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Joni Kabana says that it has been a true community effort. The once deteriorating Spray General Store is now a hallmark of the region and a central gathering place for the community. Last Saturday on September 23, the Spray General Store hosted its final concert of the summer series, with Cheyenne West returning to town and giving the crowd of spectators a show to remember. Five different bands were booked this summer and played on the front porch of the old store. The number...
Aly Sedlock says that she knew from a young age that she would either live in a big city or out in the country. "Anything in the middle sounded boring," she says. Originally from Salem, food has been a constant in Aly's life and her childhood memories revolve around her grandmother cooking everything from scratch and her love of canning. When her grandmother wasn't around, Aly's dad was the main cook at home and she enjoyed eating his food and they often cooked together. But t...
The Wheeler County Court will return a program designed at helping families in crisis to the state of Oregon after realizing it had a budget shortfall of $18,000. The Wheeler County Court realized that it would be unable to facilitate the Paid Leave Oregon Act. The Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA) and Paid Leave Oregon Act were merged last year. Under the revised Paid Leave Oregon Act, a worker or self-employed person could be provided up to twelve weeks of time off a year due t...
The Gilliam County Court has given $5,000 to help residents in distress after sub-zero temperatures in January caused pipes to break and heating bills to skyrocket. Kari Keown, who volunteers with the Arlington Church of the Nazarene, told the county court that people in mobile homes were hit particularly hard during the cold snap. Those affected the most seemed to be the people that reside in the mobile home park by the Arlington School. Keown told the court that people in...
An impressive turnout of people filled the downstairs of the Condon Elks Lodge on Saturday to commemorate the great Scottish bard, Robert Burns. Estimates of the crowd put about 100 people inside the Elks, with many of them being families and kids. Cameron Stinchfield and his wife Lara were in attendance, with their two children, as was Andrew Stinchfield with his three bairns. Also in attendance were Mike Durfey and his daughter Tula, along with grandma Rene Durfey. Also, a...
A special meeting of the Gilliam County Court was held on January 24 with the focus being on expansion of internet services in the county. The court has strived to bring fiber-optic connectivity to all residents, an ambitious goal that is expected to cost $30 million. The court has worked to map existing fiber-optic lines and to survey the entire county in a feasibility study that was completed in 2023 by LS Networks, a consultant group that specializes in broadband...
Everything changed for Teresa Brier fifteen years ago. Brier grew up in Sherman County and her parents ran the Moro Café, grew up in Sherman County. Later, she struggled with substance abuse and ended up in prison. It was there that she turned her life around. While she was incarcerated, Teresa was enrolled in a canine training program. "They bring puppies in at about six to eight weeks and we would train them for search and rescue," Teresa says. "We would go through and...
The Gilliam County Court opted to table its efforts in establishing a board of commissioners and restructuring county government at its meeting on January 3, 2024, at the Emergency Services Building in Condon. Facing public pushback and looming legal questions, the court punted on creating a board of commissioners in place of the county judge position. However, the court did agree that a county administrator position was necessary and began to establish a committee to look at...
Concerns over a possible restructuring of Gilliam County's government brought several people to the Gilliam County Court session in Arlington on December 20, 2023. To start the court meeting, local residents stepped forward to provide public testimony, with many under the impression that the court would vote immediately to suspend the Gilliam County Court and to restructure it into a board of commissioners. However, the court did not take up the matter of restructuring and...
Jalet Farrell, owner of the Spoke'n Hostel in Mitchell has won the prestigious Governor's Hospitality Award from Travel Oregon. The news came as a surprise to Farrell, who did not know that she was nominated until she received a congratulatory call. "I started laughing and crying at the same time," said Jalet upon receiving the news. This is the second time that the Spoke'n Hostel has won the award, the first being in 2016 shortly after Jalet and her husband Pat started their...
James Andrews remembers the first time that he came to Fossil. It was nine years ago when he moved to town as an AmeriCorps member with the ETHOS music program. Andrews got a ride from his dad and was dropped off in Fossil – sight unseen. "I was game for it – I'm used to culture shock," Andrews says. As his dad pulled away, James looked over at his neighbor's house and saw a young boy who was throwing knives at a fence. "I did wonder for a second what I had gotten myself into,...
For many years the community of Condon has been known to show its true Scottish colors by celebrating on the birth date of Scotland's national poet Robert Burns. The Condon Elks Lodge will continue the tradition by hosting a Robert Burns Celebration Saturday, Jan. 27, at the Lodge, 117 S. Main Street in Condon. Doors will open at 5 p.m. Perhaps less extravagant than some in the past years, the event Saturday will feature a traditional 'Burns Supper' of Scotch Eggs, Cullen...
The Gilliam Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is set to receive $300,000 from the federal government for ecosystem restoration projects along Thirtymile Creek. The funding comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which provided a federal grant through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The grant, known as the Good Neighbor Authority, allows federal land management agencies to create agreements with non-federal partners for projects on public lands. The funding...
