Bucks win two to take control of match By ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ WALLA WALLA —Nicole Somnis had 12 kills and Avery Brown added 10, but Pendleton fell short against Walla Walla 25-21, 16-25, 19-25, 25-15, 15-12 on Saturday, Oct. 12. After the Blue Devils won the first set, the Bucks (11-4 overall) won the next two to take control…
By ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ HEPPNER — Alakae Rodriguez returned an interception for a touchdown, and had 10 tackles as Heppner beat Weston-McEwen 20-0 on Friday, Oct. 11, for a Blue Mountain Conference win at Les Payne Field. “Alakae is right in the middle of most things we do,” Heppner coach Greg Grant said. “I thought he gave a tremendous…
By CHRIS AADLAND PENDLETON – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation held a voter registration event on Thursday evening to give the public an opportunity to check their registration status and learn about other resources ahead of the upcoming elections. The event, held at Hamley Slickfork Saloon, featured live music, food and refreshments, election information and speakers who…
Thursday, October 10, 2024 The Four Columbia River Tribes set the following fishery plan and the Columbia River Compact concurred: Zone 6 Commercial Gillnet Fishery Area: All of Zone 6 Dates/Times: 6 AM Monday October 14 to 6 PM Thursday October 17 (3 nights) Gear: Set and Drift Gillnets with no mesh size restriction. Allowable Sales: Salmon (any species), steelhead, shad,…
Bucks beat Bulldogs, remain perfect in GOL play By ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ PENDLETON — Nicole Somnis had 10 kills and Josie Jenness handed out 51 assists as Pendleton made quick work of Baker on Thursday, Oct. 10, for a 25-15, 25-15, 25-19 Greater Oregon League home win. “The whole team played really well,” Pendleton coach Jodi Primus said. “Everyone…
By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans will cast roughly 160 million ballots by the time Election Day comes to a close — in several different ways, including many submitted a few weeks before polls even open. They will choose a president, members of Congress and thousands of state lawmakers, city council members, attorneys general, secretaries of state —…
MISSION – The Umatilla Tribal Fire Department (UTFD) has announced that open burning will be allowed again on the Umatilla Indian Reservation (UIR) starting Friday, Oct. 11. UTFD Chief James Hall said the ban on open burning would be lifted Oct. 11 and that all other public use restrictions are lifted and allowed. Hall’s announcement corrects an earlier report that…
By ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ PILOT ROCK 3, GRISWOLD 0 — Lillie Holman had eight kills and two blocks to lead the Rockets to a 25-14, 25-15, 26-24 Old Oregon League road win over the Grizzlies Oct. 8. “We had a great all-round match tonight,” Pilot Rock coach Jen Porter said. “The entire team contributed and played aggressively offensively and on…
La Grande holds off Bucks in GOL play
By ANNIE FOWLER, for The CUJ
PENDLETON — Rowan Evans had a goal and an assist to lead second-ranked La Grande to a 4-1 Greater Oregon League victory Tuesday, Oct. 8, over Pendleton.
“It’s a long season and sometimes teams can start to wear down come October,” La Grande coach Chris Gianandrea said. “Right now, this group is ultra focused and hungry. We are hitting our stride at the right time. The girls can tell we have a special group and we just are focusing on one game at a time.”…
By GRAHAM LEE BREWER and MATT O’BRIEN MIAMI, Okla. (AP) — Shawnee Tribe Chief Ben Barnes grew up playing video games, including “probably hundreds of hours” colonizing a distant planet in the 1999 title Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri. So when that same game studio, Firaxis, approached the tribal nation a quarter-century later with a proposal to make a playable character…