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Malheur Lumber Company in John Day used to be one of many mills in Grant County. By 2012, though, it was the last one, and came very close to closing its doors for good. Then, the U. S. Forest Service agreed to increase restoration logging in Malheur National Forest, and that contract kept the mill going. Now, Malheur Lumber is one of three mills in Grant County. We talk about the ups and downs of the timber industry with Rich Fulton, General Manager of Malheur Lumber Company, and Wanda Rassmus...

PENDLETON — Attorneys for Iron Triangle LLC have fired back in an antitrust lawsuit against the John Day-based company, asking a federal judge to throw the claim out of court.

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BACK IN TIME - 1997: Roundup and county fair decide to merge, Local News, Prineville local News, Breaking News alerts for Prineville city.

Wilco announces expansion plans in Prineville, Local News, Prineville local News, Breaking News alerts for Prineville city.

Copy Link AmeriCorps members with Arizona Conservation Corps, a program of Conservation Legacy, make improvements on the Manning Camp Trail at Saguaro National Park.  (Photo courtesy of the Corps Network/InsideClimate News) Amy Kuo saw firsthand how powerful it can be to tackle the big problems of our times in small ways when she was on a California Conservation Corps work crew a few years ago in the sweltering summer heat deep in a forest outside of Los Angeles. Kuo, now a legislative analys...

A New Program Like FDR’s Civilian Conservation Corps Could Help the Nation Fight Climate Change and Transition to Renewable Energy Proposals currently being considered in Washington differ from the New Deal program because of a focus on employing women and people of color and tackling projects in underserved communities. April 26, 2021 AmeriCorps members with Arizona Conservation Corps, a program of Conservation Legacy, make improvements on the Manning Camp Trail at Saguaro National Park. Pho...

Unused Prineville rail line being converted into recreational trail (Update: Clarifying that railroad tracks were removed years ago) PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A stretch of long-idle railroad tracks in Prineville are now being turned into about a half-mile walking and biking path, from Northeast Juniper Street to Combs Flat Road. Mayor Jason Beebe says he remembers watching the trains going by as a kid. "Ran down to Ochoco Lumber and ran through Prineville. When I was kid, this thing was runn...