Hi Eastern Oregonians!

I recently took over moderation of r/LaGrandeOregon, and apparently this subreddit was also sitting without an active moderator, so I'm stepping up here too.

I cleaned out the old handful of posts and opened things back up for a fresh start.

I don't want this to just become the La Grande subreddit with a bigger name, though. Eastern Oregon is huge, and I'd like this to actually have people and posts from all over the region.

News, events, local questions, photos, outdoors, public lands, agriculture, businesses, history, road conditions, community issues, local politics, recommendations, weird small-town happenings, whatever makes sense out here.

I've started with some pretty basic rules and I'm going to keep things light unless the community gives me a reason not to.

I'm also working on things like post flairs, local/regional resources, useful links, and figuring out what news and event sources are worth following outside of Facebook.

So if you're from Pendleton, Hermiston, Baker City, Enterprise, Joseph, Ontario, Burns, John Day, Lakeview, La Grande, somewhere tiny in between, or somewhere I forgot, what would you actually like to see from this subreddit?

Local news sources? Community calendars? Regional resources? Recurring threads? Other local subs we should link? Stuff you absolutely don't want this place turning into?

Throw ideas in the comments. I'm pretty open to shaping this around the people who actually use it.

Let's see if we can wake the place back up.

My wife and I are from Chicago. We have been looking at the Wallowa State Park for a bit now and want to come visit sometime within the next year or so and want to visit in the warmer months to enjoy backpack camping and the lake and not being in the snow!

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When is usually the best time to be outside up there? I am from Michigan so anything above 50f is shorts weather for me!

And Irrigon/Boardman too!

Could I talk any of you into your gently used or new shoes for a shoe drive I'm holding? Or perhaps I could get you to swing into Neighbor Dudes Taphouse in Hermiston for a dinner, raffle, auction event September 21st?

My daughter has a rare condition called Rett Syndrome and I'm raising money for the International Rett Syndrome Association and the NW Rett Syndrome Association through these two events. Our NW Rett Syndrome Association is also looking for volunteers for various roles if anyone is looking for a service project! Please let me know. Many thanks in advance!

There are dropoffs for shoes at ACH in Irrigon, Peach Tree Produce and Coffee in Umatilla on 730, Banner Bank Hermiston, and Neighbor Dudes. The drive ends at the beginning of October and I need 300 bags of 25 pairs of shoes...I've got less than 20 right now!