EOU celebrates Constitution Day with Friday Ceremony
Posted by Stephanie Brookhart on September 15, 2011 | 0 comments
LA GRANDE, Ore. (EOU) – EOU will celebrate Constitution Day Friday, Sept. 16. At 10 a.m.
Lt. Col. Rich McKim, with EOU’s Army ROTC/Gold Program, will conduct a ceremony at the
flagpole on University Blvd.
Throughout the day, patriotic songs will be played on the EOU carillon and university...
Father and son arrested for hunting violations
Posted by Stephanie Brookhart on September 14, 2011 | 0 comments
LA GRANDE — An investigation into the unlawful taking of two bull elk in the Wenaha Wildlife Management Unit in northeast Oregon has resulted in the arrests of An Island City, Ore., father and son. The pair was arrested last week by Oregon State Police (OSP) Fish & Wildlife Division troopers....
La Grande Relay for Life 2012 seeks volunteers
Posted by Stephanie Brookhart on September 12, 2011 | 0 comments
LA GRANDE — Last summer’s American Cancer Society LaGrande Relay For Life saw 19 teams raise more than $30,000 for the Society and its mission to eliminate cancer as a major health problem.
According to Jody O’Connor, Community Relationship Manager for the American Cancer Society, the entire...
Sign up for free youth upland bird hunts
Posted by Stephanie Brookhart on September 8, 2011 | 0 comments
SALEM -— Registration for youth upland bird hunts is now open. These special hunts are held statewide on weekends in September and give hunters age 17 and younger an early chance to hunt pheasant, quail and dove.
All events are free and most include a free shotgun skills clinic, too. Hunters 14 and older...
First wave of Oregon National Guard’s 116th Cavalry returns from Iraq
Posted by Stephanie Brookhart on September 7, 2011 | 0 comments
SALEM — The Oregon Military Department issued a statement today indicating the return of the first soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry from Iraq, as follows:
There are updates for the initial arrival times, numbers and locations for the Oregon National Guard Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion,...
Mathematical Association of America presents award to EOU math team
Posted by Stephanie Brookhart on September 2, 2011 | 0 comments
LA GRANDE, Ore. (EOU) – Early on a southern summer morning, two students from eastern Oregon recounted for an audience of their peers how an answer to a mathematical model brought them international acclaim.
Rachel Burton, of La Grande, and Jadon Herron, of Union, were in Lexington, Ky., to speak at the...
Update: Use of deadly force justified in Elgin shooting
Posted by Stephanie Brookhart on September 1, 2011 | 5 comments
LA GRANDE — Union County District Attorney Timothy Thompson has announced the conclusion of the Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ) review of the officer-involved shooting in Elgin on August 1, 2011.
The DOJ handled the matter at the request of Thompson. Senior Assistant Attorney General O. Scott...
Eastern Oregon Film Festival call for promotions
Posted by Stephanie Brookhart on August 22, 2011 | 0 comments
La Grande — Eastern Oregon Film Festival (EOFF) is excited to work with La Grande Main Street and area businesses to offer an opportunity to reach a regional audience and to introduce themselves as supportive of new and exciting arts and cultural driven tourism activity in La Grande and Eastern...
