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Excavator will load salvaged stones from Central Building into trailers
More than 200 chunks of tuffstone from the dismantled Central Building, which was gutted by a fire on May 22, will be offered to the public for free on Tuesday, Aug. 20, and Wednesday, Aug. 21. Baker Technical Institute, which had been overseeing renovations at the 106-year-old building prior to the fire, has stockpiled the stones at its property south of Hughes Lane and west of the Church of ...
Eastern Oregon Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Assaulting Girlfriend on the Burns Paiute Indian Reservation
EUGENE, Ore.—A Baker City, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday for assaulting his then-girlfriend on the Burns Paiute Indian Reservation in March 2023. Skyhawk Teeman Garcia, 29, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release. According to court documents, on March...
Fixing rejected ballots could tip balance in WA lands commissioner race
Dave Upthegrove suspects there are about two dozen voters in the San Juan Islands who cast primary ballots in his favor that were rejected. The Democratic lands commissioner candidate said Thursday he might call friends or local party officials there to help track these people down and see if their ballots can be fixed and […]
San Francisco has relocated 10 people facing homelessness to Oregon. Here’s why
As cities across the United States are seeing a homelessness crisis, the mayor of San Francisco has issued a new directive to help relocate some people experiencing homelessness, with Oregon being among the top destinations.
Lake Oswego students travel to Europe as Oregon Ambassadors of Music
This summer, ten buses full of Oregon high schoolers toured across Europe for two weeks, bringing their instruments, or their voices, and the desire to spread their love of music. Lake Oswego students were part of the Oregon Ambassadors of Music Choir, Band and Orchestra for a two-week tour of Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. Their travels took them from Cremona, Italy — the birthplace of the...
Prison program with Tri-City connection helps inmates transform
The large room buzzed with activity – washing machines spun, dryers tumbled and dozens of men in blue denim pressed, folded and stacked sheets, blankets and other laundry. Edward Taylor was among them, a calm and steady presence at the center of the hustle and bustle. The 58-year-old has been part of the laundry operation for years.
Good Shepherd Offering CPR/AED, First Aid Combo Classes on Aug. 26
Good Shepherd Health Care System is offering CPR/AED and first aid combo classes on Monday, Aug. 26. Classes include adult, infant and child CPR, AED instruction, and basic first aid techniques for providing assistance. The class will be held in Good Shepherd’s conference rooms near the pharmacy. The class...
The Short Score: Hermiston and More
It was a weekend for the “underdogs” with teams outside the Top 15 raking in and climbing in the PRCA world standings. Tanner Tomlinson and Patrick Smith have been fighting tooth and nail to climb in the standings, and they’ve landed themselves both at 21st in the world after a $14,064-a-man weekend. Tomlinson and Smith won the Farm-City Pro Rodeo in Hermiston, Oregon, picking up $10,101 each. They won $2,546 a man for second at the Lea County PRCA Rodeo in Lovington, New Mexico, and $1,417 a man for eighth in Logan, Utah, at the Cache County Fair and Rodeo. On this episode of The Short Score, Tomlinson briefly talks about their weekend, how they’re climbing in the standings and their mentality going into the last few weeks of the 2024 season.
Oregon Braces for Severe Thunderstorms and Fire Weather Conditions
Pendleton, OR – This weekend, Oregon is set to experience a volatile mix of severe weather conditions that pose significant risks for wildfires and flash flooding. Starting Saturday afternoon, the National Weather Service (NWS) in Pendleton has issued alerts for thunderstorms capable of producing frequent cloud-to-ground lightning, erratic winds, and dangerous outflow gusts. These conditions are expected to impact the Lower Columbia Basin and Kittitas Valley fire zones, elevating the potential for new fire starts and the rapid spread of existing fires.
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