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Echo PTO Helps Students Find Perfect Gift for Family Members

Finding the perfect Christmas gift is often a struggle — especially for children who want to surprise their parents. The Echo Parent Teacher Organization helped...

Hermiston Continues to Add Housing as Population Exceeds 20,000

The city of Hermiston approved dozens of new housing permits in 2023 while seeing its population exceed 20,000. According to a 2024 Growth & Development...

Good Shepherd Welcomes Board Certified Nephrologist

Good Shepherd Health Care System (GSHCS) has welcomed Board Certified Nephrologist Fadi H. Akoum, MD, FAHA, FACP, to Good Shepherd’s new Nephrology Clinic. The Nephrology...

Scott & Kelly Zielke Named 2023 Christmas Spirit Award Winners

The Good Shepherd Community Health Foundation has honored Scott and Kelly Zielke as recipients of the 28th Annual Christmas Spirit Award. The award is given...

Counties to Start Polluted Drinking Water Investigation from EPA Funds

The Morrow County Planning Department is ready to take the first official steps in a plan to address the drinking water crisis in the...

Tensions Rise Over Future of Morrow County Ambulance Service

At the final Morrow County Board of Commissioners meeting of the year, area residents gathered to offer their thoughts on upcoming changes to the...

Oregon Gray Wolves Expected to Spread West and South

By Grant Stringer/Oregon Capital Chronicle State biologists say Oregon’s gray wolf population may have reached its ecological limit in the eastern third of the state...

Boardman City Council Names 4 Finalists in City Motto Contest

The Boardman City Council has announced the four finalists in the City Motto Contest. In an effort to promote community interest in activities happening in the city,...

Friends Look Back on the Life of Morrow County’s John Wenholz

John Wenholz has been described as being a straightforward and no-nonsense sort of guy. A former Morrow County commissioner (1997-2009), Wenholz, who was 81,...

Beginning Next Year, Bus Route to ‘Loop’ Around Morrow County

Starting in the new year, Morrow County residents have a new transit option. The Loop, an on-demand transit service within the county, is expanding to...

NW States, Tribes reach ‘Historic’ Deal with Feds over Fish, Dams

By Lynne Terry and Bill Lucia/Oregon Capital Chronicle A decades-long battle over dams in the Columbia River Basin had a breakthrough Thursday, as the Biden...

Umatilla Hires New Police Chief

Starting at the end of the month, a new person will take the reins as the new chief of police for the Umatilla Police...

Hermiston Police Arrest Man on Kidnapping, Other Charges

Hermiston police arrested a man after a crash for fleeing and trying to steal a car with a child in the backseat. Hermiston Police Chief...

Municipal Court Will Handle Most Serious Misdemeanors Once More

For the first time in nearly a decade, A misdemeanor cases will be prosecuted in Hermiston Municipal Court. The Hermiston City Council voted unanimously on...

City Council Approves Purchase of 44 Acres of Developable SHIP Property

The Hermiston City Council agreed Monday night to approve the purchase of 44 acres at the South Hermiston Industrial Park (SHIP). The intent of the...

Three CTUIR Associate Judges Take to the Bench, Now Hearing Cases

With less than a month since being approved by the Board of Trustees, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s (CTUIR) three new...

Community Reps Gather for Opening of Transitional Homeless Shelter

A little more than a year since its groundbreaking, Project PATH – a transitional shelter for the homeless – had its grand opening on...

Area Special Olympics Celebrates Athletes, Volunteers

Laughter, smiles, high fives, cheers and even some pies in the face were all part of a recent celebration hosted by Hermiston-Pendleton Special Olympics. Communications...

HHS Choir Singers to Join Oregon East Symphony & Chorale

Hermiston High School is making sure audience members will be treated to a powerful vocal sound when Oregon East Symphony and Chorale performs Handel’s...

Man Wanted for Murder in Idaho Arrested in Pendleton

A man wanted in connection with a murder in North Idaho was arrested in Pendleton. On Nov. 27, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Greater Idaho...

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