Tag: Umatilla County

STANFIELD, Ore.-Umatilla County Fire District #1 responded to a grass fire near Kosmos Road in Stanfield on April 27. Firefighters were dispatched just before 3...

SALEM, Ore.-The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced $10.3 million in funding awarded to 23 projects across the state, including in Umatilla and...

Editor's note: An earlier edition of this article mistakenly cited that the crash happened on I-84. Oregon State Police have confirmed that the rollover...

UMATILLA COUNTY, Ore.-A woman was found safe after walking away from a work site at a ranch in Ukiah over the weekend. The 64-year-old woman...

HERMISTON, Ore.-The number of measles outbreaks so far this year has already surpassed the total for all of 2024. According to the Centers for Disease...

UMATILLA COUNTY, Ore.-A Pertussis outbreak in Umatilla County has expanded to 21 confirmed and suspected cases. Pertussis, also known as Whooping Cough, is a highly...

UMATILLA COUNTY, Ore. - Three men are behind bars on suspicion of theft after a robbery and car chase on the night of Feb....

Umatilla County Commissioner Dan Dorran made his case for re-election at a recent candidates forum in Hermiston. Dorran is being challenged for the Position 3...

Community members in Pendleton and Mission have formed a task force to combat human trafficking in Umatilla County. The task force is one of 14...

By Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital Chronicle Smoke and smog is clogging much of the air in Oregon, state officials said Wednesday. At mid-day, the Oregon Department of...

By Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital Chronicle The water woes are not over for hundreds of households in eastern Oregon. The Oregon Health Authority has asked about 1,600...

Umatilla County has filed a lawsuit against the Columbia Development Authority seeking at least $1 million for breach of contract. The law firm Best Best...

The Hermiston City Council passed a resolution this week to contribute its share of the national opioid settlement toward hiring someone to work with...

The Hermiston City Council on Monday will vote on whether to help fund an engineering analysis to evaluate the pros and cons of two...

For the two-week period of July 11-24, Umatilla County had the highest ratio of new COVID-19 cases per population in the state. According to the...

Correction: This story has been corrected to indicate Umatilla County has been moved from Moderate Risk to High Risk. Beginning today, Umatilla County has been...

Beginning Friday, Umatilla County will be moved from the High Risk to Moderate Risk category for spread of COVID-19. On Tuesday, Gov. Kate Brown announced...

On Wednesday, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) announced that 20 Oregon counties - including Umatilla and Morrow - have submitted attestation letters, signaling their...

Umatilla County will remain in the High Risk category for COVID-19 spread and Morrow County will remain in the Moderate Risk category after the...

Morrow County today moves from the “Moderate Risk” category for COVID spread to Lower Risk after Gov. Kate Brown announced updates to the county...