LA GRANDE â The opportunity to return home proved too much for The Observer editor Phil Wright to ignore.
Wright is returning to Pendleton to take over as news editor at the East Oregonian, beginning Monday, May 24. Wright replaces Wyatt Haupt, who left to become editor of The Daily World, in Aberdeen, Washington.
âI was not expecting this opportunity, so when it came my way I was surprised, sure,â Wright said. âBut then I gave it careful scrutiny over a couple weeks. While Iâm returning to the EO, the coronavirus pandemic has reshaped the newsroom I left. This really is a new challenge for me.â