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A look back at the stories that made the news in the Blue Mountain eagle in 2023.
This month-by-month retrospective covers a wide range of topics, from rodeo queens to fighting bulls, political tussles to acts of charity, the Grant County Fair to the Blue Mountain Hospital.
With the departure of its Economic Development director in September, the Grant County court has been faced with how to move forward with the department with ongoing obligations, grant management duties, department funding from the cities, stakeholder meetings and the now vacated department office at the L-building in John Day.
On Wednesday, the Grant County Court voted unanimously to put the former Economic Development department office at 530 E. Main Street, Unit 10, on the rental market.
The property is expected to fetch up to $2,500 a month or $30,000 a year for the county.
PENDLETON — The city of Pendleton has received a $625,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to take the next step toward restoring the banks of McKay Creek and
Oregon legislator’s firm reaps thousands, produces ‘unacceptable’ grant application
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
VALE The executive had a deal for Greg Smith when she called last fall.
For no cost, her Pendleton firm could take on the job of chasing down millions of dollars for Malheur County.
The offer came soon after Smith learned his own work to get that money had failed. The U.S. Department of Transportation concluded the application he submitted last May was “unacceptable.”
The money remains key to turning farmland now owned by taxpayers into a Nyssa industrial park, adjacent to the planned Treasure Valley Reload Center.