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• AAA Study: Speeding the new norm on America’s roads September 11, 2026
  A new study from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety highlighting how speeding has become normalized on today’s roads shows that three in ten drivers agree with this statement: “No one actually drives the speed limit.” While most drivers agree that posted speed limits are appropriate, many also consider driving 10 miles per hour over […]
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• Raul Silva Passes Away at 77 September 11, 2026
  Raul Silva of Heppner passed away on Aug. 26, 2026 at the age of 77. He was born on Nov. 5, 1948. At his request, private burial services were held at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. Please leave your condolence messages for the family at https://www.sweeneypaytonmortuary.com/. The post Raul Silva Passes Away at 77 appeared first […]
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• Kay Thomas Passes Away at 80 September 11, 2026
  Karen “Kay” Thomas died on Sept. 9, 2026 at her home in Boardman at the age of 80. She was born on Dec. 4, 1945 in Hood River to Harold and Elizabeth Dunkel Carlson. Kay was raised and attended school in Hood River, graduating in the class of 1965. She met Ronald Thomas in Casper, […]
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• Grant Cooney Passes Away at 86 September 11, 2026
  Grant L. Cooney of Hermiston died on Sept. 8, 2026 in Hermiston at the age of 86. He was born on Sept. 19, 1939 in Pasco, Wash. to Grant and Alamae Kitterl Cooney. Mass of Christian burial will be held on Monday, Sept. 21, 2026 at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church, […]
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• Celebrate 20 years of Tough Enough To Wear Pink at the Pendleton Round-Up September 11, 2026
  PENDLETON, Ore.-The 116th Pendleton Round-Up is September 16-19, and 2026 also marks the 20th anniversary of the Round-Up’s Tough Enough to Wear Pink (TETWP) campaign. The national TETWP campaign launched at the 2005 National Finals Rodeo and has been a part of the Pendleton Round-Up since 2006. Now in its 20th year of raising money, […]
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• Ken Freeman Passes Away at 76 September 10, 2026
  Kenneth R. “Ken” Freeman of Hermiston died on Sept. 8, 2026 in Portland at the age of 76. He was born on Aug. 22, 1950 in Yakima, Wash. to Leonard and Luella Harris Freeman. Ken was raised and attended school in Benton City, Wash. He later graduated with a theology degree in Colorado. Ken served […]
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• Casey Winters Passes Away at 33 September 10, 2026
  Casey J. Winters died on Sept. 2, 2026 at his home in Umatilla at the age of 33. He was born on Sept. 14, 1993 to Jay and Lisa Normand Winters. Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church, followed […]
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• Dorothy Howell Passes Away at 83 September 9, 2026
  Dorothy Mae Howell of Umatilla passed away at her home surrounded by her family on Sept. 6, 2026 at the age of 83. She was born on July 23, 1943 in Emmett, Idaho to Robert Earl and Cora Elizabeth Thompson Sloan. Dorothy and her two brothers, Roy and Ken, spent their early years in Emmett, […]
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• Cheryl Irwin Passes Away at 69 September 9, 2026
  Cheryl Ann Irwin died on Sept. 3, 2026 at her home in Richland, Wash. at the age of 69. She was born on Aug. 20, 1957 in Portland to Donald Sr. and Kathleen Hottell Irwin. Cheryl was raised in Umatilla and Hermiston, graduating from Hermiston High School in the class of 1975. She later lived […]
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• Denny Stroup Passes Away at 76 September 9, 2026
  Dennis C. “Denny” Stroup passed away on Aug. 31, 2026 at his home in Estacada at the age of 76. He was born on June 16, 1950 in Payette, Idaho to John and Mary Makinson Stroup. Denny was raised in Pendleton and graduated high school in 1969. He then moved to Molalla and worked at […]
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