Page 9 - Pendleton School District News Today

A casino shooting in Oregon, digital security wonks playing poker for jelly beans and justice in Las Vegas at DefCon, and PokerStars bids farewell to another ambassador.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man is facing federal charges for allegedly robbing the Wildhorse Resort and Casino on the Umatilla Indian Reservation at gunpoint on Wednesday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office — District of Oregon said Friday that Javier Francisco Vigil, 51, was charged with committing a Hobbs Act robbery and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

MISSION — A robbery attempt Wednesday, Aug. 17, at Wildhorse Resort & Casino turned into a shootout between the suspect and police that left the suspect and one bystander injured.

PENDLETON — The Oregon East Symphony recently received a $10,000 grant award from the Wildhorse Foundation to support the symphonys Playing for Keeps project.

PENDLETON — Umatilla Countys mental health and addiction treatment provider Community Counseling Solutions has closed its day-treatment program for at-risk children under 12. CCS Executive Director Kimberly Lindsay said it

PENDLETON — The Summer Meal Program, which began in late June, continues through Aug. 18 in Pendleton.

LA GRANDE — In the wake of May’s deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, American school districts, government officials and law enforcement are searching for solutions to

PILOT ROCK — Pilot Rock School District announced in a press release it has hired David Norton as the new assistant superintendent and principal of Pilot Rock Jr./Sr. High School

PENDLETON — Pendleton School District reported Pendleton public school students achieved a great deal of academic growth between August 2021 and June 2022.

At one upcoming ceremony, hundreds of students are scheduled to pass a major rite of passage.