Pendleton News

Brain Food: Rainbow trout is a great source of Omega-3s. Thief Valley fishing has been picking up lately.

We always stop at the Main Street Diner when we travel from Spokane to Boise. We even make sure we time it so we hit Pendleton during their business hours.

Melissa Bowerman, a 41-year-old volunteer track coach at Condon High School in Pendleton, Ore., has been dismissed from her position after she accompanied a male student from the team to the school's prom last month, the East Oregonian reports.

The Umatilla River will close to fishing for spring Chinook salmon at the end of legal fishing hours on Wednesday.

According to KTVZ-TV, Bowerman -- who is the daughter-in-law of Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman -- admits she made an error in judgement , but maintains she never had an inappropriate relationship with the teen.

PENDLETON, Ore. - The daughter-in-law of Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman was dismissed as a volunteer track coach because she escorted a 17-year-old boy to a prom.

The city is required by the FEMA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to maintain the levee and the riverbank Last May, about 240 goats ate their way through brush and grass on the levee system surrounding the Walla Walla River in Milton-Freewater. The City of Pendleton will use the same tactic on the banks of the Umatilla River.

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is confirming a second fatal wolf attack on sheep in Umatilla County in the last two weeks.

PENDLETON, Ore. --A A new hospital is coming soon in Pendleton. Construction has already begun for the newA St.

Locals in the rural parts of Eastern Oregon are breathing a sigh of relief as the postal service has decided to not close their local post offices.

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Here's a look at what's making news around the Pacific Northwest. For updates and more stories, go to oregonlive.com/northwest and check out The Oregonian News Network to see what's on local blogs.

PENDLETON, Ore. - Washington County Sheriff's Deputy Pete Olson guides Tau around a debris pile at the Oregon National Guard Armory on Airport Hill.

"Remember when I wore that pink hat and pushed that thing up and down?" my 3-year-old asked the... PENDLETON, Ore.