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08/26/2026

🐾 Happy National Dog Day! 🐾

Today, we’re celebrating the Gilliam County Sheriff’s Office’s two hardworking police canines!

🐕 K9 Charley, our narcotics-detection K9, loves sniffing for illegal drugs. After a successful search, she prefers to be paid in pup cups and belly rubs. Her contract negotiations remain ongoing, but she insists both are non-negotiable.

🐕 K9 Star, our tracking-and-trailing K9, loves searching for people and articles carrying human odor. Her preferred rewards are belly rubs and tennis balls, although she believes every tennis ball she sees legally belongs to her.

Please join us in wishing K9 Charley and K9 Star a very happy National Dog Day! Thank you both for serving Gilliam County, one sniff at a time. 🐾💙

08/21/2026

Brush Fire - Interstate 84 milepost 131 (6 miles west of Arlington, Oregon)

North Gilliam Rural Fire Protection District and deputies with our office are on scene of a small brush fire in the area of Woelpern off of Interstate 84. This is affecting eastbound lanes only.

The fire is contained and in mop up status at the time of this posting. Please reduce your speed through the incident so our fire personnel can focus on doing what they do best, putting the wet stuff on the hot stuff.

08/16/2026

**UPDATE** 08/16/2026 at 8:54 AM

The vehicle fire has spread to the surrounding brush reducing visibility in the area. Westbound lanes are affected. Mutual aid has been requested from Boardman Fire Rescue District, Sherman County Fire agencies, and South Gilliam County Rural Fire Protection District.

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Members from the North Gilliam Rural Fire Protection District and the Sheriff’s office are responding to a vehicle fire on Interstate 84 near milepost 119 westbound. This is about 18 miles west of Arlington, Oregon.

08/15/2026

We want to send a huge THANK YOU to two amazing local businesses, The Condon Drive In and Big River Pizza in Arlington, for their generous donations of pizzas for our Community Night Outs in Condon and Arlington!

Your support helped make these events a success and gave our communities a chance to come together, enjoy some great food, and build connections with local families and first responders.

We are incredibly grateful for your generosity and for the way you continue to support the communities you serve. Your donations helped bring people together, and we appreciate you being a part of making Community Night Out a great experience for everyone!

Thank you, The Condon Drive In and Big River Pizza, for supporting our communities and helping make these events possible! 🍕💙

08/14/2026

⚠️ ACTIVE PHONE SCAM WARNING ⚠️

The Gilliam County Sheriff’s Office has received reports of a scammer impersonating local law enforcement. The scammer claims to be a Gilliam County Sheriff’s Office deputy, tells the caller there is a warrant for their arrest, and demands money to make the warrant, or the threat of arrest, go away.

This is a scam.

Law enforcement will not call you to demand payment for a warrant, and we will never ask you to pay money to avoid arrest.

If you receive one of these calls:

Do not provide any personal, financial, or banking information.
Do not purchase gift cards or send money.
Do not trust the phone number shown on caller ID, as scammers can make it appear that they are calling from a legitimate agency.
Hang up immediately.
Contact the Gilliam County Sheriff’s Office directly through a verified phone number if you have concerns.

Please share this warning, especially with family members or neighbors who may be vulnerable to this type of scam.

On a lighter note, most of you already know the eight deputies who work for the Sheriff’s Office, and unlike the scammers, we know how to correctly pronounce the name of our county. That should be your first clue! 😉

08/12/2026

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 11, 2026 at 11:14 PM

Fatal Motor Vehicle Crash on Interstate 84, Near Arlington, Oregon

On August 11, 2026, at approximately 2:39 p.m., Frontier Regional 9-1-1 received multiple reports of a serious motor vehicle crash involving several vehicles and pedestrians on Interstate 84 near milepost 123 (about 14 miles west of Arlington, Oregon)

The preliminary investigation determined that an Oregon Department of Transportation employee assigned to the Arlington Maintenance Station was assisting a motorist with a tire change near milepost 122 on Interstate 84 westbound. The ODOT vehicle was positioned on the shoulder of the roadway with its amber warning lights activated and an illuminated reader board displaying an arrow directing approaching traffic into the far lane.

