by OptimistPrime | Dec 31, 2022 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
PENDLETON — Marie Pratuch of Pendleton is a contemporary ceramicist who creates classic and rustic shapes with a sense of delicacy and ingenuity to her craft.Pratuch during a recent creative session grabbed a hunk of wet clay and slammed it on the pottery wheel. She...
by OptimistPrime | Dec 31, 2022 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
WALLOWA — The state’s Joint Legislative Emergency Management Board in late September approved $2 million to aid with helping a Wallowa County community recover from an August hailstorm.More than four months after the storm, residents of Wallowa who need help still are...
by OptimistPrime | Dec 30, 2022 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
If you’ve ever spent a sick day in front of “The Price is Right” you could always count on Bob Barker’s signature closer — “Help control the animal population, have your pet spayed or neutered!” — as the credits and theme song rolled.But on the front lines of the...
by OptimistPrime | Dec 30, 2022 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
PENDLETON — Pendleton police used a stun gun to subdue a man after he punched an officer in the face.Pendleton police Chief Chuck Byram reported Eddie Scott, 26, of Hermiston, ended up in the Umatilla County Jail for third-degree theft, assaulting a public safety...
by OptimistPrime | Dec 30, 2022 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
Perhaps the biggest news of 2022 was how the coronavirus pandemic ebbed in news coverage. The East Oregonian, then, does not have a top 10 list dedicated to just the virus, the disease and the fallout it caused.We derived our top 10 news stories of the year from...
by OptimistPrime | Dec 30, 2022 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
Three teenagers from North Powder, including the 16-year-old driver, were injured early Thursday, Dec. 29 when their car collided with a deer on Interstate 84, went off the road and rolled, ejecting the two passengers, ages 14 and 15.The accident happened just after...
