The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received a 911 call from a Heppner citizen, advising that someone just robbed the Cornerstone Gallery. However, the Cornerstone Gallery was NOT robbed… See More
Category Archives: Regional News
UMATILLA COUNTY: Taking the reins of state sheriffs’ group
Umatilla County Sheriff Terry Rowan is now the president of the Oregon State Sheriff’s Association. He took the reins last week during the organization’s annual conference in Bend. OSSA is an active lobbyist… See More
PENDLETON: Street repair funding discussion continues
First, the council will continue its conversation on funding for a long-range plan to bring all city streets up to par. The council is proposing a gas tax, hotel tax, an increase in the street utility fee, and cuts to… See More
PENDLETON: Region is now ‘abnormally dry’
The dry November combines with other factors to put the Columbia Basin back on the drought monitor. National Weather Service Hydrologist Marilyn Lohmann said those other factors are slow-flowing creeks and streams… See More
UMATILLA COUNTY: Woman killed on Highway 395
On Friday, December 6, 2019, at approximately 10:03 P.M. Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel responded to the report of a vehicle crash on Hwy 395 at the intersection of E Punkin Center Rd… See More
HERMISTON: Funland Playground is on the agenda
The Hermiston City Council will see the plans for a new Funland Playground at a work session Monday at 6 p.m. There will also be a presentation on fundraising approaches. It’s hoped the playground will be installed by July… See More
WALLA WALLA: Vaping discussion is Monday
Since April 2019, the Washington State Department of Health reports there have been 19 cases of vaping associated lung injury reported statewide. 58 percent of the patients are male. The rise of e-cigarettes and… See More
WALLA WALLA: Grad rates soar
Walla Walla bested the state, who remained flat at 80.9 percent, with the highest graduation rate we have ever attained at 90.3 percent,” Smith stated in a news release. “That’s 9.4 percent above the state average … See More
MILTON-FREEWATER: Shoots self over gambling debt
Milton-Freewater Police Chief Doug Boedigheimer said Maria Morales, 50, called the police just after 9 p.m. stating an unidentified masked person had entered her backyard and had shot her husband, Johnson Lea, 35… See More
WALLA WALLA: Sentenced in kidnapping case
Two more of the five people arrested this summer for allegedly holding a Walla Walla woman for days against her will because of a perceived drug debt was sentenced Monday in Walla Walla County Superior Court… See More