The Big Sky League is entering the final stretch, with league play ending on February 10. Due to school cancellations from poor weather last week, several games were postponed and rescheduled. The Wheeler Co. Rattlers had games against Klickitat and Horizon Christian cancelled last week due to school closures and dangerous driving conditions. The Rattlers were due to host Horizon Christian in Mitchell on January 19. Dangerous conditions on I-84 prompted ODOT to close the...
The Gilliam County Cultural Trust held a special event in collaboration with the Condon Arts Council on Saturday, November 4. More than 100 people came out to see Buffalo Kin play the Liberty Theatre, along with Tony Furtado and Stephanie Schneiderman. Buffalo Kin is a two-person band made up of Fossil's Seth Brewster and his partner Kate Eisenhooth. The couple helped to arrange for renowned Americana performer Tony Furtado and his wife Stephanie Schneiderman to join them for...
The City of Arlington's Public Works Department was working around the clock earlier this week to restore water to residents. With overnight temperatures at -2 degrees Fahrenheit over the weekend, the water system buckled to the elements. Dozens of residents reported brown water and at times, very little or no water at all. On Tuesday morning, the city said it was restoring water to town and that it would take time to refill water tanks. Arlington Mayor Jeff Bufton posted on...
A fire that spread quickly and destroyed a house in Condon also appears to have claimed a life. The Gilliam County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that a body was found in the aftermath of the fire, which started during the noon-hour on Thursday, Feb. 9. Gilliam County Sheriff's Lieutenant Tory Flory told The Times-Journal that a body had been recovered from the scene but would not identify the victim. A fire at home on Dangerous Building List was engulfed in flames on...
Investigative journalist George Knapp was in Condon on Wednesday, digging into the cattle mutilation phenomenon that gripped Wheeler County from 2019 - 2021. With a camera crew in tow, Knapp interviewed Sargent Jeremiah Holmes of the Wheeler County Sheriff's Office. Sgt. Holmes has served as the lead investigator for the five incidents of cattle deaths that have gone unsolved in Wheeler County from 2019 to 2021. The crew is expected to continue into Wheeler County and is...
Zac Grooms grew up along Rock Creek in Gilliam County, near Olex and for a period of time, bounced between schools in Arlington and Condon. In those early years of life, Grooms developed an appreciation for country music from his parents and friends. He played extensively with his father, who played guitar, and his mom, Susie Crosby - a talented singer who also played piano and bass guitar. "We started writing music together when I was a little kid – all my sisters could s...
There was no quit in the Sherman County Huskies on Thursday night. Trailing from the start, the Huskies could have folded. But each time the Rattlers stretched their lead, the Huskies came back. Ultimately, it was not enough and the Wheeler Co. Rattlers beat the Sherman Co. Huskies 59-51. The game opened with a 3-pointer by Carter Boise, who also had a rebound and put-back to give the Rattlers a 12-4 lead early. But Sherman County's Gabe Fritts answered, as he did all night,...
The Oregon Frontier Chamber of Commerce announces a significant transition as K'Lynn Lane, the dedicated and accomplished Executive Director, prepares to step into a new professional role after nearly 11 years of service. Lane has accepted a position at The Ford Family Foundation, marking an exciting new chapter in her career journey. During Lane's tenure as Executive Director, the Chamber has played a pivotal role in driving positive change and progress across the tri-county...
With the district tournament in the rear view, remaining teams are now jumping into the state tournament. The Sherman County boys and girls, Ione-Arlington boys and girls and the Wheeler Co. Rattlers boys teams are still in it. In the 32-team bracket, the Rattlers have been given the 18 seed. Wheeler County travels to Molalla on Wednesday and will face the 15 seed Country Christian. The teams look to be evenly matched and it should be a good one. The Ione-Arlington Cardinals...
Fossil native, legendary coach and shoe innovator Bill Bowerman, helped to put Oregon track and field on the map and made Hayward Field a destination for sneakerheads and athletes alike. Remodeled in 2021, Hayward Field is akin to holy ground for lovers of track and field. Hayward hosted the 2022 World Athletics Championships last year, bringing the best athletes in the world to compete in Eugene. But last week, athletes from Oregon's smallest schools got to have their shot...
Anyone who has cared for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia knows of its sorrows. Watching loved ones slip away as they struggle to recognize friends and relatives is a cruel final chapter that many families must confront. But while there is no cure for Alzheimer's disease or dementia, efforts to identify warning signs and to delay its progression are taking shape. The Sherman County Medical Clinic in Moro is involved in a groundbreaking study...
On March 16, 2023, at around 10pm, the Klickitat County Department of Emergency Management received information from the FBI Taskforce out of Yakima, Washington, of a possible suspect involved in burning two bodies on the Yakama Nation Tribal Reservation in the Toppenish, Washington, area. One of the suspects was believed to be in the Goldendale area. On March 17, 2023, at around 0203 hours, Officer Michael Steljes with the Goldendale Police Department, Deputy Zack McBride...
