Wallowa Fire News Today

ENTERPRISE — A lack of public input by Wallowa County residents led the county commissioners to express disappointment Wednesday, June 21, that the public doesn’t provide more input into matters

ENTERPRISE — It’s been a largely disappointing legislative session the Wallowa County Board of Commissioners has dealt with, as Oregon lawmakers prepare to wrap up business in Salem.

WALLOWA — When disaster strikes, Wallowa County comes together.

Firefighters from Wallowa, Lostine, Enterprise and Joseph responded along with Oregon Department of Forestry fire crews. The house was a total loss, said Merel Hawkins’ daughter Mary Hawkins on Saturday. “The fire looked like it started in the woodshed,” she said. “It spread really fast.” Merel Hawkins, 84, was shaken, but unhurt and consoled by family, friends and neighbors at the scene. His caregiver, Michaela Shane, had taken the wheelchair-bound family patriarch and...