LA GRANDE – (Press Release from City of La Grande) The City of La Grande will be continuing the City Water Meter Change Program. The Public Works Department will be installing high-tech meters to all homes and businesses within the La Grande city limits. These new meters will allow...
LA GRANDE— The Union County Board of Commissioners is set to vote on the ratification of a new six-year law enforcement services contract between the Union County Sheriff’s Office and the city of Elgin. The board will vote on the ratification of the contract when it meets on...
June 27, 2022, LA GRANDE, Ore. – The Eastern Oregon University Board of Trustees convened via Zoom for a special meeting on Monday, June 27. Following discussion the board authorized President Insko to enter into a contract with educational consulting firm EAB Global, Inc. focused on closing the attainment gaps within regional cohorts of two- and four-year colleges and universities by 2030.
LA GRANDE — (Statement by La Grande Police Department) On June 11th, 2022 at 1:53PM, the La Grande Fire Department and the La Grande Police Department responded to a report of a fire inside the Wildflower Lodge located at 508 16th Street in La Grande. Emergency crews arrived moments...
LA GRANDE – Yesterday afternoon a crowd of people gathered on the corner of B Ave and Walnut in La Grande; the location of a marker placed by Ezra Meeker in 1906. Meeker is known as an American pioneer who traveled the Oregon Trail by ox-drawn wagon as a young man, migrating from Iowa to the Pacific Coast.
LA GRANDE — Dale Counsell had his hammers and chisels ready to help him retrieve a 116-year old message from the past. Unfortunately, the Union County historian didn’t need these tools on Thursday, June 23, for the past proved to be elusive in southwest La Grande when a time capsule was opened and turned out to be empty.