East Oregonian   11/03/2010 Radio district gets its funding By SAMANTHA TIPLER East Oregonian A tax to fund the Umatilla Morrow Radio & Data District was given approval by a margin of about 1,000 votes Tuesday. In Umatilla County, roughly 800 more voters supported the bond. The county reported 8,530 yes votes (52.5 percent) and 7,718 no votes (47.5 percent). In Morrow County, the measure had about a 260-vote lead. Yes votes accounted for 1,536 (54.66 percent) and no votes accounted for 1,274 (45.34 percent).

Hermiston Herald   11/02/2010 Radio bond may pass, holds slim margin The bond to fund the Umatilla Morrow Radio & Data District is passing by a slim majority. Election results from the two counties are still unofficial. In Umatilla County, about 620 more voters supported the bond. At 9:38 p.m. the county listed…

East Oregonian  05/19/2010 Radio district a go; tax is a no Reporter: Samantha Tipler Proponents for a taxing district to support an emergency radio system from the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program can celebrate some success, but not a total victory. Voters approved forming the district but not the tax to fund it.

"We're halfway there," said Mike Roxbury, Umatilla Rural Fire Chief, and now, a member of the board overseeing the district. He, along with the other five members of the board, were elected to their posts Tuesday on the same ballot that held the measures for the district and the tax.

Voters in Umatilla and Morrow counties approved the district by an 816-vote margin, 6,552 - 5,736, or 53.33 percent for to 46.67 percent against.