Bennett Hall

3 weeks ago | bluemountaineagle.com | Bennett Hall

Published 7:00 am Wednesday, April 2, 2025 JOHN DAY — When you can’t import what you need, sometimes you just have to produce it yourself. That’s the approach Blue Mountain Hospital is taking to address its nursing shortage. The John Day hospital is teaming up with Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences to start a distance education program that will enable local residents to pursue a nursing degree at home.

3 weeks ago | bluemountaineagle.com | Bennett Hall

Published 11:13 am Monday, March 31, 2025 JOHN DAY —Yay! This is my final column on behalf of the senior center. Writing does not come easily for me, and by various methods I have not determined that the column is even read. So what’s the point? I know that the menus for the center are published elsewhere, so it’s not like my departure will leave anyone wondering what’s for lunch and when.

4 weeks ago | bluemountaineagle.com | Bennett Hall

Published 8:17 am Friday, March 28, 2025 JOHN DAY — Nearly three months after the last board rolled off the planer at Malheur Lumber, negotiations continue on a possible sale that could revive the mothballed John Day sawmill. “We’re still in discussions and we’re still moving forward,” said King Williams of Iron Triangle. The local logging outfit in late October signed a letter of intent to explore a potential purchase of the mill from its parent company, Prineville-based Ochoco Lumber.

1 month ago | eastoregonian.com | Bennett Hall

Published 5:48 pm Friday, March 21, 2025 PORTLAND — A former Pendleton man could be facing up to life in federal prison for allegedly transporting a child for sexual purposes. FBI agents on Thursday, March 20, in Portland , arrested Steven Fox, 59, after a federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging him with transporting a minor with the intent to have the child engage in criminal sexual activity.

1 month ago | bluemountaineagle.com | Justin Davis |Bennett Hall |Jayson Jacoby

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