Editorials
Our View: Fire danger still looms into autumn
Gov. Tina Kotek, flanked by wildfire officials, said it on Thursday: Despite a recent break in the weather ...
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From the editor’s desk: We’ve revamped out public safety coverage
Alert readers of the Blue Mountain Eagle will have noticed that we’ve been tinkering with our public safety ...
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Our View: Volunteer firefighters answer the call
When a wildfire threatens your home, your livelihood and perhaps even your life, nothing is quite so disturbing ...
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From the editor’s desk: Let’s hear it for our summer interns
Last week in this space we mentioned our summer interns. Ellie Graham is the intern for The Observer ...
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From the editor’s desk: Don’t be a stranger: Here’s how to contact our reporters and editors
Last week, this letter mentioned taglines — brief bits of information at the end of an article about ...
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From the editor’s desk: Becoming a regional paper means changes in our newsrooms
We are a month into the East Oregonian publishing as a regional newspaper. This remains a work in ...
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From the editor’s desk: Amid disasters, stories of hope and courage emerge
Just when we thought it couldn’t get any worse, more bad news assails us. In the midst of ...
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From the editor’s desk: Fire season is on us with a vengeance. Stay safe.
As I write this, on Friday morning, no fewer than four wildfires are threatening residents of Grant County. ...
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Our View: Wildfire season is upon us with a vengeance. Stay safe
As I write this, on Friday morning, no fewer than four wildfires are threatening residents of Grant County. ...
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From the editor’s desk: Hot enough for ya? Keeping an eye on high temps, wildfires and other doings around the region
Wildfires and an accompanying record-setting heat wave have been making the news throughout Northeastern Oregon. The temperature reached ...