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Oregon DEQ releases updated well nitrate trend analysis for LUBGWMA

SALEM — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality released a Groundwater Nitrate Trend Analysis for the Lower Umatilla…

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Federal report recommends bringing Amtrak service back to Eastern Oregon

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration issued a report in January to Congress recommending long-distance passenger rail service…

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Keep warm and keep energy costs down as temps drop in Eastern Oregon

PORTLAND — Energy Trust of Oregon advises it is time to prepare for the big chill, especially with…

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Eastern Oregon agencies prepare for annual homeless count

LA GRANDE — The annual tally of people who are homeless has a focus in 2025 on youth.…

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Eastern Oregon lawmakers ready for 2025 session

SALEM — State Rep. Greg Smith of Heppner is proposing adding two commissioners to the Port of Morrow…

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A dreamer and a doer

IONE — Newly-elected Morrow County Commissioner August “Gus” Peterson lives in the same red-brick, three-story house he grew…

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AARP provides free tax help in Boardman, Hermiston, Lexington, Pendleton

The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program will provide free tax preparation beginning in February in Umatilla and Morrow counties.…

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Pendleton’s cancer center to close doors in coming months

PENDLETON — Pendleton’s lone outpatient radiation therapy center announced in a statement Tuesday, Jan. 14, it will close…

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Firefighters from NE Oregon helping with devastating LA blazes

Danielle Weaver figured she’d be shoveling snow in the middle of January rather than spraying water on a…

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Oversized loads start Jan. 29 from Boardman to Idaho border

BOARDMAN — Oversized loads make their way at night from Boardman to the Oregon-Idaho border starting Jan. 29.…

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