8+ hour, 53+ min ago   (715+ words) Sanders, a crew chief with Golf Company, 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation, has spent 26years in the Oregon Army National Guard. Until two days before this flight, he’d neveractually dropped water on a fire. “I’ve been training for 20 years to do this,” Sanders said....

18+ hour, 5+ min ago   (246+ words) KIMBERLY — Firefighters backed by air support mounted an aggressive initial attack to slow the Rosenbaum Fire, successfully halting its spread west of Highway 19 and preventing structure loss, officials said Saturday. Aviation crews established retardant lines ahead of the flames while…...

18+ hour, 20+ min ago   (257+ words) JORDAN VALLEY — Firefighters battling the massive Big Grass Fire along the Oregon-Idaho border face fresh hazards today (Saturday) as scattered thunderstorms are bringing lightning and threats of flash flooding to the region. The lightning-caused wildfire, which erupted July 23, has burned…...

17+ hour, 44+ min ago   (257+ words) Elkhorn Media Group Red flag warning sparks hazards as crews battle Hagen and Paradise fires UMATILLA, UNION, WALLA WALLA COUNTIES — Firefighters battling two blazes in the Umatilla National Forest braced for volatile conditions Saturday as forecasters warned of incoming thunderstorms,…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (185+ words) LA GRANDE — (Notice from the City of La Grande) The City of La Grande is warning residents and applicants about a scam email impersonating the City’s Planning Department. The fraudulent email appears to use information from an actual permit application…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (124+ words) Elkhorn Media Group Crews pull submerged truck, trailer from water at Umatilla Marina UMATILLA – Umatilla Police officers and the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol came to the rescue Thursday after a truck became submerged at the Umatilla Marina. Officials…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (323+ words) Elkhorn Media Group Burned Area Emergency Response Team assessing fire severity on Salmon, Olive Butte, Burnt Creek, and Anthony Fires BAKER CITY — (Press release from the Wallowa Whitman National Forest) A Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team began burned area…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (82+ words) James Arteaga is Baker Co.’s newest Corrections Deputy Elkhorn Media Group James Arteaga is Baker Co.’s newest Corrections Deputy BAKER COUNTY — The Corrections Division of the Baker County Sheriff’s Office recently gained a new member. The Sheriff’s Office…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (415+ words) BAKER COUNTY — Community members and local buyers stepped up in a big way to support area youth at the 2026 Baker County Fair Livestock Auction, generating over three-quarters of a million dollars in total contributions. Preliminary figures place total contributions at…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (110+ words) The Pendleton Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing juvenile who is considered missing endangered due to her age. Jazmine Julieann Payne, 13, was last seen Thursday at 1:30 a.m. leaving her residence. She was wearing a…...