La Grande News

Associated Press A November 20, 2009 A LA GRANDE, Ore. -- State police have agreed to pay $295,000 to Mark Hemstreet and Gregg Clapper to settle a lawsuit over hunting violation charges that were thrown out.

Five young people remain in serious or critical condition at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise following a rollover accident near Baker City on Thursday that killed two people.

The Oregon State Police today released the names of the 16 people involved in a church van crash that killed two ministers-in-training as they traveled from New Life Worship Center in Federal Heights to Portland, Ore.

A van carrying members of a Colorado church group overturned on black ice in eastern Oregon today, killing one person and injuring 15, some of them critically, the Oregon State Police said.

Oregon State Police Drug Enforcement Section will continue the investigation related to the arrest of two Bend residents Saturday morning after over 50 pounds of marijuana was found in a vehicle during an OSP traffic stop east of La Grande.

TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE Reference is made to that certain trust deed made by DONNA C. PEBLEY, as grantor, to ABSTRACT & TITLE COMPANY, as trustee, in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.

PASSING THROUGH Name: Steve Brown Where we found him: Sightseeing along Route 66.

LA GRANDE, Ore. - During his time in the state Legislature, John Lim consistently said Oregon needs a lieutenant governor.

What: Steve House book reading and slide show When: 7 p.m. Thursday Where: Pinckney Auditorium, Pence Hall, Central Oregon Community College, 2600 NW College Way, Bend Cost: Free Contact: 541-322-3116 Sometimes the better you are at something, the fewer the people there are who can truly understand your achievements.

The families of three victims of a grisly triple homicide in Elgin in July gave the go-ahead for a plea bargain that will spare the killer from facing the death penalty, a La Grande Police Department detective said today.

A self-employed La Grande house painter who told reporters he was responsible for killing three people last summer has pleaded guilty to aggravated murder in a plea agreement that spares him the possibility of the death penalty.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, the Union County Planning Commission, meeting in regular session, October 26, 2009, 7:00 p.m., Daniel Chaplin Building Conference Room, 1001 4th Street, La Grande, will consider a Variance application submitted by Rebecca Best to vary from the Union County Zoning, Partition & Subdivision Ordinance Section 25.09 Table 7-2 ...

This isn't on Route 66, but it's so cool and unique that it's noteworthy. The town of La Grande, Ore., contains a 1959 Texaco gas station that actually works for its intended purpose.

LA GRANDE, Ore. - Oregonians will set their clocks back an hour Nov. 1, the day Pacific Standard Time begins.

Famous playwrights don't offer succinct explanations of their plays very often. Of course, Steve Martin was famous as an absurdist comic star long before he tackled playwriting, so he didn't have any kind of literary pedigree to uphold when he wrote an open letter last March to the citizens of La Grande, Ore.

Sen. Ron Wyden and his colleagues had a good idea: Examine whether it makes economic sense to restore Amtrak service through the Columbia Gorge, Eastern Oregon and Southern Idaho.

Mount Emily soars 3,300 feet above La Grande and the Grande Ronde Valley. Looking for a viewpoint with a precipitous drop to the east and a grassy rim covered with spring and summer wildflowers? Sounds like Steens Mountain in Harney County, right? It could be, but Mount Emily in Union County also fits the bill.

Bernard ~ Dallapiazza Brian and Tess Bernard of Scotts Mills are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kelley Thede Bernard, to Paul Ernest Dallapiazza, son of Paul and Sue Dallapiazza of Florence, Mont.

Eastern Oregon citizens will have a chance to comment on the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department's proposal to raise state park camping and day-use fees at a public hearing Sept.

A month ago, when my son and his buddies found a severed hand in the well-known and often-visited goldfish pond at the edge of town, I had no idea of the nightmare that would soon unfold in the little northeast Oregon town I call home.