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Mountains, anniversaries, happiness: Readers share their goals for 2024

LA GRANDE — Northeast Oregon residents have goals for 2024 that range from the predictable to the poignant.…

Northeast Oregon Weekender

In some parts of Northeast Oregon, victims of sexual assault face an added indignity — a long drive to get a rape exam

Being sexually assaulted is a devastating experience, but for the victim, the ordeal doesn’t end there. Next comes…

Northeast Oregon Weekender

Persistent El Nino weather pattern has resulted in slow start to snowpack season in Northeast Oregon

BAKER CITY — Mike Widman is used to dealing with snowdrifts deep enough to bury a pickup as…

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Rolling in the dough: 2 Senate District 29 candidates dominate in campaign money

PENDLETON — The five candidates who were running for Oregon Senate District 29 have reported a combined total…

Northeast Oregon Weekender

Oregon ranked in top four for rate of car theft

HERMISTON — Oregon had the fourth highest rate of car theft among states and the District of Columbia…

Northeast Oregon Weekender

Northeast Oregon hospitals working to fill openings for sexual assault nurse examiners

JOHN DAY — Story TK by Jan 3

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West comes east: Westside government leaders trekking to Eastern Oregon

PENDLETON — The new director of the Oregon Department of Education and deputy superintendent of Public Instruction on…

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Snake River dam removal impacts debated in Congressional hearing led by Bentz

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ontario, led a congressional hearing Tuesday, Dec. 12, to discuss…

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Phone failure: Mapping apps lead motorists into potentially dangerous situations

Smartphones can tap the world’s accumulated knowledge, but they can be utterly ignorant about winter travel in Northeast…

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Housing summit ponders funding issues

ENTERPRISE — About 25 officials from government agencies and nonprofit organizations gathered recently to learn about three projects…

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