by OptimistPrime | Jul 11, 2022 | Headline Feed, Umatilla County
HERMISTON — For Pilot Rock’s Nicole Ferguson, a single glass bottle hiding in Hermiston’s Riverfront Park gave new meaning to the phrase “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”Ferguson and her 13-year-old son, Jesse, are among the six winners in this year’s...
by OptimistPrime | Jul 11, 2022 | Headline Feed, Umatilla County
PENDLETON — Pendleton police Friday, July 9, arrested a Pendleton man on a warrant after a search that lasted exactly one week.Mark Alan Deuce Romero, 31, is in the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton, on several charges. Pendleton police in a press release reported the...
by OptimistPrime | Jul 11, 2022 | Headline Feed, Umatilla County
HERMISTON — A Umatilla County Fire District No. 1 ambulance transporting a patient Friday, July 9, collided with another vehicle, and Hermiston police cited the ambulance driver after the crash.Hermiston Police Chief Jason Edmiston reported officers were assisting...
by OptimistPrime | Jul 11, 2022 | Headline Feed, Umatilla County
MISSION — Open burning on the Umatilla Indian Reservation ends Thursday, July 14.The confederated Umatilla tribes in a press release announced the recent dry weather plus grass and vegetation drying out prompted the ban.The burn ban, which comes later than in past...
by OptimistPrime | Jul 11, 2022 | Headline Feed, Umatilla County
HELLS CANYON OVERLOOK — A 64-year-old Hermiston man was stabbed to death Friday, July 8, at the Hells Canyon Overlook in southeastern Wallowa County according to a press release from the Wallowa County Sheriff’s Office.Dan Ridling got into an altercation with an...
by OptimistPrime | Jul 7, 2022 | Headline Feed, Umatilla County
PENDLETON — The sound of flowing water can soothe the soul — or be the stuff of nightmares.The day after renters moved out of his Pendleton North Hill rental home in early February, Dean Fouquette entered the house to see what needed to be done. He froze at the sound...