Blue Mountain Eagle

07/14/2025

The Oregon Department of Transportation is laying off 483 workers statewide, 30 in NE Oregon

07/10/2025

The John Day DMV office is closed on Thursday, July 10 due to staffing.

John Day DMV office closed due to staffing.

07/10/2025

GRANT COUNTY — Grant County Emergency Management has posted a level 1 “Be Ready” evacuation zone for the Long Point Fire, located two miles north of Kimberly. The alert was posted for the area north of the John Day River, south of East Bologna and Thorn Spring Butte, east of the Wheeler County...

07/09/2025

Enter your pup's photo now for the chance to be included as a top vote getter in GO Eastern Oregon's "Top Dog" National Dog Day feature section publishing August 27.

https://eastoregonian.secondstreetapp.com/2025-GO-Eastern-Oregon-Top-Dog-Photo-Contest/rounds/1/gallery

07/09/2025

Weather for July 9-13

https://eastoregonian.com/2025/07/09/oregon-weather-for-july-9-13/

07/07/2025

Who's Eastern Oregon's Top Dogs? Enter your favorite photo of your furry best friend for your chance to be included with the top vote getters in the GO Eastern Oregon Top Dog photo contest. Hurry, deadline to enter is Saturday, July 26.

Check it out now!

07/07/2025

SALEM — By the middle of the upcoming school year, Oregon students will not be allowed to use their cellphones in school. Gov. Tina Kotek on July 2 issued an executive order to Oregon’s 197 school districts, requiring they adopt a policy for banning student cellphone use by Oct. 31. Those polici...

07/04/2025

National forests in Northeastern Oregon are holding public meetings in July to gather public comment for the Blue Mountains Forest Plan revision.

The three national forests in the Blue Mountains have scheduled a series of public meetings during July to gather public comments about the ongoing process to revise the long-term management plans for the forests.

07/04/2025

Happy Fourth of July! We'd love to see how you're celebrating Independence Day this year. Snap a picture or leave a comment telling us what you're up to!

And if you're looking for something to do, here's a full list of activities across Eastern Oregon: goeasternoregon.com/2025/06/30/oh-say-can-you-celebrate.

Cities across the region are blasting into the weekend to celebrate the Fourth of July.

07/02/2025

Hiking fall leads to search and rescue effort

Helicopter, US Forest Service hand crew aid in search GRANT COUNTY — The Grant County Emergency Management Center was alerted to an incident on June 1 involving a 41 year-old hiker that had fallen on the Skyline Trail, near the Mud Lake Junction in the Strawberry Wilderness. The hiker’s daughter...

07/02/2025

BREAKING: Siting new solar developments in Eastern Oregon may have just gotten easier.

Eastern Oregon has new rules when it comes to siting solar developments.

06/30/2025

Rep. Cliff Bentz took a stand against a provision in a budget bill that would require the federal government to sell up to 3.3 million acres of public land in the West.

Rep. Cliff Bentz, the lone Republican in Oregon’s congressional delegation, said Wednesday, June 25, that he opposes a provision in a budget bill that would require the federal goverment to sell up to 3.3 million acres of public land in the West, potentially including BLM and Forest Service parcel...