La Grande Observer

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 | 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.

2 weeks ago | lagrandeobserver.com | Bill Bradshaw

Published 3:00 pm Friday, June 13, 2025 ENTERPRISE —The Enterprise City Council during its meeting Monday, June 9, adopted the city’s budget of $3.77 million for fiscal year 2025-26. This is down more than $156,000 from this year’s budget, according to the city’s preliminary budget documents. The council adopted the budget by resolution and approved another resolution to make appropriations and levy taxes.

2 weeks ago | lagrandeobserver.com | Bill Bradshaw

Published 5:00 pm Thursday, June 12, 2025 Wallowa County honors Commissioner Susan Roberts, who steps down after treatments for brain cancer failENTERPRISE — Hundreds of well-wishers Wednesday, June 11, packed into the auditorium at Enterprise High School for a farewell party for retiring Wallowa County Commissioner Susan Roberts. State Rep. Bobby Levy, R-Echo, was unable to attend but sent a video expressing her best wishes that was played for Roberts and those in attendance.