Nez Perce storyteller JR Spencer plays the drum and sings for an audience at the Wallowa Lake Lodge near Joseph, Ore., on July 1, 2023. Dozens of community members had improbably bought the venerable ...

JOSEPH, Ore. — For many of the 7,000 or so people who live in rugged, mountainous Wallowa County tucked up in the northeastern corner of Oregon, the century-old Wallowa Lake Lodge has been an ...

One of the iconic lodging properties of eastern Oregon is going on the auction block. Wallowa Lake Lodge, built in 1923 and expanded three years later, will be sold by sealed auction bid on Wednesday, ...

Not long after Wallowa Lake Lodge was put up for sale in mid-June, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Commission held a scheduled meeting in Joseph. Some residents of northeast Oregon saw it as a golden ...

James JR Spenser, also known as White Bull, of the Nez Perce Tribe, offers a prayer to open the dedication ceremonies of the 9.22-acre parcel at Wallowa Lake Lodge that will be a conservation easement ...