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Wheeler County is the least populated county in Oregon and it is also one of the least ethnically diverse counties in the state. Approximately 90% of Wheeler County is white. That did not stop organizers of Friday's Black Lives Matter rally in Fossil. Attendees said that even in the smallest of towns and counties, people have an obligation to stand up to racism. Moved by national protests and a global push for equality, nearly 40 people came out to participate in the rally....
This was supposed to be the year that the Bank of Eastern Oregon staff in Condon took their victory lap at Condon's Fabulous Fourth of July festivities. Celebrating 75 years of community banking, the Bank of Eastern Oregon had been selected as Grand Marshals for the Fourth of July celebration. Staff were excited to hold court at the Fourth of July Breakfast, to mingle with old friends and to go all out on decorations for their parade float. That was before the world turned...
Gary Purpura first came to Spray when he was 19 years old in the early 1970s. "In the summers I would take a drive and look for work," says Mr. Purpura who now owns the brokerage firm Liberty Capital in Portland. On one drive, Gary saw a "help wanted" sign for farm workers. It paid $20 a day with room and board. Gary went to work for Bud and Cecilia Reed, bucking bales outside of Spray. That year, he learned of the Eastern Oregon Half Marathon and Spray Rodeo and ran the...
On May 1, a recall petition for Wheeler County Judge Lynn Morley was accepted by the Oregon Elections Division. Ballots for the special recall election are expected to be mailed out this week and election day will be on June 10. Mickey Dodd of Mitchell is the chief petitioner. This is the second time Mr. Dodd has filed a recall petition against Judge Morley. The original recall petition was filed in late 2019. It was subsequently thrown out by the Oregon Elections Division in...
Family owned stores in the area have stayed stocked and provide normalcy. In the Portland area, there has been tension in stores from the outset of the COVID-19 outbreak. Scuffles have broken out across the country as people have gone into panic mode and many have horded supplies. We've all seen the cleared out isles on the nightly news. No, this isn't Venezuela, it is panic shopping in cities across the United States. Fortunately for those of us who live in the tri-county are...
