Irrigon News

In an effort to save time and money, Morrow County is switching to a video conferencing system that allows law enforcement officers to make video appearances before grand juries.

Authorities say a 15-year-old sophomore in Eastern Oregon told a staff member she'd planted a bomb in a restroom, but after the school was emptied, a search determined that she hadn't. The East Oregonian quotes Morrow County Sheriff Ken Matlack as saying it was "just a student saying stuff that she shouldn't have said." Authorities at the Irrigon ... (more)

Julie Kooch led off the annual Lee Scott Memorial Plowing Bee outside of Joseph last weekend.

Spokane police say a 12-year-old boy on his way to school for his job as a morning crossing guard was hit by a truck and rolled more than 60 feet through an intersection.

An attorney says the person yelling gay slurs at a man whose beating was videotaped and posted on the Internet appears to be the person filming the assault and not one of the attackers.