The Illinois-based company that operates an aluminum processing facility in The Dalles, Hydro Extrusion USA, has been charged with violating the Clean Air Act by negligently releasing a hazardous air pollutant from its facility, endangering employees and nearby community members, according to the U.S. District Attorney’s office in Oregon.
Man arrested on harassment charges following alleged assault
The district attorney has filed a notice to appeal a judicial decision made in Hood River Circuit Court last month that dismissed all charges …
Two defendants in the criminal case surrounding the death of a baby at an illegally-operated daycare in Hood River in May 2018 have each pled …
After a two-hour long release hearing on Thursday, Judge John Olson ruled to significantly reduce bail for Donna J. Pilcher and Debra L. Jones, two of the three women indicted on charges related to the death of four-month-old Cyrus Macioroski at the illegally-operated Mama Shell’s Daycare this May.
On Wednesday, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon unsealed a nine-count indictment charging drug trafficking offenses against 22 members of an alleged criminal organization responsible for trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine in Oregon and Washington.
Dufur track coach Ty Lee Wyman, 27, pleaded guilty last week to sex abuse charges involving two female students and was sentenced to 40 months in prison. “It was a difficult case for the victims, for the school staff and for the defendant’s family,” said Wasco County Chief Deputy Leslie Wolf.
To the editor: This letter is directed to my current representative in congress, Greg Walden: While I often disagree with your policies throughout the many years that you've served in Congress, I know you personally to be a dedicated representative that clearly has a grasp of issues important to eastern Oregonians. However, I absolutely no longer trust you, the president, his administration or other silent members of Congress to represent the mission and values of the United States as humanitarian country.
More than two years after a near-fatal shooting at the Hood River Marina, the case has been adjudicated.
For the second time in as many weeks, Wasco County District Attorney Eric Nisley has announced the resolution of a major case. On Friday, Nisley reported that Nathan Verhaeghe, 32, of Spokane will spend 90 months in prison for first-degree assault, followed by 25 years in the custody of the Psychiatry Security Review Board for three counts of second-degree manslaughter. “The sentence in this case is unique,” said Nisley.
