Extra Patrols on Duty for Memorial Day Weekend
The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office will conduct enhanced patrols on during the Memorial Day weekend, May 26-29.
Deputies will focus on drivers who are intoxicated...
City, County to Meet to Discuss EOTEC
The Hermiston City Council will hold a special meeting on June 1 with Umatilla County Commissioners to discuss the Eastern Oregon Trade & Event...
Oregon Lawmakers Seek to Expand Vote-By-Mail
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Representatives Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Peter DeFazio and Kurt Schrader, today introduced their bill to...
Walden Issues Statement on CBO Score
Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement on Wednesday regarding the Congressional Budget Office’s...
Students to Compete in Fruit, Veggie Derby
If you think derbies are for soapbox cars and thoroughbred horses only, think again.
On Thursday, May 25, Desert View Elementary School in Hermiston will...
Lawmakers Call for Review of Hanford Work
Following this month’s tunnel collapse at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state, a bipartisan group of Pacific Northwest lawmakers today called for a...
Laura Jacobsma Selected as Desert View Principal
Laura Jacobsma will be recommended to become the next principal at Desert View Elementary School.
Hermiston School Superintendent Fred Maiocco will recommend to the school...
District to Spray for Mosquitoes Today
The West Umatilla Mosquito Control District will be conducting targeted aerial mosquito control spraying with a twin engine airplane after sunset on Thursday, May...
Fire District to Hold Open House on June 3
The public is invited to attend an open house at the Umatilla County Fire District #1's Station 22 on Diagonal Road on June 3.
The...
Transportation Commission to Meet June 1
The North East Area Commission on Transportation will hold its next meeting on June 1 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Oregon Department...
Oregon Business Profiles EOT General Manager
Oregon Business magazine has a feature profiling Joe Franell, general manager of Eastern Oregon Telecom (EOT).
The profile is in the form of a question-and-answer...
Umatilla’s Sipe Wins Leadership Award
Heidi Sipe, superintendent of the Umatilla School District, was honored as the 2017 Doug Flatt Memorial Leadership Award winner at the InterMountain Education Service...
City Seeks Applicants for Vacant Committee Seats
The city of Hermiston is seeking applicants to fill vacancies on two city committees.
There are currently three openings on the Library Board for a...
HHS to Hold First Annual Research Night
Hermiston High School will be the site of the first annual Research Night at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 23.
The event will be held...
Local Cancer Support Groups Receive Funding
More than $19,000 was distributed between two local cancer support organizations from the Pendleton Round-Up’s 2016 Tough Enough To Wear Pink (TETWP) campaign during...
Oregon Water Coalition to Meet on Thursday
The Oregon Water Coalition will hold its annual meeting on Thursday, May 25 from 8 a.m.- noon.
This meeting will be held jointly with...
Input Sought on Columbia Basin Steelhead Seasons
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host a public meeting on Wednesday, May 24 to hear input for recreational summer steelhead fisheries...
Districts Honor Educators with Crystal Apple Awards
The Intermountain Education Service District has honored a number of area educators with the 2017 Crystal Apple “Excellence in Education” Awards.
A total of 44...
Barton Named HHS Distinguished Alumnus
Hermiston's Superintendent of Schools Dr. Fred Maiocco announced Robert “Bob” Barton as the 2017 Hermiston High School Distinguished Alumnus during the recent HHS Evening...
Wildhorse Gives Out $264,541 in Grants
The Wildhorse Foundation, a community benefit fund established by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), hosted their annual Recipients Luncheon recently...
