by OptimistPrime | Jul 13, 2022 | Headline Feed, Morrow County
The countdown is on for the 2022 Irrigon Watermelon Festival, and organizers are bustling with excitement.“This is our 38th year,” Charlene Cooley, the event’s program director, said. “Yes, we’re excited.”The annual event, which takes place this year on July 30,...
by OptimistPrime | Jul 6, 2022 | Headline Feed, Morrow County
HEPPNER — Morrow County School District recently announced it shifted around staff for the 2022-23 school year in the wake of the sudden resignation of David Norton, former principal of Riverside Jr./Sr. High School.John Christy, the principal, Windy River Elementary,...
by OptimistPrime | Jun 28, 2022 | Headline Feed, Morrow County
HEPPNER — Morrow County no longer has a country administrator.Country commissioners at a packed public meeting Tuesday, June 28, voted 2-1 to immediately terminate the employment of Darrell Green, who has held the county administrator job for four-and-half years.The...
by OptimistPrime | Jun 17, 2022 | Headline Feed, Morrow County
BOARDMAN — Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has increased the penalty against the Port of Morrow from $1.3 million to a little more than $2.1 million.State environmental regulators levied the initial fines in January, accusing the port of excessively...
by OptimistPrime | Jun 10, 2022 | Headline Feed, Morrow County
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by OptimistPrime | Jun 9, 2022 | Headline Feed, Morrow County
BOARDMAN — Morrow County commissioners have declared a local state of emergency related to water quality.“Our legacy will be what we are doing now,” Commissioner Jim Doherty said Thursday, June 9, in a special meeting with one agenda item: the emergency...