7+ hour, 46+ min ago  (375+ words) Published 5:00 am Sunday, July 12, 2026 By ​​Tammy Malgesini Go! Eastern Oregon I’m not necessarily “into” UFOs, meaning I don’t believe in little green men, but the subject intrigues me. In early July 1947, a rancher discovered an unusual debris field near Roswell,…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago  (197+ words) Published 12:28 pm Sunday, July 12, 2026 MISSION — Below is the July 12 update on the North Cayuse Fire. Start date: July 4, 2026 Location: 6 miles east of Mission Resources assigned: 4 crews, 1 helicopter, 3 engines, 1 dozer, 2 skidgens, 3 water tenders CURRENT SITUATION: Yesterday firefighters on the North Cayuse…...

15+ hour, 59+ min ago  (256+ words) Published 9:36 pm Saturday, July 11, 2026 GRANT COUNTY — The Oregon State Fire Marshal reported the Grant County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday evening, July 11, issued a Level 3 evacuation notice for the town of Granite. Level 3 is the “go now” notice. The sheriff’s office…...

16+ hour, 36+ min ago  (351+ words) Published 9:00 pm Saturday, July 11, 2026 HERMISTON — The Hermiston City Council on Monday, July 13, will vote to award a contract to replace a sewer lift station as well as award recreation project grants. Sewer Lift Station No. 7, on the west side of…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (59+ words) East Oregonian Published 9:00 am Saturday, July 11, 2026 Editorial cartoon for July 15 edition of the East Oregonian. Commentary: As feds pull back, Oregon expands antitrust actions Commentary: These Oregon reforms could boost the state’s economy EO editorial cartoon for July 1 COLUMN — An…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (686+ words) Published 9:00 pm Friday, July 10, 2026 By Isabella Crowley | The Observer SUMMERVILLE — Bigfoot is ready for his close-up in Union County. Filmmakers Zach Green and Devin O’Rourke in June 2025 toured the county to see if the Grande Ronde Valley might serve as…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (575+ words) Published 4:34 pm Friday, July 10, 2026 By Anna Claire Vollers/Stateline Fifteen states on Friday sued the Trump administration to prevent millions of dollars in cuts to school-based mental health funding. The new lawsuit is part of an ongoing legal battle between…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (228+ words) Published 4:00 pm Friday, July 10, 2026 By Berit Thorson | East Oregonian PENDLETON — More than 6,000 residents in Pendleton lost power Tuesday afternoon, July 7, after a brush fire started spreading across a nearby field. Residents went without power for about an hour and forty…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (109+ words) Published 9:00 am Friday, July 10, 2026 UMATILLA — Umatilla will temporarily close H Street between Sixth and Seventh streets Friday, July 10, through Monday, July 13, for the city’s Saturday Market activities. The Umatilla Public Library will remain open during its normal business hours throughout…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (493+ words) Published 10:13 am Friday, July 10, 2026 Officials at the U.S. Forest Service are proposing new management plans for eastern Oregon’s Blue Mountains that include potentially tripling the amount of logging across 5.5 million acres in the next decade. The Forest Service published a draft…...