Morrow County News

Two suspects have been nabbed in connection with a robbery a week ago at a Hermiston fast-food restaurant, and others are still being sought, authorities said.

With the Army on track to destroy the last of the deadly mustard agents at its Umatilla Chemical Depot in 2011 and return the sprawling property to public use, developers from ports to tribes are drawing up plans.

Federal authorities have arrested a Mexican native wanted for sex crimes allegedly committed 15 years ago in Oregon.

More meth is making its way into Eastern Oregon. First, the number of meth labs dropped when Oregon made stuff like Sudafed tough to get.

Businesses are invited to visit the Umatilla Chemical Depot on Oct. 20 to see the buildings and property that could go up for sale when the site no longer is needed to store chemical weapons.

From the East Oregonian's police blotter: The Oregon Military Department contacted the Morrow County Sheriff's Office Friday morning to report an Irrigon man had received a phone call from someone claiming to be from the Red Cross, notifying him his son had been killed in Iraq.

Searchers have pulled the bodies of two fishermen from the Columbia River near Boardman, the Morrow County Sheriff's Office reported.

Nearly 50 people are searching the Columbia River by boat, by air and along the shoreline today for two fishermen missing after their boat capsized.

BOARDMAN, Ore. - A Warm Springs fisherman has been found dead in the Columbia River near Boardman, while the search for another is continuing.

The Coast Guard says Morrow County sheriff's divers are resuming the search Tuesday morning for two men missing in the Columbia River after their boat sank near Hermiston.

The Morrow County sheriff's office arrested a female teacher accused of having sex with two boys, 15 and 17.

HERMISTON, Ore. - Picture Lewis and Clark splitting up at some point between present-day Umatilla and Boardman and racing to the Pacific Ocean.

A 30-year-old teacher at Heppner Junior/High School may have had sex with two teenage students, ages 15 and 17, according to the Morrow County Sheriff Kenneth Matlack.

Oregon State University technicians have documented more than a hundred pools of mosquitoes in eastern Oregon that have tested positive for West Nile virus, and though no human cases have yet been reported, the state is urging caution.

A fisherman turned out to be the catch of the day for law enforcement. Morrow County authorities had been looking for 30-year-old Edward Pergande since he failed to show for a pretrial hearing in January.

A Umatilla fisherman turned out to be the catch of the day. Morrow County authorities had been looking for 30-year-old Edward Pergande since he failed to show for a pretrial hearing in January.

Over 100 case of West Nile Virus have been confirmed in Oregon this year. No humans have been infected but two birds and a horse tested positive in Eastern Oregon along with 113 mosquito pools.

A man who set at least six fires in Eastern Oregon last year pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted arson and was sentenced by a Morrow County judge to 4½ years in prison.

A man who set at least six fires in Eastern Oregon last year pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted arson and was sentenced by a Morrow County judge to 4½ years in prison.

A man who set at least six fires in Eastern Oregon last year pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted arson and was sentenced by a Morrow County judge to 4 1/2 years in prison.