Milton Freewater News

A positive identification of human remains found in a Milton-Freewater storage unit won't be made until dental records can be checked, Umatilla County authorities said.

Two people are in jail in Montana, accused of moving their dead daughter's body more than a half a dozen times and through three states.

An Oklahoma couple are accused of burying an 11-year-old girl, digging up her remains and moving the body from state to state for more than a year.

"nurse-in" at a public pool in Eastern Oregon. At issue was whether the state's law favoring breast-feeding conflicts with the state's law requiring food and drink at public pools to remain four feet from the pool's edge.

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

The "challenge coin" serves as a memento of who he is, what he stands for, where he has been.

State law prohibits selling cigarettes to anyone younger than 18, but that doesn't stop stores from providing Marlboro Reds to 16-year-old Cass Clark.

An Oregon National Guard armory in Coos Bay is undergoing a $1 million refurbishing - after which it could be closed or sold.

Need a vehicle with enough space for a soccer team? Mind if it's painted yellow? Officials from the Milton-Freewater School District want to find people who answer "yes" and "no" -- in that order.

The cuts could include service, support and operations reductions, four armory closures, and elimination of state personnel positions.

The facade of the Cottage Grove Armory, shut down this winter. Anybody paying attention to the business of government in Oregon knows that the state is preparing to cut a variety of services in response to the shortfall in tax and revenue collections.

Keri Laeger looks into her husband Karla s eyes as she expresses her feelings about his going back to Iraq.

As such trees go it's short and stocky - only 20 feet tall and 18 inches wide at the base, but come back in 200 years and it may be taller than most of the buildings on Manhattan's upper west side.

A move is afoot to restrict windmills in the foothills of the Blue Mountains in Umatilla County.

Visiting great wineries and tasting fantastic wines used to require a journey to northern California's wine country.

Big cuts are being proposed for the State of Oregon's military facilities. In March, the Oregon Military Department was required to submit plans for budget cuts up to 30 percent.

The 1773 incident now known as the Boston Tea Party was a truly spontaneous demonstration of immediate anger.

The decision would allow Seven Hills Properties and Powerline Ranch to sell a 1,700-acre property in Umatilla County in parcels smaller than the 160-acre minimum size set by zoning laws, though no smaller than 40 acres.

Sharon Ann Brutscher, 60, of Milton-Freewater, Ore., died Friday, April 3, 2009, at her home.

Word has been received of the death of Alice May LeRue, 85, of Milton-Freewater, Ore., who died Thursday, March 19, 2009, at her home.