John Day News

Fossil hunting in Oregon has a rich tradition, focused primarily in the eastern part of the state in and around the John Day River Basin.

Reporting from John Day, Ore. - When Jessie Bratcher's fiancee told him the baby might not be his, that she had been raped two months earlier, he went quiet.

JOHN DAY, Ore. - The Ochoco Lumber Co. is getting $4.9 million in federal stimulus money to build a wood pellet fuel plant.

A Christian-based summer camp in Antelope is working on a land-swap deal that could create two new wilderness areas and make about 15,000 acres of popular hunting grounds accessible to the public.

A checkerboard of federally owned parcels within the boundaries of the Young Life Washington Family Ranch east of Antelope is fueling talk of a trade.

The Long Creek-Kimberly Highway, or Oregon 42, stretches long and empty in remote northeast Oregon south of Pendleton.

Restrictions and Closures: The Umatilla National Forest has added five new trail closures to the list of area, road and trail closures in the area surrounding the North Fork Complex fires.

A dwindling supply of logs is cause for concern at Malheur Lumber Co. in John Day, the last mill operating in Grant County.

It's not much of a hiking destination, but the Painted Hills Unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is too beautiful to ignore.

Oxidized minerals in volcanic ash spewed across the Eastern Oregon landscape thousands of years ago created these spectacular hills at the Painted Hills unit of the John Day Fossil Beds northwest of Dayville.

The new Oregon Paleo Lands Institut e field center stands out bright next to Wheeler County's historic courthouse and the sturdy, comfortable homes that line the narrow streets.

The Oregon Trail marker on the east side of the John Day River. The Umatilla County town of Echo has some of the best preserved sites on the Oregon Trail.

September 14, 2009 Closure Map Pursuant to 36 CFR, Sec. 261.50 and 261.50 , the following acts are prohibited on the area described in this order within the Umatilla National Forest, beginning at 0001, September 14th, 2009, until further notice.

Location: 15 miles SE of Ukiah, OR in the North Fork John Day Wilderness. Lat: 44o55'29" Long: 118o39'5" Cause - Date Started: Lightning, Aug.

Location: 15 miles SE of Ukiah, OR in the North Fork John Day Wilderness. Lat: 44o55'29" Long: 118o39'5" Cause and Date Started: Lightning, August 1, 2009 Current Update: Strong winds kicked up the fires Wednesday afternoon resulting in a few spot fires across the North Fork John Day River.

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Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division Troopers are asking for the public's help to catch the person responsible for killing a buck deer with an arrow at the Seventh Street Ballfield Complex in John Day.

Fire Near Kelsay Butte Looking East. August 28, 2009 North Fork Complex FIRE UPDATE Current Update: Both fires saw a slight increase in acres burned due to active fire behavior during the heat of the day.

Associated Press A August 25, 2009 A RUFUS, Ore. -- Oregon State Police say divers have recovered the body of a 43-year-old Sandy woman from the John Day River near LePage Park, about 100 miles east of Portland.

Associated Press A August 25, 2009 A RUFUS, Ore. -- Oregon State Police say divers have recovered the body of a 43-year-old Sandy woman from the John Day River near LePage Park, about 100 miles east of Portland.