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Blasting to remove overhanging rocks from Grant County quarry

Grant County is going to blast away the threat of overhanging rocks at Holliday Rock Pit.

Business

Long Creek Mercantile adds saloon, mulls outdoor expansion

The new saloon in Long Creek offers pool, darts, an internet juke box and televisions that air sporting…

Outdoors

Study finds old growth trees in Blue Mountains dying at high rate

James Johnston has been studying trees in the Blue Mountains that are older than America, and he’s disturbed…

Local News

John Day City Council expresses support for county library

The largest city in Grant County has given its support to the continued funding of the Grant County…

Eastern Oregon

ODOT laying off more than 30 workers in NE Oregon

The Oregon Department of Transportation is laying off 483 workers statewide, 30 in NE Oregon

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John Day City Council amends engineering contract for treatment plant

JOHN DAY — The John Day City Council has voted unanimously to amend the engineering contract for the…

Community News

Renovations underway at Grant County Fairgrounds

JOHN DAY — The Grant County Fairgrounds are in the midst of significant upgrades.

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July 4 fire destroys break room, office building in Canyon City

PRAIRIE CITY — A Fourth of July fire at Prairie Wood Products has turned a single structure into…

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Ceramics and community in John Day

The May 31 opening of Color me Crazy Ceramics, 121 SW Canton St. in John Day, is the…

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Rescuers find Hiker who fell from cliff in Grant County

Search and rescue, U.S. Forest Service crew aid in rescue GRANT COUNTY — A 46 year-old Aumsville woman…

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