Grant County News

It's a battle that has ranchers pitted against environmentalists. An ongoing legal dispute over grazing practices in the Malheur National Forest has many Eastern Oregon ranchers worried about their livelihoods and the future of their ranches.

Alta Dollie Winters Anderson, of Estacada, died early Friday morning, Nov. 13, 2009, at Marquis Respite Care in Oregon City, Ore., of cancer.

Later, after the defense attorney wept and the judge put away his robe and the jurors drove home in the fading light, the consequences of war hung over this town of 1,845 like wood smoke on an autumn eve.

This morning's Oregonian reports on the trial of a Jessie Bratcher, a former Oregon Army National Guard soldier who served in Iraq, came home and later shot and killed a man.

Seeking information on Rev. George Fiske Round who died in Grant County, Oregon in 1927.

Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free. I'm following the path God laid for me. Legends And Outlaws Cemetery and Memorial Is Situated In The Serenity Of A High Mountain Meadow On Rudio Mountain In Grant County, Oregon Wilma L. Kidwell passed away and rests forever in the old pioneer Legends and Outlaws Cemetery and Memorial situated in the serenity ...

A helicopter rescue team reached the crash site of a single-engine airplane Friday afternoon in mountainous Wheeler County near its boundary with Crook County, said Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer of Canyon City.

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

Oregon State Police and Grant County Sheriff's Office, with the assistance of US Forest Service law enforcement and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, eradicated a marijuana grow Wednesday from a three acre area located in the Strawberry Mountain Wilderness on the Malhuer National Forest about seven miles south of Canyon City.

Thomas Hoover, Thomas Condon and John Day are some names you're likely to encounter on your trip.

Fire crews are fighting two wildfires today, including the McGinnis Creek fire, which was grown to nearly 2,000 acres, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry.

From the fairgrounds RV park in Fossil, we drove two blocks north to Highway 19 and turned left.

During our stay in Fossil, Ore., we stopped by Mah-Hah Outfitters. I wanted to get an idea what the John Day River was like in it's upper regions.

Evan Hodge, 31, lends a hand at the Holliday ranch just outside John Day. Hodge, a custom-home builder, says he helps out at the ranch because he loves working with cattle and being outdoors.

Name-Ed Trembly, 42, Home-John Day, Job Title-Oiler Lumber mills have been at the fiber of Grant County for as long as most anyone can remember but today the county is down to its last mill and it has struggled to get logs.

Down on the canyon floor, near the tree line's edge, amid the sawdust and scrap, the last mill in Grant County is barely holding on.

At one time in Grant County there were enough saw mills to provide work for nearly anyone who wanted it.

Oregon State Police released preliminary statistics about traffic enforcement, arrests for driving under the influence of intoxicants, crashes and deaths over the Memorial Day weekend.

A 5/24/2009 - Central Oregon A According to Oregon State Police, Tyler Boyer of Redmond was driving west on Highway 402 just outside of Monument in Grant county when he veered on to the gravel shoulder.

Police say a Redmond-area man died and a John Day resident was seriously injured Saturday morning in a single vehicle traffic crash on Highway 402 about 2 1/2 miles east of Monument in Grant County.