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Oregon leaders agree the Lower Umatilla Basin’s nitrates are a crisis. But the funds aren’t there

By Alejandro Figueroa (OPB) and Antonio Sierra (OPB) For years, Oregon state agencies, local governments and committees have hashed and rehashed plans to…
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Northeastern Oregon County Suspends Habeas Corpus Hearings Over Coronavirus Concerns

Umatilla County is home to two large state prisons, which hold more than 3,500 inmates between them. The petitions are a last resort for inmates who need things like medical equipment and procedures that have been denied.