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MILTON-FREEWATER - A Walla Walla couple who escaped authorities in Idaho earlier this month after a high-speed chase again escaped officers in another high-speed chase early Friday morning, officials said.

A Hermiston truck driver is back to work after his prosthetic arm that was stolen in January was returned to him.

ADAMS — Adams Day will be Saturday, April 29, the community announced Monday.

HERMISTON — The Oregon State Police announced Friday six recruits graduating from the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training Program.

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As a boy, Dustin Stratton hefted his family’s bulky VHS camera to his shoulder and filmed his sister Monica in short fantasies of dragons and princesses.

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Crowds surged through every doorway and filled the arena at the Northwest Livestock Commission Co. Saturday for the Hermiston Horse Sale Extravaganza. From several western states and Canada, they were buyers, sellers and horse lovers meeting old friends and watching the show.

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The neon yellow tennis ball went sailing.

A bill championed by local pharmacists that would force financial transparency from pharmacy benefit managers is stalled in the state Legislature. 

MILTON-FREEWATER - A Walla Walla couple who escaped authorities in Idaho earlier this month after a high-speed chase have again escaped officers in another high-speed chase early Friday morning, officials said.

BOARDMAN — The Morrow County Court voted Wednesday to deny an appeal of the Ella Butte wind farm’s conditional use permit.

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Fire crews believed they had extinguished a house fire in Stanfield early Friday morning, but the blaze rekindled just before dawn and destroyed the home completely.

Wind turbine construction in one of the restricted airspace zones is threatening the Navy’s ability to conduct low-altitude training exercises at the Boardman Bombing Range.

The Pendleton Planning Commission Thursday gave its blessing to St. Anthony Hospital Thursday night, granting a conditional use permit to build a 103,000-square-foot medical center in southwest Pendleton.

A Hermiston man could spend the rest of his life in prison for molesting and sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl in 2011.

Umatilla Tribal Police arrested a wife and husband Saturday in Mission on multiple felony drug-related charges, Police Chief Tim Addleman said.

The 150 Umatilla County residents who came to the hearing on the Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Center Wednesday evening said they see the need for new facilities, but are concerned about how much tax money will be needed to fund the project.

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A packed crowd of business and community leaders heard mixed, but overall positive, messages Wednesday at Pendleton’s 26th annual Economic Outlook Luncheon.

WESTON — Weston City Council is calling a special meeting for 5 p.m. today at the Memorial Hall, 210 E. Main St.

MILTON-FREEWATER — In accordance with an agreement struck last month, Umatilla County commissioners authorized paying $5,000 Wednesday to Milton-Freewater Emergency Medical Service for service in March. 

Umatilla County Commissioners Wednesday named an Athena wildlife biologist as the fifth member of the Wolf Depredation Advisor Committee, further solidifying the beginnings of a program to compensate ranchers who may lose livestock to wolf kills.

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Bird watchers and enthusiasts of all ages are encouraged to participate in this weekend’s Great Backyard Bird Count. Participants can spend as little as 15 minutes in one day or count as long as they want during each day of the event. The activity is free, fun and easy — plus it helps collect information about the habits of birds, said Jack Simons, an avid bird watcher and member of the Pendleton Bird Club.

PENDLETON — Larry Shurts is opening two DVD Now kiosks at Dean’s Market and Deli, 412 S.W. 20th St., and Dave’s 12th Street Food Mart, 220 S.W. 12th St., on Friday.

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Eastern Oregon school districts are quietly boycotting House Bill 3681, a new state law intended to ease inter-district student transfers.