With the November midterm elections rapidly approaching, voters in Eastern Oregon are thinking about more than just national politics. Umatilla County voters have a choice between an an incumbent and ...

Federal officials intercepted a “suspicious package” addressed to Oregon’s election office before it arrived in the state, Secretary of State Tobias Read said Friday. “We are not aware of any ...

BAKER CITY — The state will seek at least $9,000 in restitution from Izek Matthew Cleveland, the 19-year-old Baker City man who pleaded guilty June 5 to four counts of felony assault stemming from ...

ECHO — Utilizing a collective giving circle model, 100+ Women Who Care – Eastern Oregon will host its next event to raise money for a local nonprofit organization. The goal is for at least 100 women ...

Leather parts and tack hang Jan. 8, 2024, inside the home shop of Floyd Lewis in Milton-Freewater.

PENDLETON — Four candidates in the primary election Tuesday, May 19, won seats on the Pendleton City Council, while two are headed to a November runoff. Kristi Jenness, Russell Nicolai, Cody Jones and ...

Dwindling snowpack, record low stream flows, soil-moisture evaporation and depleted reservoirs are causing pain across Oregon, Idaho and Washington. The last weeks of summer find Oregon and much of ...

PENDLETON — The Pendleton City Council voted the evening of June 29 to reject the settlement offer for the lawsuit against it brought by homeless residents of the city. The decision, which was 5-3 ...

Crews building the Boardman to Hagerman transmission line recently repositioned their crews and heavy equipment to help the effort to fight wildfires along the Oregon-Idaho border, company officials ...

SALEM — The Pendleton Center for the Arts received an $85,000 grant from the Oregon Community Foundation for an exhibition of miniature woven baskets. The grant was one of a dozen 2026 Creative ...

The year 2026 has been a bountiful one for making sawdust in Northeastern Oregon’s Eagle Cap Wilderness and Hells Canyon. And an unusually busy year for the volunteers whose sweat drips onto those ...

PENDLETON — The following is the Sunday, Aug. 30, update on the Paradise and Hagen fires in the Umatilla National Forest. Limited tactical firing operations today. Firefighters may perform tactical ...