Stephen Bartlow News Today

JOSEPH — When the Wallowa County Farmers Market opens May 25 for its 2024 season, it will be in a new location, now that the Joseph City Council has approved

JOSEPH — A proposed memorandum of agreement between the Joseph City Council and the Wallowa County Farmers Market failed to win approval at a council meeting on Friday, March 22,

JOSEPH — The city of Joseph will be an inaugural participant in a program intended to provide planning support to rural Eastern Oregon communities lacking full-time or dedicated planning staff.

JOSEPH — The Joseph City Council started its meeting on Thursday, Oct. 5, by listening to a presentation about plans to remodel an old medical building for the city’s new

Update: A work session between the Joseph City Council and members of the Library Board has been scheduled for Monday, Oct. 23 at 6 p.m. at the Joseph Community Events

The Joseph City Council heard an update on efforts to bolster law enforcement inside the city, was briefed on a sore spot in the citys budget and looked at a

JOSEPH — The clouds that have covered Joseph City Hall with gloom for weeks — if not longer — may be lifting thanks to the efforts of its new interim city administrator, Brock Eckstein. Last week, Eckstein met with Dennis Welch, the city’s parks, Main Street and facilities supervisor, and discussed the harassment allegations that have kept Welch off work since March 22. He cited stress, “gaslighting” and harassment as reasons for his time off. Welch returned to wor...

JOSEPH — A larger-than-usual audience turned out for the final Joseph City Council meeting of the year, Thursday, Dec. 10, when the council gave its official approval to a sewage treatment facilties plan and bade farewell to Mayor Teresa Sajonia as she presided over her last session. Brad Baird, of Anderson Perry and Associates, presented the council with a finalized plan for the more than $3.8 million project that he asked the council to formally adopt so his firm could add language that ...