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Depot to begin training for moving chemical weapons
HERMISTON – Though some people fear chemical weapon incineration, the most dangerous part of destroying weapons at the ... Read more
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Impact aid still looking unlikely for area counties
Work on the upcoming federal budget is under way, and impact aid for Morrow and Umatilla counties is ... Read more
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Tone alert radios move to Umatilla
UMATILLA – Residences and businesses in Umatilla, and near the southeast corner of the Umatilla Chemical Depot, will ... Read more
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Environmental panel poses more safety questions, postpones decision on incinerator
PORTLAND – A top environmental panel has delayed voting on whether to halt construction of the Army’s chemical ... Read more
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Tone alert radios on schedule
HERMISTON – Aside from an occasional glitch, distribution of tone alert radios is going well and on schedule, ... Read more
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Depot to honor past and present military
HERMISTON – The Umatilla Chemical Depot invites the public to its annual Armed Forces Day Open House on ... Read more
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New man in charge of Raytheon construction
HERMISTON – Loren Sharp is now the acting project manager of the chemical weapons incinerator at the Umatilla ... Read more
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Umatilla Chemical Depot tours
The Umatilla Chemical Depot near Hermiston was constructed over a 10-month period in 1941. Through the decades it ... Read more
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U.S. unlikely to meet chemical weapons destruction deadline, report says
WASHINGTON – The United States probably won’t meet a 2007 deadline for destroying chemical weapons stockpiles, congressional investigators ... Read more
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Umatilla schools fail CSEPP test
UMATILLA – Students in the town most likely to be hit by a plume of chemical agent if ... Read more