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A Hermiston ambulance called Oregon State Troopers after a Dodge Charger passed on Highway 84 and flipped them off... but it gets way worse than that.

This story will melt your heart. A woman living in Portland "lost" her pit bull and never quit looking for her for two years. She then moved to Pendleton and fours years after losing "Star" she got a call from Portland police.

Dustin Irons was arrested in December on charges of assault and more at a Pendleton motel. He had his day in court this week, well sort of. He saw the judge via teleconference, and apparently wasn't happy about that.

A 26-year-old Pendleton School District substitute teacher had been hired to fill in for an absent high school teacher. He's now in jail for having sex three times with a 17-year-old girl.

Bedford Bridge is a beautiful walkway over the Umatilla River that allows access from the high school to downtown Pendleton and baseball/softball fields. Before and after school and during lunch kids are hanging out there and that's causing police and administrators a huge headache.

Oregon is boasting one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country right now, and Umatilla and Morrow counties on the southern end of the Mid Columbia are seeing the lowest unemployment rates since before the recession!

News Release from: Oregon State Police NAME OF 9TH VICTIM RELEASED RELATED TO INTERSTATE 84 FATAL BUS CRASH   The name of the 9th victim is released today in relation to the December 30, 2012 fatal bus crash that killed 9 people and injured 38 others along Interstate 84 east of Pendleton, Oregon. Eight of the injured are reportedly still being treated in a hospital.

The charter bus was out of British Columbia, heading there from Las Vegas.

News Release from: Oregon State Police UPDATE #2: FATAL BUS CRASH - INTERSTATE 84 EAST OF PENDLETON