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WEEKEND EDITION BULLDOGS BEAT BUCKS IN DOUBLE HEADER THE ART OF POWWOW VIOLENCE AWARENESS BASEBALL/1B LIFESTYLES/1C ON THE LINE REGION/3A APRIL 30-MAY 1, 2016 140th Year, No. 141 $1.50 WINNER OF THE 2015 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD PENDLETON Finding a fire station location Despite global declines, local banks still value branches Staff searching for new site for proposed $8.4M building East Oregonian The Pendleton Fire Department is going back to the drawing board to fi nd a new loca- tion for a proposed replacement to Fire Station No. 1, but city staff still wants to move ahead with a bond campaign for the November ballot. The council will consider a resolution to create the ballot measure for the $9.85 million bond at a More inside meeting Tuesday. Council could In a report to the lift EOCI work city council, Fire Chief ban Page 3A Mike Ciraulo wrote negotiations between the city and St. Anthony Hospital have broken down over donating land at the old hospital site on Southeast Court Avenue to build a new fi re hall. While neither completely closed the door on placing the fi re station on the property, both See FIRE/12A PENDLETON Staff photo by E.J. Harris Sunridge Estates properties could cost the city Teller Mirna Angulo places cash into an envelope for a drive-thru customer Wednesday at the Bank of Eastern Oregon branch offi ce in Boardman. Property tax bill about $151,000 A former Barclays executive made a bold prediction last fall that the world could lose half of its neighborhood bank branches in the next decade, but local banks say don’t expect them to start closing down branches anytime soon. Antony Jenkins made the case that the rise of online banking apps would cause 20 to 50 percent of local bank branches to close in the next 10 years. Whether that proves to be true globally, banks based in and around Eastern Oregon take a different view when it comes to their own branches. Gary Propheter, executive vice president and chief operations offi cer for Bank of Eastern Oregon, said the rise of online banking services has had an effect on the bank, but not in a way that causes branches to close. “I would say it has changed the way we’ve See BANKS/12A Online banking not a detriment to Eastern Oregon branches By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian The city of Pendleton needs almost $1.1 million to recoup its losses on 21 foreclosed empty properties that were part of a 2011 local improvement district. The city, however, might get back only a portion of the amount. The lots are in the Sunridge Estates devel- opment in the south part of Pendleton off Tutuilla Road. As people bought lots and built houses there, they paid the property tax. But these 21 lots have not sold, grass and weeds are about the only the thing growing on them and the property taxes are four years past due. County tax assessor Paul Chalmers, who also is a Pendleton city councilor, said the property tax bill for all the lots is about $151,000. See TAXES/12A Staff photo by E.J. Harris Regional banks, like this Banner Bank in Stanfi eld, have been able to maintain a small-town presence long after larger banks have pulled out of smaller markets. MILTON-FREEWATER PENDLETON Offi cer-involved shooting sends suspect to hospital East Oregonian A high-speed chase ended with shots fi red Thursday night in Milton-Freewater, sending one suspect to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to a press release from Umatilla County District Attorney Dan Primus. The incident started with a traffi c stop at about 7:15 p.m., when offi cers from the Milton-Freewater Police Department pulled over a 2007 Ford Focus on Grant Road and Turbyn Road. The driver failed to comply and sped away, fi ring a weapon back at the pursuing offi cers. Police disabled the vehicle on North Main Street between Northwest Sixth and North- west Seventh Avenues, and the suspect got out and continued to shoot at offi cers. At that point, offi cers shot back at the suspect and he was hit in a lower extremity. The suspect was taken into custody and transported to Providence St. Mary Hospital in Walla Walla. Three offi cers from the Milton-Freewater Police Department have been placed on administrative leave while Oregon State Police investi- gates the use of deadly force. No other information was immediately available on the suspect. Agencies assisting in the investigation include the OSP Criminal Services Division, Pendleton Police Department, Hermiston Police Department, Boardman Police Department, Umatilla County Sheriff’s Offi ce, Morrow County Sher- iff’s Offi ce, Walla Walla Police Department and Walla Walla County Sheriff’s Offi ce. Goating all out Staff photo by E.J. Harris A goat rears up on its hind legs preparing to head-butt another goat as the animals graze along the River Parkway on Friday. The goats have returned for their annual brush abatement duties along the Umatilla River in Pendleton.
