Blue Mountain Receives Grant to Help Develop Home-Grown Teachers
Blue Mountain Community College has been awarded a Grow Your Own (GYO) grant to develop a Teacher Pathway Partnership for future LatinX teachers.
The objective...
Umatilla County, Hermiston, Umatilla Team Up to Tackle Homelessness
The issue of homelessness was the topic of a joint work session Monday night between the Hermiston City Council, Umatilla City Council, and the...
Jonathan McDonald Gets Minimum 20 Years for Roles in Series of Crimes
Umatilla Circuit Court Judge Dan Hill sentenced Jonathan Lee McDonald to 20 years in prison for his role in a series of crimes committed...
Good Shepherd CareVan Service Receives Grant for Veterans
Good Shepherd Health Care System's CareVan Medical Transportation Services received a grant of $20,000 from the Rural Veterans Healthcare Transportation Program.
With the help from...
Oregon to Receive $83.5 Million for Small Businesses From U.S. Treasury
By Julia Shumway
Oregon will receive $83.5 million from the federal government to help small business owners, the U.S. Treasury and Gov. Kate Brown announced...
Hermiston School District Earns 15th Certificate for Financial Reporting
The Hermiston School District received a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the 15th times.
The certificate is from the Government Finance Officers Association of...
Water, Sewer Rates for Hermiston Residents to Increase in March
The Hermiston City Council on Monday approved a water and sewer rate increase that takes effect on March 1.
The council changed its automatic rate...
Brookshier Ready to Turn the Page
In 1991, grunge music dominated the charts, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 3,000 for the first time, the Internet was in its...
Hemiston District Selected as National ‘Lighthouse’ School System
The national School Superintendents Association has selected the Hermiston School District as one of four school districts across the country as a 2023 fall “Lighthouse...
Poachers Who Left Five Elk Dead Sentenced in Harney County
Sentencing is complete for two Hines residents involved in killing at least seven elk while shooting into the fleeing herd in December 2021.
The crime...
2013 Crime Numbers Down From 10-Year Average
According to year-end statistics, total crime in Hermiston during 2013 was up 3 percent from a year ago, but down 6 percent from the...
All Hermiston Students to Eat Lunch for Free Next School Year
Beginning next school year, all Hermiston School District students will be able to eat lunch at school for free.
That's because each of the schools...
Man Dies from Injuries Suffered in Altercation on Friday Morning
A Hermiston man died Friday morning following an altercation with another man.
The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office is actively investigating a death following an altercation...
Hermiston High Seniors Say Goodbye After Four Challenging Years
The Hermiston High School Class of 2022 has been through a lot in the past four years - a nearly two-year pandemic, face masks...
Boardman Residents Share Health Horror Stories During Kotek Visit
For months, the residents of Boardman have been asking Gov. Tina Kotek to visit their city and hear first-hand how contaminated water from their...
Eastern Oregon Photographer’s Works to Go On Display in PCA
An exhibit of photographer Brian Purnell’s work, Inside Out: Recent Portraits & Landscapes, will open at the Pendleton Center for the Arts on Thursday,...
Youth Sports Coalition Aims to Bring Multi-Sport Complex to EOTEC
A brand new multi-sport complex could be in Hermiston’s near future following Monday night’s Hermiston City Council meeting.
A coalition of youth sports supporters presented...
City of Boardman Receives $250K from ODOT for Road Project
Boardman city officials learned Wednesday, Oct. 18, that the city will receive $250,000 from the Oregon Department of Transportation for road construction.
“It's amazing,” City...
Stalking the Wild Huckleberry
This story first appeared in the September 2012 issue of Ruralite
Each summer of her childhood, Linda Jones would find herself swept up into a...
Wrong-Way Driver Collides with Oregon State Police Trooper on I-84
A wrong-way driver suffered minor injuries Saturday afternoon after colliding with an Oregon State Police car on Interstate 84.
Just prior to 2 p.m., OSP...
