This week has been one for the record books.
Hermiston had its hottest day ever recorded Monday, June 28, at 115 degrees, according to the National Weather Service, and was on track Tuesday afternoon to reach 117 degrees as forecast by the Weather Service.
The cityâs previous all-time record was 113 degrees, set in 1961. Its previous record for June was 111 degrees.
When Al Davis, manager of the Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Center, realized Monday night how hot it was going to be the next day, he made a last-minute decision to open up EOTECâs air-conditioned event center to anyone who needed a cool place to land.
National Weather Services predicts temps in 100s late into next week
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Hermiston Police Chief Jason Edmiston said his department had encountered Juan Fernando Ponce, 29, plenty of times.
Police responded to a reported fight on Southeast Sixth Street in Hermiston at around 11 p.m. on June 1 but found no subjects in the area, Edmiston said in an email. Officers then contacted a woman who said Ponce had entered her apartment and tried to steal her phone, but a man confronted Ponce in the parking lot and took back the phone. The woman declined to press charges, Edmiston said.
Later that night, police responded to a report of a burglary on North First Place. Police spoke with the victim who said she âlet Ponce inside the residence as she has known him for a long time,â Edmiston said.
PENDLETON â Umatilla County officials are looking toward a possible new network of mental health professionals to assist, or possibly replace, law enforcement in responding to calls for people suffering from a mental health or addiction crisis.
The idea, officials say, would be similar to the âCAHOOTSâ system in Eugene, where a two-person team of medics and mental health professionals respond to calls involving mental illness, homelessness and addiction, with an emphasis on de-escalation.
But Umatilla County, with its sprawling locale, is far different from Lane County and Eugene, and now, county officials are trying to reimagine how the system could work within the county.