JOHN DAY — A saddened community packed into the Grant Union Jr./Sr/High School gym on July 17 to celebrate the life of 16-year-old Timber Winegar. Timber was born on Oct. 15, 2009, and died in a car ...

It was unfortunate that not all the major networks aired President Donald Trump’s July 16 speech. While understandably concerned about broadcasting misinformation, which the president consistently ...

One of the frustrations I face as an advocate for forest protection is the continuous stream of wildfire and forest ecology misinformation from government agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service and ...

JOHN DAY —The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is urging caution during outdoor activities due to unhealthy air quality in John Day. According to airnow.gov, which gets its statistics from ...

JOHN DAY — The death of a 16-year-old John Day girl who died early Friday, July 10, in a car crash has sent a shockwave of grief through the tight-knit community. More than 100 stunned and saddened ...

CANYON CITY — Oregon State Police reported a 16-year-old girl died early Friday, July 10, in Grant County from a car crash. OSP at approximately 3:30 a.m. July 10 responded to a single-vehicle crash ...

JOHN DAY — The United States Forest Service has completely contained several small fires in Northern Grant County that lightning strikes caused on July 7, according to Amy Franklin, the public affairs ...

A wildfire burning about a quarter-mile away hasn’t deterred Brian Parvi and Arne Olsen from repairing the roof of the cabin Olsen owns in Greenhorn, the historic gold-mining town at the western edge ...

BAKER CITY — A representative of the union that represents about 40 employees from Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative, including journeyman linemen, said negotiations are scheduled for Aug. 4-6 in the ...

JOHN DAY — Painted Sky Center for the Arts invites the public to put their detective hats on during two presentations of the “10 Little Friends In” murder mystery by Dick Smith on July 19 and 20. The ...

PRAIRIE CITY — The rash of lightning strikes last night claimed a structure in Prairie City after a bolt of lightning struck a barn and ignited all of its stored hay and a nearby semitruck. Grant ...

GREENHORN — Several fires were ignited in the southern corner of the Umatilla and Malheur National Forests last evening after multiple thunderstorms passed over the Greenhorn area. Two of those fires ...