BOISE, Id. — Lamb prices jumped 40% in the six weeks ended Sept. 15, catching the attention of Rocky Mountain Sheep Marketing Association General Manager Stan Boyd.
PORTLAND — Several Oregon businesses have threatened a class action lawsuit against the state over COVID-19 restrictions implemented by Gov. Kate Brown to slow the pandemic. A lawyer represent…
NEW YORK — Nike appears to have recovered from its pandemic slump, posting a solid quarterly profit driven by soaring online sales of its sneakers and workout apparel.
SALEM — Oregonians will be able to get hard liquor delivered directly to their home even after the pandemic is over.
STEVENS COUNTY, Wash. — The Diamond M Ranch has moved to defend itself against allegations that it is to blame for wolves mauling and killing its cattle for more than a decade in northeast Washington.
SALEM — The Oregon Blueberry Commission has joined in an effort to slow a dramatic increase in U.S. blueberry imports from southern countries.
SALEM — The Oregon Blueberry Commission has joined in an effort to slow a dramatic increase in U.S. blueberry imports from southern countries.
ENTERPRISE — Central Copy & Shipping in Enterprise is under new ownership.
Union mini mart rejects mask ordinance
UNION COUNTY — The Union County Safe Communities Coalition has teamed up with local restaurants to offer select discounts to celebrate “National Family Day” on Saturday, Sept. 26.
SALEM — The sudden wildfires that torched more than 1 million acres across Oregon this month completely destroyed at least seven marijuana businesses and damaged at least dozen more, according…
WASHINGTON — The prospect that President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans will fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat before the year is out has ignited a call for major chan…
The mystery isn't why so many people file for bankruptcy each year. It's why more people don't.
LOS ANGELES — An enormous wildfire that churned through mountains northeast of Los Angeles and into the Mojave Desert was still threatening homes on Monday and was one of more than two dozen m…
Hey, West Coast beer lovers, it's pronounced YING-ling.
NEW YORK — Lego said Tuesday, Sept, 15, that it will stop using plastic bags inside its boxed sets and replace them with paper ones.
PORTLAND — The Oregon Liquor Control Commission announced it suspended the liquor license of a Jackson County business for violating public health social distancing and face covering requirements.
SALEM — Beyond the loss of property and life, Oregon’s wildfires could cost the state hundreds of thousands of jobs.
PORTLAND — State workplace and public health officials are urging employers to stop or delay outdoor work where they can and take other reasonable steps to protect workers when air quality rea…
Deadline here for workshop on destination marketing
SALEM — Josh Duling left his family’s 5,000-acre wheat farm near Maupin for a horseback trip in the Wallowa Mountains on Aug. 20.
ENTERPRISE — The Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce has started the search for new leadership as longtime Executive Director Vicki Searles retires.
It has been almost six months since our restaurant closed for indoor dining, and there does not appear to be a clear path to a safe reopening.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — It was a busy Taco Tuesday at Midnight Sun Brewing Co. in Anchorage, Alaska — a blessing these days at any restaurant — when a guy at a table with three buddies wanted to c…
WASHINGTON — Agriculture has not been mentioned more “aggressively” by occupants of the Oval Office for a long time, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said.
ENTERPRISE — Ryan Sheehy’s Fleet Development moved a step closer to its second Wallowa County community solar project in August when the county commissioners tacitly approved leasing property …
Granada movie house reopens Friday, Sept. 4
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The Trump administration plans to lift endangered species protections for gray wolves across most of the nation by the end of the year, the director of the U.S. Fish and…
One of the biggest challenges employers are facing is getting their workforce back on the job during the continuing COVID-19 environment. There are many obstacles, including those collecting u…
SALEM — Oregon Farm Bureau invites the public to submit their best photos of Oregon agriculture for a chance to be featured in the 2021 Oregon’s Bounty Calendar.
WASHINGTON — Thousands of oil and gas operations, government facilities and other sites won permission to stop monitoring for hazardous emissions or otherwise bypass rules intended to protect …
The Great Recession demolished jobs across the U.S., and it eventually came for mine, too. After graduating in 2009, I worked four months as an entry-level executive assistant at a nonprofit b…
LA GRANDE — Union County’s unemployment rate saw little change from June to July, but still is trending in the right direction.
SALEM — The Oregon Department of Agriculture has introduced a new logo, colors and tagline as part of a major rebranding effort that began last year and finished in March.
PORTLAND — The U.S. Forest Service in a recent environmental analysis recommends lifting a 25-year-old ban on logging large trees across six national forests in Central and Eastern Oregon.
Training funds available for businesses
LA GRANDE — Eastern Oregon University selected Richard Chaves as the new chairman of the board of trustees through November 2021. Chaves brings experience as a member of the board for five yea…
Union County FSA open by appointment
I know, I know. You’ve probably heard all about how you should renegotiate your bills to save money. But that’s easier said than done, right?
WASHINGTON, D.C. — USDA announced this week that additional commodities are covered by the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program in response to public comments and data. Additionally, the U.S. D…
Those businesses that received Paycheck Protection Program funds (PPP) are no doubt aware that all or a portion of the loan is forgivable if funds are utilized according to program requirements.
Moving is stressful enough without throwing a pandemic into the mix.
WASHINGTON — The dairy industry has a familiar question for you: “Got milk?”
Mountain Air Massage opens
BIRCH BAY, Wash. — The first Asian giant hornet trapped in Washington and the U.S. will ignite an attempt to catch a live one, follow it back to its nest and destroy the nest in a night-time r…
NEW YORK — Wedding planners, photographers and other bridal vendors who make the magic happen have a heap of new worries in the middle of the pandemic: no-mask weddings, rising guest counts an…
SALEM — When the coronavirus shutdown hit Oregon in March, Oregonians closed their wallets.
DAVIS, Calif. — Five years of research, half a million dollars, dozens of failed attempts — and now the calf was seven days late.
SALEM — Agriculture departments in at least 27 states are warning residents to report any unsolicited packages of seeds that arrive in the mail appearing to come from China.
NEW YORK — Restaurants, bars and other merchants struggling to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic are desperately reaching out for a lifeline from insurers that in turn contend they a…
Oregon launches faster access, delivery of unemployment benefits
WASHINGTON — The USDA's cattle inventory report was pretty much in line with what analysts expected — 103 million head of beef and dairy animals.
Money transfer apps including Venmo, Cash App and PayPal have surged in popularity during the pandemic as people seek safe, contactless ways to send and receive money. Unfortunately, many peop…
ENTERPRISE — In the spring the world was shaken by a global pandemic that either sent people home to work or left them unemployed. The shutdown shuttered restaurants and left local producers w…
LA GRANDE — A total of 48 companies in Union and Wallowa counties received Paycheck Protection Program Loans loans of $150,000 or more.