by OptimistPrime | Jan 4, 2023 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
MOUNT VERNON — Not all war heroes are made on the battlefield. Some rise up from humbler surroundings.Longtime Grant County resident Margot Chinnock Heiniger’s contribution to America’s victory in World War II began at her family’s kitchen table when...
by OptimistPrime | Jan 4, 2023 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
Shannon Regan, the Baker City Police detective who had been on paid administrative leave since July 2021, was fired on Dec. 29, 2022, City Manager Jonathan Cannon said on Wednesday, Jan. 4.Cannon said that because this is a personnel matter, he is “limited” on what he...
by OptimistPrime | Jan 4, 2023 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
PENDLETON — Round-Up City Development Corp. President Joe Hull delivered the opening pitch for a $40 million-$50 million regional youth sports complex in Pendleton.”The idea of a youth sports complex has been afoot in Pendleton for decades,” Joe Hull said....
by OptimistPrime | Jan 4, 2023 | Eugene, Headline Feed
After diligent work on multiple cases by Eugene Police officers, Street Crimes Unit, and Property/Financial Crimes Unit, a Eugene man has been sentenced to 80 months in prison.In March 2021, a detective became aware a man, later identified as McKenzie Daniel Harris,...
by OptimistPrime | Jan 4, 2023 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
ENTERPRISE — Once again, secessionist stirrings are rising in an effort to pull Wallowa County out of Oregon and join it with neighboring Idaho.The Move Oregon’s Border for a Greater Idaho movement is hoping the third time’s the charm by circulating petitions in the...
by OptimistPrime | Jan 3, 2023 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
MILTON-FREEWATER — Milton-Freewater police Thursday, Dec. 29, arrested a 28-year-old man for interfering with police officers’ attempts to arrest another person.Jaime Torres-Flores ended up in the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton, on suspicion of assaulting...