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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

$3 Million Returning to UEC Members Via Capital Credits Program

Umatilla Electric Cooperative members who purchased power in 2021 and 2022 will receive a refund in late March as part of UEC’s Capital Credits...

At 80, Pilot Rock Man Ready to Celebrate New Lease on Life

Rod Anderson turns 80 on Saturday and he’s inviting several dozen friends and family to help celebrate. The purpose of the celebration isn’t his 80th...

Hermiston’s New Psychiatric Care Facility ‘a Step in the Right Direction’

Mental health advocates, elected officials and community members turned out en masse on Thursday for the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Rivers Edge Acute Center for...

Hermiston School District Announces New Communications Officer

The Hermiston School District has a familiar face as its new chief communications officer. The district on its website announced the hire of Maryanna Hardin...

Good Shepherd Announces Addition of Hospital-Based Dialysis Care

Good Shepherd Health Care System (GSHCS) announced on Tuesday that it has equipped its Critical Care Unit and Emergency Department to provide dialysis treatment,...

Second Street Gateway Improvement Project Begins This Week

Contractors will begin work this week on the Second Street Gateway Project at the intersection of S.E. Second Street and Highway 395 in Hermiston. The project will realign...

Hermiston Customers to See Big Jump in Garbage Bill On April 1

Hermiston residents will pay 37 percent more each month for garbage service beginning April 1. The Hermiston City Council on Monday voted to approve a...

Longtime Volunteers are Named Boardman’s Citizens of the Year

A pair of longtime volunteers are the Boardman Chamber of Commerce's citizens of the year. Husband and wife Paul and Ruth Beagle received the recognition...

Unique Canadian Musical Duo to Perform in Pendleton on March 20

A Canadian duo that’s been described as everything from indie-roots to chamber-folk will take the stage at the Pendleton Center for the Arts on...

SMART Reading Program Seeks Community Volunteer Readers

SMART Reading invites volunteers to give one hour a week to help children read. Volunteers with the children’s literacy program will be placed at a...

Fresh, Not Fast: Stanfield’s Broken Barrel Now Under New Ownership

Though Gena and Brandon Clayton, who have 30 years of experience as restaurant managers between them, did not set out to own a business,...

Event to Mark Anniversary of 1944 Explosion at Former Umatilla Depot

The Columbia Development Authority and the Oregon Military Department will host a memorial service to observe the 80th anniversary of the 1944 munitions explosion...

Salmon Return to McKay Creek Near Pendleton After Three Decades

Salmon are spawning for the first time in nearly 30 years in McKay Creek, a tributary of the Umatilla River near Pendleton. The spawning is...

Three Hermiston Babies Beat Long Odds by Being Born on Leap Day

The chances of being born on Leap Day are about 0.06 percent, but three Hermiston babies beat those odds by being delivered Thursday at...

Cause of Hermiston Shop, Camp Trailer Fire Under Investigation

No injuries were reported Thursday in a shop and trailer fire on N. Townsend Road in Hermiston. Umatilla County Fire District #1 was dispatched at...

Residents Sue Port of Morrow, Businesses for Water Contamination

By Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle Several residents of Boardman in northeast Oregon are suing the Port of Morrow and businesses for contaminating their drinking water,...

High School Senior Sets Sights on Job of Hermiston Mayor

What were you doing during your senior year in high school? Maybe prepping for your SATs or looking at job prospects. Or maybe you...

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