by OptimistPrime | May 5, 2024 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
HERMISTON — The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office has arrested county commissioner candidate Alan Murl Heel. And the county has filed a court action seeking to declare his home a nuisance and to close it for at least a year.According to the jail’s online...
by OptimistPrime | May 4, 2024 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
PENDLETON — The Umatilla County Planning Commission voted to recommend increasing the number of small livestock for some residences.The eight-member commission at its public hearing Thursday evening, May 2, in the Vert Auditorium in Pendleton voted 5-3 to recommend...
by OptimistPrime | May 3, 2024 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
UMATILLA COUNTY — An epiphany recently came to Cindy Timmons.In early April, the Umatilla County commissioner was leading yet another meeting on the area’s homelessness situation, a problem everyone seems to think they have answers for, Timmons said. Timmons Sullivan...
by OptimistPrime | May 3, 2024 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
PENDLETON — The Umatilla County Planning Commission voted to recommend increasing the number of small livestock for some residences.The eight-member commission at its public hearing Thursday evening, May 2, in the Vert Auditorium in Pendleton voted 5-3 to recommend...
by OptimistPrime | May 2, 2024 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
PENDLETON — The Oregon Unmanned Aerial Systems Accelerator program has hired its permanent executive director, and he has arrived in Pendleton with lots of experience nurturing business startups.Joseph Wyno previously served as a senior advisor and director for...
by OptimistPrime | May 2, 2024 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
PENDLETON — The Umatilla County Fair youth livestock auction created a helpful cash bonus.August’s livestock auction at the county fair took in $40,231.91 in commission from sales. The county board of commissioners at its meeting April 24 in Pendleton approved the...