BMCC Gallery to Host Exhibit Focusing on ‘Perception of Failure’

The Betty Feves Memorial Art Gallery at Blue Mountain Community College will host a unique exhibit that explores the idea that failure is partly about...
Watermelons

Irrigon Watermelon Festival Committee Seeks New Logo

The 34th annual Irrigon Watermelon Festival will take place on July 28 and the festival committee is looking for a new logo. All logo entries...

AARP Offering Tax Preparation Help at Boardman Senior Center

AARP will be providing free tax preparation help every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Boardman Senior Center. Appointment scheduling is not...

Want to Be A Pendleton Round-Up Expert? Take the University Classes

In 2011, Pendleton Round-Up publicity director Randy Thomas decided that every local person, business, community volunteer, fan and novice should be able to have...

Rep. Smith Welcomes Leadership Hermiston Class to Salem

Oregon State Rep. Greg Smith (R-Heppner) hosted the 2017-18 Leadership Hermiston Class at the Oregon State Capitol. The class began their two-day visit in Salem...

CASA to Host French-Themed Fundraiser on Feb. 24

Local Court Appointed Special Advocate program, CASA, is hosting an Evening in Paris fundraising gala on Feb. 24 at the Hermiston Community Center. The event...

Local Farmers Among Top 3 in State for Vegetable Production

When you were growing up, your mom probably told you to eat your vegetables. If those vegetables were grown in Oregon, she likely was doing you...

High Winds Knock Down Tree, Causing Power Outage

Winds gusting above 50 miles per hour on Saturday caused a power outage in the Umatilla-Stanfield-Hermiston area that lasted about three hours. More than 12,600...

Umatilla, Pendleton Prisons to Hold ‘Recruiting’ Event on March 2

Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution (EOCI) in Pendleton and Two Rivers Correctional Institution (TRCI) in Umatilla will be holding a one-day recruiting event on Friday,...
Good Shepherd Health Care System

Hermiston Community Invited to ‘Talk About Dying’ on Feb. 28

What do we think about when we think of dying? When we think about our own dying, what do we want most? Conversations about death...

Gas Prices Slip for First Time in 2018 as Crude Prices Plunge

Retail pump prices are lower this week in Oregon and most other states, due in part to falling crude oil prices. For the week,...

Ag, Energy Job Fair Set for SAGE Center in Boardman March 7

The fifth annual Agriculture, Energy and Processing Job Fair is set for March 7 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the SAGE Center,...

Boardman City Council to Hold Special Meeting on Feb. 20

The Boardman City Council will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 20. The council will discuss an ordinance regarding an access easement vacation and...
Sunset Elementary School

Sunset Staff to Participate in McTeacher’s Night on Feb. 20

Sunset Elementary will participate in McTeacher’s Night on Tuesday, Feb. 20 at Hermiston’s McDonald's Restaurant.  School Principal Jared Farley and mascot Rocky Raccoon, along with...

IMESD Celebrates Dental Health Month with School-Based Events

The month of February is Dental Health Month, but the InterMountain Education Service District (IMESD) is hoping that children in eastern Oregon are thinking...
Cinema Seating

Boardman’s SAGE Center to Show ‘Wonder’ This Weekend

The SAGE Center in Boardman will host a movie event this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 16-17. Wonder will be showing at 7:15 p.m. on Friday...

HPD Reminds Public of Safe Way to Dispose of Old Prescriptions

The Hermiston Police Department is reminding residents of a safe way to dispose of unused prescription drugs. The police department has a prescription drug drop...

Wildhorse Resort & Casino to Hold Career Fair in Pendleton on Feb. 20

Wildhorse Resort & Casino in Pendleton will host a Career Fair on Tuesday, Feb. 20 from 3 to 6 p.m. in Cayuse Hall. The...

Boardman Pool & Rec Center to Offer Youth Swim Lessons

Registration ends Feb. 26 for Boardman Pool & Recreation Center’s March youth swim lessons. Levels 1-6 will be taught on each Friday of the month....

Hermiston Energy Services to Conduct System Inventory

Hermiston Energy Services (HES) has selected Toth and Associates, Inc. to perform a full-asset inventory of its electrical distribution system starting today. Toth and Associates...