Milton Freewater News

Twenty-two Umatilla County residents got a rude awakening last week when local law enforcement and the U.S. Marshals Service Oregon Fugitive Task Force came knocking on their doors.

The road to Robert Klein's house isn't paved, and that's the way he likes it. Paving the gravel road that Klein has traveled all his life would signal things have changed in this rural section of northeast ...

Everybody knows about Oregon Pinot Noir, and I've said in this space many times that they now offer wines to compete with the very best Burgundy has to offer, and the International Pinot Noir Convention draws ...

Umatilla County Commissioners are to decide this month whether to close a public health clinic in Milton-Freewater. The county's budget committee last week recommended the closing.

Local entities are getting on board with Umatilla County's new Deadly Physical Force Plan.

FFA and 4-H members planning to exhibit a market sheep, swine or goat at the 2008 Umatilla County Fair should bring their animals to the mandatory tag-in on May 31 and June 1 throughout the county.

It appears Umatilla County Sheriff John Trumbo will have a fourth term in office.

Grandview and Umatilla County residents have through today to vote in local elections.

“However, in talking to people about this, we're thinking about using some new techniques, new approaches ... and having a very small, centralized state government and relying on cities and counties to deliver most of the services.”

A small group of people from Hood River are interesting in making eastern Oregon its own state. via KATU

Milton Freewater is proud of the trees that bloom all over the city. But that pride took a hit earlier this year when a wind-storm slammed through Northeast Oregon and Walla Walla. via KEPR 19

“Drugs and alcohol was my companion”

A young woman accused of trying to kill a Milton Freewater police officer last year, changed her plea Friday. via KIMA

Narcotics officers in Eastern Oregon made 10 arrests and confiscated drugs, crash and firearms during recent raids in Hermiston and Milton-Freewater. The raids, which began Feb. via Tri-cityherald.com

It attracted 1,653 people to support St. James School in its first year as a private, tuition-based educational institution. via News-Register

“I had a deputy stand in my door, telling me that if he is injured or killed due to his car, he has told his wife to sue me, the county and anyone else who wasn't listening”

Umatilla County Sheriff John Trumbo answered questions about his department's budget and the petition he and Lt. via Hermiston Herald

School leaders and the union for employees reached a "tentative agreement for a new contract" early Thursday morning. via KEPR 19

“I want to thank everyone who helps us out”

At a gala event on the Umatilla County Fairgrounds, the grand marshal and volunteer of the year were named - as well as the fair's main stage entertainment. via Hermiston Herald

Power providers take first steps toward meeting state renewable energy mandate Published: February 25. via The Bulletin

“That's why we're shampooing all the carpets today.”

The bad boiler at Mcloughlin High School in Milton-Freewater kept students away again today, while crews worked to repair it. via KEPR 19

Classes are canceled today at McLoughlin High School in Milton-Freewater because of the broken boiler. via Tri-cityherald.com

“There was hardly a bad bottle in the bunch.”

Oregonian's may think of northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington as a vast sea of wheat, but two couples in Milton-Freewater planted a vineyard five years ago, and this month Zerba Cellars entered ... via Beach Connection