Bill Bradshaw

1 week ago | lagrandeobserver.com | Bill Bradshaw

Published 5:00 am Friday, June 20, 2025 WALLOWA — Every year, city workers in Wallowa get together and vote on who should be the grand marshal or marshals of the town’s annual Independence Day parade. This year it’s Ray “Red” and Elsie Evans. And it’s not hard to see why. The couple has lived all (Red) or most (Elsie) of their lives here and is devoted to the little town of about 900 population. True, many of the storefronts in town are vacant, but residents there hope to see that turn around.

1 week ago | wallowa.com | Bill Bradshaw

Published 5:00 am Thursday, June 19, 2025 ENTERPRISE — The Wallowa County Board of Commissioners at its meeting Wednesday, June 18, approved a letter objecting to the U.S. Forest Service’s Morgan-Nesbit Restoration Plan. The county board’s objection is to the Forest Service’s plans to close more roads in the area. The Morgan-Nesbit is an area of 86,500 acres about 20 miles southeast of Joesph in the Eagle Cap Wilderness.

1 week ago | wallowa.com | Bill Bradshaw

Published 6:00 pm Wednesday, June 18, 2025 ENTERPRISE — The Wallowa County Board of Commissioners is giving its support for a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives to delist wolves in the Lower 48 states. The county board approved sending a letter asking Congress to delist wolves that have protection under the Endangered Species Act in three-quarters of the state. Wolves east of Highway 395 are not under federal protection. House Resolution 845 would remove that protection statewide.

1 week ago | lagrandeobserver.com | Bill Bradshaw

Published 7:00 am Wednesday, June 18, 2025 WALLOWA LAKE — The 13th annual Dulcimer Week at Wallowa Lake is June 29 to July 5. “It’s a really sweet instrument, and it’s really easy to play,” said Heidi Muller, one of the hosts and director of the event. “You hold it flat on your lap, not upright like a guitar.”Muller said the mountain or Appalachian dulcimer is a smaller version of its German ancestor, the “Scheitholt,” which means scrap of wood.

1 week ago | lagrandeobserver.com | Bill Bradshaw

Published 6:00 pm Tuesday, June 17, 2025 JOSEPH — The Wallowa Mountain Cruise and Car Show in Joseph is about at the starting line. The event is Friday and Saturday, June 20 and 21. Organizer Alicia Garrett said the Cruise and Car Show was moved back to June to take advantage of better weather. The cruise, formerly known as the Oregon Mountain Cruise, originally was in June, but rainstorms kept occurring, even raining out the cruise portion to Enterprise.