PENDLETON — Changes coming to the Oregon Health Plan in 2027 will require members to meet new work requirements. Leaders with the Eastern Oregon Coordinated Care Organization on Friday, Oct. 16, ...

BAKER CITY — The state will seek at least $9,000 in restitution from Izek Matthew Cleveland, the 19-year-old Baker City man who pleaded guilty June 5 to four counts of felony assault stemming from ...

HERMISTON: noon to 12:30 p.m. at Harkenrider Senior Activity Center, 255 NE Second St. Menu: Thursday, Oct. 15 (ham and split pea soup); Tuesday, Oct. 20 (chicken and biscuit casserole). Costs $5; ...

MILTON-FREEWATER — Free mattresses and box springs recycling is available Saturday, Oct. 17, in Milton-Freewater. Oregonians can recycle mattresses and box springs for free, thanks to an Oregon state ...

ECHO — Catch a discount during $5 Fridays from 2-6 p.m. on Oct. 16 and 30 at the Echo Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch, 300 N. Dupont St. Other activities this coming weekend at the maze include Campfire ...

An hourlong debate between Democrat gubernatorial incumbent Tina Kotek and Republican state Sen. Christine Drazan held in Medford on Wednesday night touched on needed changes to important state ...

JOHN DAY — After a five-year hiatus, Furry Friends Grooming has a new location and is again offering its robust grooming services in John Day. Furry Friends Grooming owner Caliee Perry said her ...

Merkley introduced the bipartisan bill to give wildland firefighters’ families the same $100,000 death benefit given to fallen U.S. military members’ families. A financial benefit for surviving family ...

HERMISTON — Sanitary Disposal’s Transfer Station and shop in Hermiston are closed for Wednesday, Oct. 7, due to a report of a suspected pipe bomb. Marisa Avila, office manager for Sanitary Disposal, ...

MARSH — Madison Miya Munoz and Nevan Prosper Marsh, of Pendleton; a boy, Nehemiah Christopher Marsh. — For other recent births in Northeastern Oregon, search here.

The brightest promise at the founding of America is in the second sentence of the Declaration of Independence: “that all men are created equal.” This would be a seed of the great secular creed of ...

Let’s start with Mitch Byrnes’ statement in his Sept. 9 guest commentary in the East Oregonian: “The hard truth is that $2 gas … wasn’t killed by global crude oil markets.” On Feb. 28 this year, the ...