| Supreme Court suspends Enterprise attorney Hostetter |
Enterprise attorney D. Rahn Hostetter will be suspended from practicing law for 150 days for a conflict of interest in a loan transaction and falsifying notariziation of a deed, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled today, July 29.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
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| BOC votes to put fairgrounds district on ballot |
The formation of a Wallowa County Fairgrounds District will be decided by county voters in November.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
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| Forest Service moves to Joseph |
U.S. Forest Service offices in Wallowa County have found a temporary home at Joseph Elementary School.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
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| ODF issues fire rules on rivers |
Open fires and most smoking as well as use of power machinery are now prohibited in the Wallowa and Grande Ronde River Corridor.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
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| Around & About: 7.29.10 |
A WILD WEEK: The sun smiled on Chief Joseph Days and it seemed like more folks than ever turned out to watch the grand parade on Saturday.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
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| FOR THE RECORD: 7.29.10 |
Traffic stops prevail at festivities weekend
Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
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| Community Calendar: The county fair |
Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
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| 2010 CJD Junior Parade announces winners |
2010 Chief Joseph Days Junior Parade Results
GRAND PRIZE WINNER - "S.S. Salmonella" (the Rouse, Wilcox and Suto kids, with Tiffany George, featuring the world record kokanee in Wallowa Lake)
Friday, July 23, 2010 |
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| Forest Service seeks public help in fire probe |
The U.S. Forest Service is asking the public to assist in its investigation of the July 11 fire that destroyed its district headquarters building in Enterprise.mailto:
Thursday, July 22, 2010 |
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| Traffic delays minimized during CJD |
While four major construction projects are under way between Imbler and Wallowa Lake, only one - on the Minam grade about a mile above the county line - is expected to cause traffic delays after Thursday during Chief Joseph Days.
Thursday, July 22, 2010 |
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| USFS moves to temporary home in Joseph Elementary School |
U.S. Forest Service offices in Wallowa County are temporarily being established at the Joseph Elementary School in Joseph.
Thursday, July 22, 2010 |
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| Carnival returns for Chief Joseph Days |
Thousands of rodeo-goers have poured into Joseph this week as it hosts the 65th annual Chief Joseph Days rodeo celebration.
Thursday, July 22, 2010 |
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| FOR THE RECORD: 7.22.10 |
Stolen horses near Troy recovered
Thursday, July 22, 2010 |
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| Community calendar: 7.22.10 |
Chief Joseph Days
Thursday, July 22, 2010 |
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| Fire probe zeroes in on log staining |
Investigators reportedly have zeroed in on log staining on the exterior of the U.S. Forest Service building in Enterprise as the most likely cause of the fire that destroyed the building.
Monday, July 19, 2010 |
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| BP: No oil leaking into Gulf from busted well |
A tightly fitted cap was successfully keeping oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time in three months, BP said Thursday.
Thursday, July 15, 2010 |
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| FBI, ATF join fire probe |
BULLETINA temporary Wallowa Mountains visitor information center has been established at the Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce Office across Highway 82 from the burned U.S. Forest Service building, the Forest Service announced Thursday, July 15.
In addition, three agencies that were in the burned building have been moved to the conference room of the Best Western Rama Inn and Suites next door to the Forest Service. They are the Wallowa Soil and Water Conservation District, Farm Services Agency and National Resource Conservation Service.
Meanwhile, Forest Service officials are scouring Wallowa County to rent office space.
The site of district headquarters of the U.S. Forest Service in Enterprise has been declared a crime scene following a spectacular, fast-growing fire that destroyed the two-story log building.
Thursday, July 15, 2010 |
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| Burned building was iconic county landmark |
The handsome U.S. Forest Service log building that went up in flames Sunday, July 11, was only 20 years old, but had already become a local landmark.
Thursday, July 15, 2010 |
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| For The Record: 7.15.10 |
Lost dogs all over the place
Thursday, July 15, 2010 |
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| Community calendar: 7.15.10 |
Thursday, July 15, 2010 |
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| Four pups for Imnaha wolf pack |
The Imnaha wolf pack has at least four new pups this year, images captured on a motion-triggered trail camera show.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 |
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| FBI, ATF join probe into big Forest Service blaze |
The site of district headquarters of the U.S. Forest Service in Enterprise has been declared a crime scene following a spectacular, fast-growing fire that destroyed the two-story log building.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 |
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| Fire destroys Forest Service headquarters
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The district headquarters of the U.S. Forest Service in Enterprise was destroyed in a spectacular fire Sunday, July 11.
Monday, July 12, 2010 |
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| Wallowa Resources plans open house in new home |
Wallowa Resources invites the public to an open house it is hosting from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday, July 12, at the Wallowa Resources Stewardship Center - the old hospital building - at 401 NE 1st St., Enterprise.
Friday, July 09, 2010 |
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| Cut cable kills calls |
Phone, 'net service interrupted throughout county
Tuesday, July 6, was the day communications went crazy in Wallowa County.
Thursday, July 08, 2010 |
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| Bowlby Bash street fair set Saturday |
Main Street in Enterprise will be filled with booths and music for the first Bowlby Bash street fair Saturday, July 10.
