Hermiston News

A 47-year-old Carlton man is expected to plead guilty this morning to four counts of first-degree manslaughter in connection with a fatal highway wreck last fall that left four dead.

Irrigation has transformed desert near Hermiston into farmland, one way that water resources play a crucial role in Oregon.

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

The Boardman City Council is taking a second look at the performance of its police department after another round of complaints surfaced.

An unidentified worker inspects missiles containing sarin nerve agent in a bunker at the Umatilla Chemical Depot in Hermiston, Ore., in this undated file photo.

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.

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

A mother faces murder charges. Her baby found dead in a toilet. Police say the baby was dumped in an Eastern Oregon port-a-potty. And sadly, this is a crime our area has seen before.

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 body of a newborn was found in the tank of a portable toilet Sunday. It was in Boardman being used by farmworkers.

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.

A passenger in a car on a cross-country drive from Minnesota to Salem, Ore., to attend a funeral died in a car crash less than 4 hours from his destination, according to Oregon State Police.

HERMISTON, Ore. a ' After more than 45 years, the days of the Umatilla Chemical Depot are numbered.

The Lil' Dawg Volleyball and Basketball Summer Camps for girls entering grades 3-8 will run 9-10:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.-noon June 8-10 at Hermiston High School.

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.

Five teens and a 12-year-old boy were arrested today for allegedly stealing about $10,000 in computer equipment from a Hermiston middle school.

Last Oregon Chemical Weapons Stockpile Campaign Begins HERMISTON, Ore., June 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Umatilla Chemical Depot storage workers began delivering HD mustard-filled bulk containers or "ton containers" to the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility at 10 a.m. this morning.

Gresham police are searching for a man suspected of shooting his estranged girlfriend four times in front of their 1-year-old child.

School budget cuts have been bad everywhere. In Pendleton, the cuts have been especially deep, and there is one big reason why.

Schools are finding ways to work around cuts. As a smaller district, Umatilla is in better shape than some of its neighbors.