging operation was launched to clear years of accumulated sediment from the pond at the Seventh Street Sports Complex in John Day. In this photo, contractor Ty Harrell walks between massive storage bags designed to hold up to 800 cubic yards of sediment. The bags filled the main parking lot at the sports complex.
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In this week’s paper, look for an update on the October 2022 arrest of a Forest Service fire manager while supervising a prescribed burn in Grant County, plus stories on the Harvest Festival and Best of the Old West Quilt Show, a derelict house in John Day, plans for a seismic survey on the Grant County Emergency Operations Center and more.
In case you missed it, last week’s paper had stories on drastic cutbacks in highway maintenance by the Oregon Department of Transportation and how it will affect our region, the dismissal of an antitrust suit against Iron Triangle and Malheur Lumber, the demolition of a burned-out building in downtown John Day, a dredging operation at the Seventh Street pond, Rowdy Israel’s latest rodeo crown and a well-known local bartender.
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