A new Milton-Freewater police station that was approved by voters in 2021 and will move the department out of the dark and dingy city hall basement will have a delayed
The Milton-Freewater City Council voted unanimously to raise rates for garbage and waste removal services by 10% for city residents at the council meeting on June 13.
MILTON-FREEWATER — It won’t happen when the pool opens in June, probably, and it might not come until August. But the water in the Joe Humbert Family Aquatic Center, Milton-Freewater,
Property didnât go unscathed. In one instance, the wind significantly damaged a Pendleton apartment complex.
A section of roof lay across the hood of a green Honda sedan in the parking lot of Maryâs Mannor in Pendleton on Jan. 13, the remainder of the buildingâs roof sitting across the parking lot as crews worked to clear debris. Crews used crowbars and other tools to dismantle the large chunk of roof.
According to the National Weather Service station in Pendleton, the Pendleton airport had some of the highest recorded winds in its coverage area, which includes Eastern Oregon, Central Oregon, and Southeastern Washington. The weather serviceâs instruments at the Pendleton airport captured peak wind speed at 68 miles per hour, while the service also recorded a max wind speed of 59 miles per hour at a different point in Pendleton.