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UEC Releases 2019 Financial Results, Announces Board Election Results

Umatilla Electric Cooperative (UEC) released its 2019 financial results and certified the election of three positions on the Board of Directors during its 83rd Annual...

Stokes Landing Senior Center in Irrgion Offering Drive-Through Meals

Stokes Landing Senior Center, 195 N.W. Opal Place in Irrigon, is offering drive-through meals. Meals are to be picked up between 12 and 12:30 p.m....
Funfest Vendors

Spudfest Seeking Vendors

Vendors have until Saturday, June 29 to submit booth applications for Hermiston Downtown District’s Spudfest festival, taking place on Saturday, July 13. The application form...

Second Student-Built Home Up for Sale

The second home of the Columbia Basin Student Homebuilders Program – Fieldstone #2 – is nearly complete and is open by appointment for viewing...

Hermiston Council Gives OK to Continue Broadband Assessment

If Hermiston hopes to continue to grow and attract new businesses, it is going to have to invest in digital infrastructure. That was the...

Council Race Recount Doesn't Change Results

Recount Has Smith Defeating Bendixsen by 6 Votes Instead of 7 A recount of the Hermiston City Council race between Doug Smith and Cameron Bendixsen...

Hermiston Council Moves to Obtain Easement for Sewer Main Upgrade

The Hermiston City Council voted Monday night to establish “the public’s necessity” to obtain an easement for a sewer main along a portion of...

Oregon Gas Prices at 5-year High

Gas prices in Oregon are at their highest levels since December 2015, while the national average is at its highest price since November of...

Morrow County Sees Graduation Rates Increase 3 Straight Years

For the third year in a row, the Morrow County School District improved its overall graduation rate by more than 3 percentage points, from...

Hermiston Commercial Truck Driver Injured in Crash in Hood River

A commercial truck driver from Hermiston suffered minor injuries Monday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 84 in Hood River. According to the Oregon...

Oregon Has 5th-Highest Gas Prices in the Nation, Says AAA

Demand for gasoline is at its highest level for October in a decade. The U.S. energy Information Administration reports that the latest gasoline demand...
Hermiston School District

Due to COVID Case Hikes, HSD Now Testing Athletes 3 Times Weekly

The Hermiston School District this week began testing all winter athletes three times weekly regardless of vaccination status. The district was informed by the Washington...

Oct. 29: Umatilla County Health Reports 28 New COVID-19 Cases

Umatilla County Health today reported 28 new COVID-19 cases - down two from Thursday's total. Today's new cases bring the county's overall total to 14,672....
New $100 Bill

Get to Know the New $100 Bill

The Federal Reserve on Tuesday began supplying financial institutions with a redesigned $100 note that incorporates new security features to deter counterfeiters and help...
Umatilla County Sheriff Patrols

Chimpanzee Shot and Killed After Attacking 2 Women in Pendleton

A pet chimpanzee was shot and killed Sunday morning in Pendleton after it attacked its owner and her daughter. Just around 8 a.m., Umatilla County...

2024 Resolution Run Set to Take Place Jan. 1 on Oxbow Trail

The 2024 Hermiston Resolution Run is set for Monday, Jan. 1 on the Oxbow Trail in Riverfront Park. The family-friendly event starts at 10 a.m....

HPD Arrest Log

The following are recent arrests made by the Hermiston Police Department: March 8: Laura Nohelly Avila, 29, was cited and released on the 1300 block...

Oregon Has at Least 173 wolves – Nearly 10% Increase Over Last Year

State wildlife biologists counted 173 wolves in Oregon this past winter, a 9.5 percent increase over last year’s count of 158 according to the Oregon...

Hermiston Bridge Closure Scheduled for Feb. 4 to Allow for Replacement

The bridge located on South First between S.E. Crestline Drive and S.W. Desert Sky Drive will fully close to all traffic beginning Monday, Feb....

Poster Contest Inspires Creativity in M.C. Students

Why BMCC? That’s the question Blue Mountain Community College asked students in Morrow County who participated in a poster contest to show why students choose...

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