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COVE — A 40-year-old man injured after falling from a horse in the Moss Springs area was flown by a Life Flight Network helicopter to Providence St. Mary Medical Center
LA GRANDE â A ban on fireworks in La Grande did not stop a large number of people from celebrating the Fourth of July in traditional fashion. The Union County Dispatch Center received at least 40 calls of people using fireworks in La Grande on Sunday, July 4. The first call came in at 5:32 p.m. and the rest were received between 8:52 p.m. and 11:41 p.m. Union County Sheriff Cody Bowen said that he and his deputies counseled many people using fireworks but said no citations were issued. Bowen said he didn't want his deputies issuing citations because the ban on fireworks, which took effec...
Rescue crews, witnesses work together to save snowmobiler after crash UMATILLA COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — It took a team effort to rescue a snowmobiler after a crash in Umatilla County. The sheriff’s office was notified about the crash at 1 p.m. Sunday. A 56-year-old man was thrown from his snowmobile while navigating an embankment. The snowmobile then landed on top of him. It happened on U.S. Forest Service Road 31, about one mile north of Ruckel Junction. Deputies said ambulances were only able to get within nine miles of the crash site, “and transporting the patient across the ...
ELGIN â The Union County Sheriffâs Office is investigating a double homicide outside Elgin. The sheriffâs office in a press release Wednesday, Dec. 30, announced the arrest of Gary Otis Mason, 54, of Elgin, for the deaths of Candy K. Williams, 56, and a juvenile. Williams was Masonâs significant other, according to the sheriffâs office, which did not identify the juvenile. The sheriffâs office detained Mason on Tuesday, Dec. 29, at approximately 3 a.m. following an initial investigation at his residence, 68381 Chumos Road, outside Elgin, where Williams also resid...
ELGIN â The Union County Sheriffâs Office is investigating a double homicide outside Elgin. The sheriffâs office in a press release on Wednesday, Dec. 30, announced the arrest of Gary Otis Mason, 54, of Elgin, for the deaths of Candy K. Williams, 56, and a juvenile. Williams was Masonâs significant other, according to the sheriffâs office, which did not identify the juvenile. The sheriffâs office detained Mason on Tuesday, Dec. 29, following an initial investigation at his residence outside Elgin, where Williams also resided. The sheriffâs office booked Maso...