Wallowa County Chieftain

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.

2 weeks ago | wallowa.com | Bill Bradshaw

Published 1:00 pm Friday, June 13, 2025 ENTERPRISE — City Administrator Lacey McQuead submitted a letter of resignation to the City Council during its meeting Monday, June 9. McQuead’s resignation is effective at the end of the year, but she’ll stay another six months if the city hasn’t yet found a replacement. She recently accepted the position of interim city administrator with Joseph, but emphasized the two jobs will not come into conflict.

2 weeks ago | wallowa.com | Bill Bradshaw

Published 12:22 pm Friday, June 13, 2025 ENTERPRISE — Wallowa County is preparing to approve a budget of more than $33 million for fiscal year 2025-26, according to the county’s preliminary budget documents. That’s down a bit from this year’s budget. In 2024-25, the county budgeted $34,464,315 in total appropriations. Of that amount, $6,797,357 was for salaries and benefits. Next year’s salaries and benefits are up a bit at $6.85 million.

2 weeks ago | wallowa.com | Bill Bradshaw

Published 5:00 am Wednesday, June 11, 2025 WALLOWA — Wallowa once again has a bank. Umpqua Bank held its grand opening June 9 of a new branch in Wallowa, with dozens of community members and bank officials teeming throughout the former Community Bank at 202 N. Storie St. that closed several years ago leaving the town bank-less. Since then, Wallowans have had to drive to Enterprise or farther, to Elgin, to do their banking, unless they were able to do it online.