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La Grande, Oregon is located in Union County. Zip codes in La Grande, OR include 97850. The median home price in La Grande is $154,000. More La Grande information.

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7 min ago | OregonLive.com

Wallowa Mountain Loop Road opens in time for Memorial Day driving

The Wallowa Mountain Loop Road is open to two-way traffic, though on-going maintenance continues to take place.

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8 hrs ago | RV Business

Northwood Ships 50,000th Unit to BCRV Sales

Executives with Northwood Manufacturing Inc. recently traveled to BCRV Sales, Chilliwack, British Columbia, to mark delivery of the 50,000th RV produced by the La Grande, Ore.-based builder.

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Tue May 21, 2013

The La Grande Observer

Poetry contest winners announced

The annual contest, which has been conducted at least 11 years, is open to students in kindergarten through 12th grade in La Grande and Island City.

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The La Grande Observer

Was the old public library built at the site of a jail?

The library building, which opened in 1914 at 1006 Penn Ave., was constructed at the site of an old city jail, according to the book "A Little Bit of This and Little Bit of That: La Grande and Union County Trivia, Vol.

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The La Grande Observer

Farmers' market off and cooking

The La Grande Farmers' Market began its new Chef at the Market cooking demonstrations Saturday with a lesson on how to make Thai spring rolls.

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Sat May 18, 2013

The La Grande Observer

City, county face lawsuit

A 2006 drug raid on a local home could end up costing Union County and the City of La Grande dearly.

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Thu May 16, 2013

The La Grande Observer

Supporting The Guard

Deb Gargalis, Worksource Oregon's Eastern Region manager, accepts an Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Seven Seals Award from State ESGR Chair Norm Koffman and Vice Chair Dan Hitchcock.

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The La Grande Observer

City continues to deal with plant issues

The City of Enterprise continues to tackle the challenges of supporting its state-of-the-art water treatment plant while looking forward to implementing a new master water plan.

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Wed May 15, 2013

The La Grande Observer

Portrait of happiness

La Grande senior Lauren Babcock, left, recently led a project at LHS that used balloons to help rate the happiness of her classmates.

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The La Grande Observer

Parade gets new route

The Island City City Council voted 4-0 Monday night to permit the Ag and Timber Twilight Parade to be conducted Friday in Island City.

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Mon May 13, 2013

The La Grande Observer

The will to live

La Grande High School graduate Ron Gillis plays with his dog, Casey, at Gillis' mother's home in La Grande.

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The La Grande Observer

City to tackle loans plan

The City of La Grande's budget committee will meet tonight to begin a series of budget hearings for the 2013-14 fiscal year.

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Sat May 11, 2013

The La Grande Observer

The hunt for Eden

In win-crazed America, where the overriding philosophy seems to be win or go home, in the land of old Green Bay Packers football coach Vince Lombardi where winning is the only thing, even being No.

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The La Grande Observer

Ticket to ride

Emilie Montgomery-Jones and Scilla Coe, both of La Grande, ride along with a cattle drive on the Grande Tour Scenic Bikeway Saturday east of Baker City.

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Fri May 10, 2013

The La Grande Observer

Private school celebrates milestone by honoring founder

Four-year-old pre-kindergarten teacher Wendy Onjukka leads Heidi-Ho students in the grande finale song during Heidi-Ho's 40th birthday celebration events Thursday.

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The La Grande Observer

Council tackles privatization issues

The La Grande City Council accepted a recommendation to explore cost-cutting measures for the city's aquatics division, which could include privatization of Veteran's Memorial Pool maintenance.

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The La Grande Observer

Property owners sound off on EID

Property owners in La Grande's proposed Economic Improvement District have until June 12 to submit written letters of objection to stop the establishment of the proposed EID.

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Thu May 09, 2013

The La Grande Observer

Final snowpack survey winds up on the low side

The final snowpack survey for the Grande Ronde Basin has come in at 25 percent lower than normal for this time of year.

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The La Grande Observer

Communities share service

Following an ambulance run, EMT-I Stan Grove, left, and paramedic Steve Hogge arrive back at the La Grande Fire Station to await their next call.

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The La Grande Observer

La Grande named to best small cities list

La Grande was recently named 38th on a national list of best small cities in America.

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