Morrow County News

In my continuing quest to run at least one race in each of Oregon's 36 counties, Morrow County in north-central Oregon has been one of the most stubborn.

Greg Smith of Heppner isn't someone who gets his name in the paper a lot. But the Republican state representative from Morrow County has been all over the news this week for something unusual he did in the Oregon Legislature.

A 21-year-old Hermiston woman is accused of giving birth in a portable toilet at a Boardman farm and leaving the baby boy to die in the sewage.

June 12, 2009 Araceli Velasquez Espain will be arraigned on Tuesday, June 16. Morrow County District Attorney Elizabeth A. Ballard and Attorney General John Kroger today announced that a grand jury has indicted Araceli Velasquez Espain on multiple counts for the death of her infant son.

Until he died at 85 and received a tribute from President Barack Obama, Jim Norene was better known in isolated Heppner as "Doc," the only veterinarian for miles.

A baby is found dead in a portable toilet. The newborn was found on Sunday in Hermiston by a sanitation worker in the tank of the toilet.

Morrow County authorities arrested a Hermiston woman accused of murder in the death of her newborn baby.

A single-vehicle crash on Interstate 84 late this afternoon claimed two lives, according to Oregon State Police.

Wildfires, tsunamis, terrorist attacks, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions -- they could all make an emergency evacuation necessary somewhere.

Three Boardman men were arrested after another man said he was assaulted just outside of the city.

Wind turbines may supply power without pollution but they are also generating complaints about noise and even possible health effects for people who live near them.

Oregon residents complain about wind farms' noise Residents of Morrow County are demanding that the Oregon county enforce its noise regulations and make the Willow Creek Wind Energy Project comply or yank its permit.

Dozens of wind turbines west of Boardman are so noisy, nearby homeowners say they're keeping them awake at night and even making them ill.

A.C. Houghton Elementary School teachers, parents and students made the best of a bleak financial situation, spending their own time painting the school walls.

The Morrow County School District is asking the public for help, before teachers start losing jobs.

A welder has died in an industrial accident at ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston in Boardman, authorities said today.

A Heppner man was found dead Saturday night after wrecking his vehicle on Willow Creek Road in Heppner.

A 19-year-old Irrigon man has been charged with manufacturing a pipe bomb and other destructive devices.

A 19-year-old Irrigon man was arrested after authorities found three pipe bombs hidden in his sister's closet at a Irrigon home.

A party in rural Morrow County drew a crowd from as far away as Portland, and led to the issuance of about 27 citations for underage drinking and other related offenses.