Elk Poacher Sought
Oregon Fish & Wildlife is now asking for public assistance with an investigation into poached elk in Columbia County. Officials say a large bull elk was shot and killed with a rifle on private property off Stoney Point Road in Vernonia. Now, the are urging anyone with information about it to call the Oregon State […]
Read MoreWillamette Music Festival Former President Pleads Guilty to Fraud
The former president and a minority owner of Willamette Country Music Concerts, LLC, pleaded guilty on Thursday to one count each of wire fraud and money laundering. 53 year old Anne Hankins of Springfield planned, managed, and promoted the annual Willamette Country Music Festival in Linn County. Hankins admitted that she falsified bank statements and […]
Read MoreHermiston Business Hit with Environmental Fines
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has fined the Lamb Weston potato processing facility in Hermiston $127,800 for overapplying wastewater containing nitrogen to farmland and causing nitrate groundwater contamination in the Lower Umatilla Basin, an area with longstanding groundwater contamination. Lamb Weston exceeded the limits on 90 different occasions, resulting in approximately 446,990 pounds of […]
Read MoreKlamath District Attorney Vacancy Extended
Governor Kate Brown is extending the application deadline for the previously announced Klamath County District Attorney vacancy. Interested applicants should address their completed application forms to Dustin Buehler, General Counsel, Office of the Governor, and email completed forms to Shevaun Gutridge at shevaun.gutridge@oregon.gov. Forms must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 5th and […]
Read MoreNorth Carolina Man Headed to Prison for Exploiting Oregon Child
A man from North Carolina is headed to federal prison for more than 16 years for sexually exploiting an Oregon child using social media. 32 year old Andrew Tager of Greensboro, North Carolina was sentenced to 195 months in federal prison and 15 years’ supervised release. Prosecutors say it all began back in May 2018, […]
Read MoreDeschutes County Death Investigation Underway
A death investigation is underway in Deschutes County. The sheriff’s office and Oregon State Police responded to a home in Redmond, where they discovered that 45 year old Trevit Law of Redmond, had been shot. Law was pronounced dead at the scene. 32 year old Skyler Myers of Redmond was named as the suspect, and […]
Read MoreMore Charging Stations Coming
Oregon, along with other U.S. states, received federal approval last week to use federal funding to build out public electric vehicle charging infrastructure along major roads. Now, ODOT and partners will follow the approved Oregon National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan to complete fast charging networks along Interstates 5 and 205, and U.S. 97 starting in […]
Read MoreWest Nile Virus Alert
More cases of West Nile virus have turned up in Baker County. Three pools of mosquitoes that were collected from sites in the Keating Valley tested positive for the virus, bringing the total now to eighteen mosquito pools to test positive this year. Baker County residents are advised to take precautions against mosquitos by eliminating […]
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Huge Pot Bust in Josephine County
Oregon State Police served an illegal marijuana manufacturing search warrant on a property on Granite Hill Road in Josephine County, where they found 32 greenhouses that contained 6,848 illegal marijuana plants, several hundred pounds of hanging/drying marijuana that had been recently harvested, 2 handguns, and a double-barreled shotgun. They also found several hundred pounds of […]
Read MoreShooting Victim Identified
As that fatal shooting of a man on the Umatilla Indian Reservation is still under an active investigation, the identity of the person who was killed has been released. 39 year old Jeremiah James Johnson was an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Umatilla Tribal Police last Sunday morning just […]
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