BOARDMAN — A pickup belonging to an organizer against nitrate pollution in Eastern Oregon burned at a Boardman home Monday, Nov. 27, shortly after three state legislators visited the home
Decades of commercial food production has polluted the groundwater that Umatilla Basin residents rely on. But momentum is finally building to fix the problem.
UMATILLA — Canvassers went door to door Wednesday, Aug. 25, in Umatilla to test high-nitrate levels in groundwater and to continue to raise awareness about well water contamination.
“El agua es un derecho!” (Water is a right!). With banners in Spanish communities of the Lower Umatilla Basin in Morrow and Umatilla counties protested yesterday (Sept. 15) during a
BOARDMAN — Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has increased the penalty against the Port of Morrow from $1.3 million to a little more than $2.1 million.