Umatilla County News

The Umatilla County District Attorney's Office moves forward with case involving October 2008 Quadruple Fatal Crash east of Pendletona .

Area health officials learned Monday that a Tri-City resident has a confirmed case of H1N1 influenza, known as the swine flu.

A Umatilla County grand jury has indicted an Athena police officer on sex charges involving a 15-year-old girl, according to the Oregon Department of Justice.

Hermiston) The deadline is a continued streamlining of the entry process and allows for early premium payments.

A 36-year-old police officer was arraigned in Umatilla County today on felony sex-abuse charges involving a child.

PENDLETON - The Umatilla Planning Commission on Thursday will begin considering a proposal to keep wind turbines out of the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon.

Intensive efforts are now cranking up to identify mosquitoes known to carry and transmit West Nile virus.

Araceli Velasquez Espain will be arraigned on Tuesday, June 16th. - 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.

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.

A grand jury has indicted a Hermiston woman on aggravated murder charges in the death of her newborn son, left in the tank of a portable toilet used by farm workers.

An Eastern Oregon woman faces murder charges in the death of her newborn baby. Araceli Velzsquez Espain, 23, was arrested for aggravated murder and abuse of a corpse in her newborn's death.

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

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.

The Umatilla County jail roster shows a 21-year-old woman was jailed Monday night on accusations of murder, manslaughter, abuse of a corpse, criminal mistreatment and concealing the birth of an infant.

After more than 45 years, the days of the Umatilla Chemical Depot are numbered. The depot is preparing to incinerate its hefty supply of mustard gas, the last chemical weapon stored there.

Oregon State Police arrested the driver of a van involved in a fatal crash Friday morning on Interstate 82 just north of the Powerline Road exit near Umatilla.

Benton County sheriff's officers say a woman's body has been found in the Columbia River, on the Washington side across from Oregon's Hat Rock Park.

If this recession has taught us anything, it's that we're all connected. When it comes to Oregon's delicate water resources, problems facing country mouse also impact city mouse.

ARLINGTON, Ore. - A Umatilla County judge has sentenced former Arlington School District deputy clerk Danielle Galbert to two years in prison on theft and forgery charges.

A 46-year-old Hermiston woman sentenced to life in prison in the 2001 murder of her husband will get a new trial.