Morrow County News

Two people have been arrested in the investigation of a grass fire after their vehicle became stuck on a dirt road near Boardman, the Morrow County Sheriff's Office reported.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power said Wednesday its board of commissioners approved Tuesday a 15-year, 72-MW wind contract with Invenergy Wind subsidiary Willow Creek Energy.

The Oregon Department of Education has distributed nearly $28 million in earnings from the Common School Fund to Oregon's 198 K-12 public school districts.

One way or another, Oregon Department of Education representatives say 41 school districts in Umatilla, Morrow, Grant, Union, Baker and Wallowa counties will begin repayment of about $2.6 million by Jan.

A 1-year-old boy died from an accidental drowning in his Eastern Oregon home. The Morrow County sheriff's office says it got a 9-1-1 call Tuesday night from the home of Steven and Sarah Monahan-Rollis, ...

A 1-year-old child may have drowned Tuesday in Heppner, the Morrow County Sheriff's Office reported this morning.

As the cost of energy continues to rise, developers in Morrow County Oregon will build the largest wind farm in the world.

As the cost of energy continues to rise, developers in Morrow County Oregon will build the largest wind farm in the world.

As the cost of energy continues to rise, developers in Morrow County Oregon will build the largest wind farm in the world.

As the cost of energy continues to rise, developers in Morrow County Oregon will build the largest wind farm in the world.

A state energy panel has approved building what developers say would be the world's largest single wind farm in Gilliam and Morrow counties in northeastern Oregon.

A new wind farm has won approval in Oregon. The Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council on Friday approved a site certificate for the Shepherds Flat Wind Farm in Gilliam and Morrow counties.

Hermiston Police Chief Dan Coulombe brought a crime prevention expert from Wisconsin to town in June to train police officers and residents.

Police investigate the scene of a an accident involving a truck and a motorcycle on Highway 730 at its intersection with Interstate 84 near Boardman.

A health alert was issued today for Willow Creek Reservoir near Heppner because of a bloom of toxin-producing blue-green algae.

Approximately 3,800 Umatilla Electric Cooperative members were without power Sunday night after strong winds knocked down 22 transmission poles between Paterson Ferry Road and Irrigon.

Some residents remain without power in the El Rancho Reata area after a fire sparked by thunder and lightning storms knocked down several power poles last night.

A fire at Sanitary Disposal Inc. Thursday morning destroyed a recycling baler and more than 10 bales of compressed cardboard, bringing fire crews from all over the west end of Umatilla County and Morrow County ...

The Umatilla/Morrow County Special Olympics Committee is hosting a full-day event Saturday to raise money for the 120 area athletes who participate in Special Olympics.

Curry County has five Census tracts. It's a constant question: How many people are there in Brookings-Harbor? The 2000 Census says there are 5,447 people in the city of Brookings, 2,622 in the core area of ...