Umatilla County News

Umatilla County Sheriff's Deputies are searching for a man who has been missing for more than a week.

Umatilla County Sheriff John Trumbo activated the county's major crimes team today to help with the search for a Milton-Freewater man missing since Nov.

Water rights haven't surfaced as a major issue in Western Oregon yet, but citizens should prepare now, state Rep.

PENDLETON, Ore. - Searchers have been looking for a 32-year-old Milton-Freewater man last seen near Tiger Canyon in the Umatilla National Forest.

An assistant manager at a Hermiston fast-food joint has been arrested in connection with an early-morning robbery at the restaurant Nov.

A Hermiston woman accused of assaulting her live-in boyfriend's 3-year-old son waived her right to a jury trial.

Police are looking for someone who fled after crashing a large tractor through a fence at the Umatilla Chemical Depot.

A large farm tractor drove through a Umatilla Chemical Depot fence Sunday night, and the driver abandoned it.

A public emergency alert at the Umatilla Chemical Depot was accidentally activated shortly after noon today.

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.

A man in his 30s died from H1N1 flu, the Umatilla County Health Department reported today.

A change in federal farm bill focus -- more funding for specialty crops, a bit less for commodities -- has resulted in Oregon agriculture projects receiving seven times more money than they've received previously.

A Lewiston man who prompted a three-day interstate search for him and his son will soon appear in a Nez Perce County courtroom.

Swine flu is thought to have been a factor in the death of two Umatilla County residents.

PENDLETON, Ore. - Public health officials in Umatilla County say the swine flu is "highly suspected" in the weekend deaths a child and a middle-age adult.

The search for a missing toddler is over, and his father is now behind bars in Oregon.

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.

Two Hermiston men are behind bars for allegedly stealing 11 firearms in a burglary.

A judge has reduced bail for a Milton-Freewater man accused of sexually abusing a young boy.

A Eugene newspaper once wrote about the Pendleton Round-Up: "People over on the Umatilla have always been willing to take a chance.