Imagine pulling over on the side of the road to help someone to end up badly poisoned and naked on the freeway in winter. Two women say 9-1-1 dispatchers could have prevented it.
One small town wants to draw the attention of neighbors. They want to be the most holiday-decorated town in the Mid Columbia. So they're holding contests and actually GIVING AWAY lights!
Neglected cats are a HUGE problem for Hermiston. Local animal advocates recently found 117 in one location! The problem is negligent owners and one man is in jail after neighbors turned him in.
Cat lovers don't always want to spay or neuter their animal, and they certainly oppose euthanizing the felines, but if cat owners are not responsible huge problems result!
Statistically, it's easier to get into Harvard than the White Castle Craver's Hall of Fame. Hermiston resident Gene Snyder received an all-expenses-paid trip to White Castle's headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, for the distinction.
While robberies are down significantly, as well as some other crimes, car thefts in Hermiston are being described as "ugly" by the police chief.