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Level 1 evacuations notices announced for Tygh Valley

Level 1 Get Ready all of Tygh Valley to Pine Hollow, west side Hwy 197, to include the beginning of Badge Creek Rd, Fairgrounds Rd to the Intersection of Shadybrook and Fairgrounds going east to Hwy 197, includes Davidson Grade Rd, Tygh valley Rd, Wamic Market Rd and Ross Road are now at Level 1 GET READY.

No spring Chinook fishing

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PENDLETON—The spring Chinook season originally scheduled to open April 16 is canceled, and steelhead fishing is also closing April 16 on the Umatilla River.

The closure will be in effect from the Hwy 730 bridge to the CTUIR reservation boundary (approximately 0.7 miles above Hwy 11 bridge).

Substation fire top priority in U.S.
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Substation fire top priority in U.S.

  • Neita Cecil
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The 70,000-acre Substation fire, threatening 900 homes in Sherman County, became the top priority fire in the nation Thursday, an official said. It was 15 percent contained as of Friday morning.

Fire jumps Deschutes again Thursday morning
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Fire jumps Deschutes again Thursday morning

  • Neita Cecil
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The 50,000-acre Substation fire jumped the Deschutes River where it empties into the Columbia River Thursday morning, and a level 3 evacuation was called for Biggs Junction, said Wasco County Sheriff Lane Magill.

Helen Marie Sexton
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Helen Marie Sexton

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Helen Marie Sexton, age 75, passed away quietly in her sleep on June 13, 2018. Helen was a unique person who cherished her friends, family, an…