Area High School Students to Represent UEC at D.C. Youth Tour
Umatilla Electric Cooperative has announced that two local high school juniors have been chosen as the delegates for an all-expenses paid trip to Washington...
Ceremonial Signing Celebrates Historic Columbia River Basin Pact
Delegates representing the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) visited the White House on Feb. 23 for a ceremonial signing of the...
HPD Arrest Log
The following are recent arrests made by the Hermiston Police Department:
Feb. 18: Marialee Pabon, 31, was arrested near W. Hermiston Avenue and N.W. Fourth...
Morrow County Prepares for Interim Ambulance Services
As the March 12 deadline looms for Morrow County before everything — or maybe nothing — changes, over 100 people joined the Wednesday, Feb....
Columbia Development Authority Board Cancels Feb. 27 Meeting
The Columbia Development Authority Board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 27 has been canceled.
The board's scheduled public hearing, also set for Feb. 27, has...
Farm City Ag & Home Expo Kicks Off Today, Continues on Saturday
The second annual Farm City Ag & Home Expo gets under way today and continues on Friday, Feb. 23-24, at the Eastern Oregon Trade...
AARP Offers Free Tax Preparation Assistance in Hermiston, Lexington
The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program is available beginning in February in Hermiston and Lexington.
People do not have to be an AARP member to utilize...
Applications Open for 2024 Hermiston Civic Leadership Academy
The city of Hermiston is now accepting applications to join the 2024 Hermiston Civic Leadership Academy, a chance for residents to grow their leadership...
Ongoing Morrow County Ambulance Conflict Leads to Funding Fallout
During a Morrow County Board of Commissioners meeting in Irrigon Wednesday, Feb. 21, the intensity of emotions around the county’s ambulance service conflict seeped...
Initial Columbia River Spring Chinook Season Dates Announced
Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington adopted initial recreational spring Chinook seasons on the Columbia River during a joint state hearing today.
Effective March 1...
Campus Life to Host Fund-Raiser Event at Community Center
Hermiston Campus Life will host The Gathering this Friday, Feb. 23 at the Hermiston Community Center, 415 S. Highway 395.
Doors open for the sixth...
Hermiston’s Farm City Ag & Home Expo Gears Up for 2nd Year
Organizers are plowing ahead with the second annual Farm City Ag & Home Expo on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 23-24, at the Eastern Oregon...
Oregon Permanent Standard Time Bill Survives After Senate Splits
By Julia Shumway/Oregon Capital Chronicle
An effort to switch Oregon to permanent standard time will live to see another day after hitting a temporary roadblock...
Lawsuit Over Shearer’s Foods Fire in Hermiston Seeks $90 Million
Insurers of the Shearer’s Foods plant that burned down in 2022 in Hermiston are seeking more than $90 million in a lawsuit.
Attorneys filed the...
Good Shepherd’s Lunch & Learn Event Takes Place on Thursday
Good Shepherd Health Care System’s next free Lunch & Learn event is set for this Thursday, Feb. 22 from 12 to 12:30 p.m.
Good Shepherd’s...
ODFW Announces 2025 Annual Wildlife Art Competition
Artists from across the stsate are invited to compete in one or all three of the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife's 2025 stamp...
Area Students to Testify Virtually on State’s Official Ice Cream Flavor
Stanfield elementary school students will testify virtually before a state government subcommittee on a tasty topic - the state's official ice cream flavor.
Last November,...
Columbia Development Authority Board to Meet on Feb. 27
The Columbia Development Authority Board will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 1 p.m.
The meeting will be held at the Port of Morrow's Commission...
American Legion Member’s Ingenuity Makes Putting Up Flags A Breeze
Just before 8 a.m. this morning, a small crowd gathered on Main Street in Hermiston to prepare to put up American flags along Main...
Rep. Smith Hears Desire for Measure 110 Changes at Listening Session
As the statewide debate over Measure 110 continues, Rep. Greg Smith, R-Heppner, asked members of the public from his district to offer their thoughts...
