by OptimistPrime | Sep 30, 2022 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
HERMISTON — An assault of a 17-year-old male in Hermiston has led to three arrests — a mother, her 16-year-old son and a 19-year-old male.Hermiston police arrested Tanisha Monique Lashay Williams, 33, and her son for third-degree assault and second-degree disorderly...
by OptimistPrime | Sep 30, 2022 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
HERMISTON — Camp Umatilla, with its Oregon Army National Guard regional infantry training center west of Hermiston, now has a new name: The Raymond F. Rees Training Center.The Oregon Military Department at a ceremony Thursday, Sept. 29, renamed the center in...
by OptimistPrime | Sep 30, 2022 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
HERMISTON — The group working to create a trail 25-mile-long trail connecting Umatilla, Hermiston, Stanfield and Echo is chasing a pile of state funds.The Oregon Department of Transportation has approved the Umatilla River Trail Implementing Committee’s preapplication...
by OptimistPrime | Sep 30, 2022 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
LA GRANDE — As his tenure comes to an end as the 12th president of Eastern Oregon University, the reality has started to sink in for Tom Insko.“I love this university,” he said. “I love our students and I already know I’ll love our future students.”...
by OptimistPrime | Sep 30, 2022 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
MILTON-FREEWATER — A collision Thursday, Sept. 29, north of Milton-Freewater involving a pickup and an ambulance injured three people, one seriously.The crash occurred shortly before 3:20 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 125 with Stateline Road near the Oregon...
by OptimistPrime | Sep 29, 2022 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
PENDLETON — U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden announced Thursday, Sept. 29, that Umatilla County will receive a little more than $2 million during the next two years from a federal program. And Morrow County is getting more than $365,000 a year for two years.The funds are from...