Thursday, July 08, 2010 |
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| Around & About: 7.8.10 |
WHAT COULD BE BETTER? A sunny day, patriotic music, the Stars and Stripes and all manner of down-home parade entries, from kids on bikes to floats that took days to prepare. Wallowa County's Fourth of July parade in downtown Wallowa was awesome, as usual.
Thursday, July 08, 2010 |
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| FOR THE RECORD: 7.8.10 |
Police nab suspicious person at Justice Center
Thursday, July 08, 2010 |
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| Feds suspend wolf kill order after lawsuit
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U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services has suspended the hunt for two Wallowa County wolves for a month after four environmental groups sued the agency to stop the destruction of the wolves suspected of killing calves on Imnaha area ranches.
Friday, July 02, 2010 |
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| Conservation groups sue to stop wolf killings |
Four conservation groups have filed a lawsuit to stop the state-authorized destruction of two wolves suspected of killing calves on ranches in the Imnaha area.
Friday, July 02, 2010 |
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| Repairs under way on damaged roads |
Repairs on forest roads damaged by recent flooding are under way due to the quick release of emergency funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Thursday, July 01, 2010 |
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| County festivities highlight Fourth |
There's always plenty to do in Wallowa County during the days surrounding the Independence Day holiday, and everyone is hoping for plenty of sun this year.
Thursday, July 01, 2010 |
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| Around & About: 7.1.10 |
FOR A WHILE AT LEAST, marauding wolves seem to be moving back into the wilds, preferring to dine on elk rather than veal and leaving us humanoids to be occupied with other matters such as fireworks, the stars and stripes and the county's Fourth of July parade.
Thursday, July 01, 2010 |
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| Walden here for breakfast gathering
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U.S. Congressman Greg Walden hopes to hear from local business owners and other Wallowa County residents at a no-host community breakfast sponsored by the Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Wednesday, July 7, at Lear's Main Street Pub and Grill in Enterprise.
Thursday, July 01, 2010 |
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| FOR THE RECORD: 7.1.10 |
Bears reported, dead and alive
Thursday, July 01, 2010 |
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| Stolen pickup, chase ends with arrest of two men |
Oregon State Police is continuing an investigation into an Ontario-area carjacking and chase that ended with the arrest of two men.
Thursday, June 24, 2010 |
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| Top wolf turns up missing |
The 115-pound alpha male wolf that leads the Wallowa County Imnaha pack has been unaccounted for since May 31, according to Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Thursday, June 24, 2010 |
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| Groups seek wolf 'pardon' |
The Hells Canyon Preservation Council and Cascadia Wildlands Project have submitted a clemency appeal to Gov. Ted Kulongoski asking him to spare the lives of two endangered gray wolves.
Thursday, June 24, 2010 |
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| Around & About: 6.24.10 |
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, it was reminiscent of a cartoon. Campers and RVs streamed to Wallowa Lake for the weekend, then many streamed right back out again early Sunday after the thunderstorms.
Thursday, June 24, 2010 |
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| FOR THE RECORD: 6.24.10 |
Cougar sighting reported in Joseph
Thursday, June 24, 2010 |
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| Community Calendar: 6.24.10 |
Thursday, June 24, 2010 |
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| Feds commit $3.2 million for Loop Road repairs |
The U.S. Department of Transportation has pledged $3.2 million in "quick relief energency funds" for repairs to the closed Wallowa Mountain Loop Road between Wallowa and Baker counties, Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., said today, June 24.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 |
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| June rainfall approaches record |
Rain, rain and more rain has put June within striking distance of a record for the most precipitation for the month in Wallowa County.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 |
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| Lake firefighters expected back on job after Mammen resigns |
Four volunteer firefighters are expected to return to the Wallowa Lake fire station this week following the resignation under fire of Dale Mammen, a director of Wallowa Lake Rural Fire Protection District.
Monday, June 21, 2010 |
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| Alpha male wolf goes missing |
According to information released June 16, the 115-pound alpha male wolf that leads the Wallowa County Imnaha pack has been unaccounted for since May 31.
Friday, June 18, 2010 |
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| Fireworks: Will lake go dark? |
With two-and-a-half weeks to go, contributions are seriously lagging to finance "Shake the Lake," the Wallowa County's Fourth of July fireworks extravaganza on Wallowa Lake, and the family-oriented event's future is in jeopardy.
Thursday, June 17, 2010 |
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| Community Bank persistent in attempt to acquire BEO |
Community Bancshares, Inc., parent of Community Bank, will take its case directly to shareholders of BEO Bancorp, parent of Bank of Eastern Oregon, after BEO directors rejected an earlier merger offer from Community.
Thursday, June 17, 2010 |
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| Around & About: 6.17.10 |
WELL, THAT WAS FUN - a few thousand out-of-towners checking out a couple hundred classic cars and some extraordinary quilts, then seeing the Wallowa County sights.
Thursday, June 17, 2010 |
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| Possible road washout loss: $1.88 million |
Wallowa County could suffer an economic hit of up to $1.88 million this year with the closure of the flood-damaged Forest Service Road 39 - better known as the Wallowa Mountain Loop Road - between Joseph and Halfway in Baker County.
Thursday, June 17, 2010 |
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| Community calendar: 6.17.10 |
Thursday, June 17, 2010 |
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