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Oregon Scenic Drives: Hells Canyon Scenic Byway
Norton, Clark. "Oregon Scenic Drives: Hells Canyon Scenic Byway." 21 March 2007.
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Board OKs $90,000 to fix grandstand
The District 55 School Board approved a plan to spend $90,000 on grandstand renovations Monday night.
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Judge returns to role as public defender
A Washington County Circuit Judge who lost his re-election bid in the May primary left the bench Friday and returned to work as a public defender in Portland, court officials said.
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Heating with wood could save money
The University's Resource Innovations program, part of the Institute for a Sustainable Environment, recently published a book saying that heating large buildings with wood can save people money and promote ...
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Red Cross hires NE Oregon manager
Wallowa County native Susan Daggett has been named as the Northeastern Oregon District Manager for the Oregon Trail Chapter of the American Red Cross.
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Gresham couple gives gift of conservation
You might call this the grand opening of a critter corridor. A Gresham couple, Richard and Debbie Surface, have granted an easement to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to help elk and other wildlife.
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Beef Northwest workers vote Nov. 7-9 on union
In hopes of ending a bitter labor dispute, a ranchers' cooperative Tuesday scheduled a Nov.
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Markets fall, trees don't, raising risk of wildfires
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest managers are concerned as the housing construction market continues to stagnate.
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Firefighting competes for timber dollars
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest managers say they aren't getting enough money from Congress to keep local lumber mills supplied, partly because of record spending on fighting forest fires.
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Wallowa-Whitman's timber target trimmed
Wallowa-Whitmana s timber target trimmed Wallowa-Whitmana s timber target trimmed Written by Baker City Herald October 21, 2008 03:51 pm Forest's goal for current fiscal year is 22.7 million board-feet, down ...
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Crash claims Scappoose brothers
Two Scappoose brothers were killed Oct. 10 during a hunting trip when the pickup truck they were in went off a steep hillside in a mountainous region of eastern Oregon.
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Commissioner rivals talk issues
Commissioner rivals talk issues Commissioner rivals talk issues Written by MIKE FERGUSON, Baker City Herald October 10, 2008 04:12 pm County commission candidates Tim Kerns and Randy Joseph faced each other for ...
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Passion for Peaks
Hoping to avoid crowds and bent on enjoying the great outdoors, Cory Crebbin saw nowhere to go but up.
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County gets a - nice' four-year reprieve
County gets a a nicea four-year reprieve County gets a a nicea four-year reprieve Written by JAYSON JACOBY, Baker City Herald October 06, 2008 03:20 pm Friday's historic federal bailout bill includes a ...
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3,400 acres slated for prescribed burns
The arrival of true autumnal weather is ushering in prescribed burning season on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.
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Counties in Eastern Oregon ponder forest closures
Five Eastern Oregon counties are considering how road closures in the largest national forest in the Northwest could affect them.
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The last of their kind: the Ulacia sisters of Oregon
They walk down a dusty back road as they have for much of their lives, the two sisters who came from the Basque region of Spain to far-flung eastern Oregon half a century ago.
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9 Oregon and Washington getaways, from $69
The majestic Mount Rainier watches over pleasure boats on Washington's Puget Sound.
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Cycle Oregon: Final thoughts
Cycle Oregon 08 was memorable for all the beautiful country, the daily rides and new adventures, all the friendly riders I met and the warm and hospitable folks in all the towns.
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Wallowa trains to run on 100th birthday
It's been 100 years since the first train steamed into the remote Wallowa Valley, and to celebrate that occasion, Friends of the Joseph Branch are throwing a big centennial party Sept.
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