By ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ PENDLETON — Pendleton shook off some opening-home match jitters to beat 5A Redmond 25-15, 25-20, 18-25, 25-15 on Thursday, Sept. 4, at Warberg Court. “We can play much better, but we pulled off a win,” Pendleton coach Jodi Primus said. “We didn’t serve well tonight. We missed 16 serves and still managed to make up…
By ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ PENDLETON — Pendleton ran into a strong The Dalles team in suffering an 8-0 nonleague loss on Thursday, Sept. 4. “Tough game,” Pendleton coach Kiana Rickman said. “The Dalles was a strong team last year; they lost very few and are even better this year. Proud of the resilience the girls showed, and hopefully it’s…
By ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ THE DALLES — Pendleton fell to 1-2 on the season with a 7-0 nonleague loss to The Dalles at the Wahtonka Campus Soccer Field. “We played well with some injuries,” said Pendleton coach Evan Brandhagen, who singled out Kainen Zimmerman for his defensive play and Liam Clark on offense. Sophomore goalkeeper Jared Pace had seven…
EUGENE – A career retrospective of artist and Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) member James Lavadour is on display at the University of Oregon’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art in Eugene. “James Lavadour: Land of Origin” includes painting and printmaking and spans more than 40 years of Lavadour’s art, celebrating his status as one of the Pacific…
By TRAVIS SNELL MISSION – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s (CTUIR) Education Department gave away 228 backpacks during its annual Tribal Youth Backpack Distribution event. Held Aug. 11-15 at the Nixyáawii Education Center, CTUIR members who are enrolled in grades kindergarten through 12th were eligible to receive backpacks and school supplies to assist them with costs of…
WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Whitman College in partnership with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) have named Addison Carey, Addison Jones-Kosey, Joel Satterwhite, Lauralee Stanger, Oscar Huesties and Tatiwiyat Buck as the Šináata Scholarship cohort for the 2025-26 academic year. “It is a joy to welcome these six incredible students to Whitman’s growing cohort of Šináata Scholars,” said Whitman College President Sarah…
BY SHAWN VESTAL, WSU NEWS & MEDIA RELATIONS For years, scientists at Washington State University’s (WSU) Puyallup Research & Extension Center have been working to untangle a mystery: Why do coho salmon in Puget Sound creeks seem to suffocate after rainstorms — rising to the surface, gaping and swimming in circles before dying? In 2018, the die-offs were linked to…
By DANELI ATILANO MISSION – A grass fire burned about 300 acres on the Umatilla Indian Reservation from the evening of Monday, Aug. 11 to Wednesday, Aug. 13, prompting a large multi-agency response. No structures were damaged, and no injuries were reported. The fire was reported at 6:52 p.m. on Aug. 11 near Highway 11 and Duff Road. It quickly…