A week-long boycott called against Fred Meyer by a union was canceled on Saturday as a 13th round of negotiations produced a tentative settlement.

Les Gardipee of Browns Creek Road, southwest of The Dalles, fielded a suspicious phone call Monday afternoon from someone claiming to represent DISH Networks and is concerned that other residents may end up getting scammed.

A judge has denied motions made by the Northern Oregon Regional Corrections Facility to dismiss a lawsuit by four citizens claiming NORCOR is violating state law by allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees to be held there. He did remove Wasco County as a defendant in the lawsuit.

Dee Hill, accidentally shot in the stomach May 16 by her husband, Darrell Hill, a retired sheriff and police chief who has dementia, is still hospitalized, but has improved to stable condition, a family spokesperson said.