While the ODOT employee was assisting the motorist, an approaching vehicle struck the rear of the ODOT vehicle and subsequently struck both the ODOT employee and the motorist.

The ODOT employee sustained critical injuries and was transported by helicopter to a regional trauma center where they remain in critical by stable condition. Tragically, the motorist succumbed to their injuries at the scene.

Interstate 84 was impacted for approximately five hours while emergency personnel and members of the Oregon State Police Traffic Reconstruction Unit documented and investigated the scene.

The Oregon State Police is leading the investigation. All media inquiries regarding the circumstances of the crash will be directed to the Oregon State Police. Our press release will not include the names of the victims, or suspect as this investigation is still on-going.

We would like to acknowledge and thank the numerous agencies that responded to this tragic incident, including:
Sherman County Sheriff's Office
Oregon State Police
Oregon Department of Transportation
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Police Department
North Gilliam Rural Fire Protection District
North Gilliam Medic Ambulance
Life Flight Network

We would also like to acknowledge and thank the dispatchers at Frontier Regional 911, who provided critical updates and coordinated the additional medical and law enforcement resources responding to the incident.

Our deepest condolences go out to the family and loved ones of the motorist who lost their life. We also extend our support and hopes for comfort and recovery to the injured ODOT employee and their family during this difficult time.

08/11/2026

🚨 TRAFFIC ADVISORY — SERIOUS INJURY CRASH RESULTING IN A FATALITY🚨

INTERSTATE 84 WESTBOUND — MILEPOST 122
ALL WESTBOUND LANES CLOSED - ALL EASTBOUND LANES TEMPORARILY CLOSED

This crash is 15 miles west of Arlington, Oregon.

Oregon State Police, Gilliam County Sheriff’s Office, Sherman County Sheriff's Office Oregon Department of Transportation, North Gilliam Rural Fire Protection District, North Gilliam Medic Ambulance and Inter-Tribal Law Enforcement are currently on scene of a serious injury crash which has resulted in a fatality on Interstate 84 westbound near milepost 122.

⚠️ All westbound lanes are closed and will remain closed for the next several hours.

Eastbound lanes are also temporarily closed to allow Life Flight Network to operate safely at the scene.

If you are traveling westbound on I-84, please find an alternate route and avoid the area.

An official press release with additional information will be provided later this evening.

Please slow down, use caution, and give emergency responders plenty of room to work.

08/08/2026

On August 7, 2026, at approximately 7:42 p.m., an Oregon State Trooper monitoring westbound traffic on Interstate 84 near milepost 119 observed a white Tesla traveling eastbound at 91 mph. Because a concrete barrier prevented the Trooper from safely turning around and stopping the vehicle, Deputy Burdick of the Gilliam County Sheriff’s Office was notified.

Deputy Burdick caught up with the Tesla and observed that it had accelerated to approximately 125 mph. When the driver failed to stop for his emergency lights, a pursuit was initiated.

Sergeant Redden, who was a short distance ahead conducting an unrelated traffic stop, heard the pursuit called over the radio and deployed spike strips near milepost 135. The deployment was successful, deflating both driver-side tires. Despite the damaged tires, the driver continued eastbound. Out of concern for a possible vehicle / brush fire due to the deflated tires, North Gilliam Rural Fire Protection District was placed on standby.

The Tesla ultimately came to a complete stop near milepost 137 on the Interstate 84 bridge over Arlington. The driver was taken into custody for Reckless Driving and Attempting to Elude a Police Officer in a Vehicle.

The driver, a 38-year-old woman from Happy Valley, Oregon, was transported to the Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facility.

You never know who may be traveling through Gilliam County. Our deputies were also assisted during this incident by Sheriff Moody of the Wallowa County Sheriff's Office

Tesla's may be quick, but radios, teamwork, and spike strips are pretty fast too.

Thank you to the Oregon State Police, Sheriff Moody, North Gilliam Rural Fire Protection District, Oregon Department of Transportation, and J&S Towing for their assistance.

📸 K9 Charley’s official reaction after hearing “125 mph”:
“That’s going to be a ruff one to explain…” 🐕👅

Address

221 S. Oregon Street
Condon, OR
97823

Website

https://www.co.gilliam.or.us/government/sheriff_s_office/index.php

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