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AT&T Invests More Than $300 Million In Oregon From...
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* invested more than $300 million in its Oregon wireless and wireline networks from 2009 through 2011 with a focus on improving the company's mobile broadband ...
Oregon's connections to Super Bowl 2012 (links)
From commercials to helmets to the players, Oregon's not too far from Indianapolis.
Mushroom pickers found in Oregon after six days...
PORTLAND, Ore - Three people out picking mushrooms who disappeared for six days in a southwest Oregon forest were recovering from their ordeal after being found on Saturday, authorities said. Belinda and Daniel Conne, 47, and their 25-year-old son Michael were found by a helicopter in a ravine in dense forest near the coastal town of Gold Beach, Oregon. The area is about 300 miles ...
Oregon State cruises past Utah 76-58
SALT LAKE CITY - A potent offense has been a signature element for Oregon State this season. The main problem for the Beavers has been finding ways to slow down the offense of their opponent.
Family lost for 6 days found alive in Oregon...
PORTLAND, Ore. - A family of three huddled on the edge of an old-growth Oregon forest for six days, lost and cold, unable to signal search helicopters flying low and slow overhead.
Cunningham leads Oregon State past Utah 76-58
Jared Cunningham scored 20 points and Oregon State's defense registered 16 steals en route to a 76-58 victory over Utah on Saturday. Devon Collier added 14 points for the Beavers (15-8, 5-6 Pac-12), who won for the fourth time in their last five games. Utah (5-18, 2-9) committed 22 turnovers overall and never got on track long enough to threaten Oregon State the way it did Oregon two nights...
Oregon Basketball: Ducks Beat Utah for Fifth Win...
That hiccup against Oregon State on January 29 notwithstanding, the Oregon men's basketball team has been looking pretty darn good of late. The Ducks are still hanging around the top of the Pac-12 Conference standings, improving to 6-3 after Thursday night's 79-68 victory...

Environmental penalties for Umatilla Chemical Depot total nearly $800,000 since 1999
The latest proposed penalty, $46,800, adds to a long list of at times redundant violations at the depot. But regulators say the problems have not damaged the environment or public health and reflect heavy regulation of chemical weapons destruction.
Prep boys basketball: SC crushes Umatilla in...
MEDFORD - Santiam Christian routed Umatilla, 62-23, at the WellsFargo Advisors Christmas Classic.
Morse's 28 points spark Cascade Christian in win
Eric Morse scored 28 points, powering Cascade Christian to a 68-57 victory over Umatilla in the Wells Fargo Advisors Christmas Classic tournament hosted by the Challengers.
Bulldogs stop Umatilla
The pieces finally started falling together for Baker Friday in a non-league boys basketball game at Umatilla.
Suspect in stabbing of eastern Oregon corrections...
Umatilla District Attorney Dan Primus declined to talk about a possible motive.
Tribal lectures continue tonight at Pacific
Three lectures remain in a five-part Pacific University Tribal Leaders Lecture Series addressing the concerns of the American Indian community. Speakers represent Pacific Northwest tribes: the Nisqually, Grand Ronde and Umatilla. Presentations also feature taped interviews with tribal leaders from ...
State delegation pushes for timber payments bill
A bill championed by Oregon's congressional delegation would extend timber payments to budget-strapped counties, including nearly $1 million for Umatilla County.
Cardinals have no trouble in opener
The Corbett girls soccer team dominated action in its league opener Tuesday afternoon against Umatilla, riding a pair of second-half goals to a 3-1 victory. Deadlocked 1-1 at halftime, a flash storm came over the field during the break, dumping buckets on the ground and leaving a soggy field ...
Festival of Nations runs in Cascade Locks
The Sixth Annual Festival of Nations: A Gathering at The River, will be held Sept. 10 and 11, in the Cascade Locks Marine Park. Cascade Locks and Warm Springs Native Americans welcome the Yakama Nation, Nez Perce and Umatilla as well as other indigenous performers such as the Halau, Chinelos, Aztec and Hawaiian dancers. The dancers will all participate in a celebration of cultural heritage and tradition.
Schimmels in spotlight during Louisville's visit...
PENDLETON – Friday was a day unlike anything Oregon has ever seen. Former Franklin High basketball stars Shoni and Jude Schimmel returned to the land of their childhood, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, along with their Louisville women's basketball ...
Oregon hits Umatilla Chemical Depot with another...
The Department of Environmental quality has issued nearly $250,000 in penalties for permit violations since December 2009, including the $11,000 penalty.
Around Oregon/Idaho
Fugitive arrested in Hermiston shooting PENDLETON - A Umatilla man accused of a shooting more than a year ago in Hermiston is now in custody.
Umatilla fugitive, wanted for attempted murder,...
Guadalupe Avina was wanted by the Umatilla County Sheriff's Office and FBI after a May shooting at a Hermiston 7-Eleven.
What's next worries leaders near Umatilla Depot
HERMISTON - Leaders in eastern Oregon are worried they may lose influence over the future of the Umatilla Chemical Depot, which is expected to finish incinerating its stores of chemical weapons later this year. The military is expected in the fall to decide whether the depot will be governed by its own base-closing process or will be turned over to the General Services Administration, the property management agency known as the government's landlord.
Hermiston-area plan for Umatilla Chemical Depot...
Missing a deadline -- by a month and a half -- could throw the property to the General Services Administration for disposal and nullify a plan that local officials had mapped out for the depot's future.
Umatilla tribes claim any surplus Hanford land
RICHLAND, Wash. -- If Hanford nuclear reservation lands are no longer needed, the Confederated Tribes ...
State agency dismisses sexual harassment complaint...
The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries dismissed that complaint for lack of evidence.
Shoni Schimmel documentary, 'Off the Rez,'...
'Off the Rez' tells Shoni's story from growing up on the Umatilla Indian Reservation to starring on the basketball court. - (Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian)It didn't take long for former Oregon high school basketball star Shoni Schimmel to become a...
Small Badgers make it big at River?s Edge...
UMATILLA -- Powder Valley didn't take many athletes to Friday's River's Edge track invitational, but the Badgers still made a big impact in a field of larger schools.
Attorney general for Confederated Tribes of...
Christopher Burford posted a message on his Facebook page earlier this month that said the tribes were trying to force him out of his job.
Elwood Patawa, chairman of Umatilla reservation...
Tribal members have until April 25 to be nominated for a special election in July to fill his seat.
Oregon hopes it can settle case against Umatilla...
The Oregon Department of Justice is seeking to settle the misconduct case against Umatilla County Di
Umatilla County grand jury clears two officers in...
The man, Michael Thomas Summers, 52, survived the shooting and has been charged with a wide range of crimes.
Umatilla County DA accuses state of bullying
PENDLETON - Umatilla County District Attorney Dean Gushwa has accused prosecutors at the Oregon Department of Justice of bullying and lying in the official misconduct case against him.
OREGON: Umatilla DA accuses state of bullying
Umatilla County District Attorney Dean Gushwa in Pendleton has accused prosecutors at the Oregon Dep

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