BMCC Names Athletes of the Year
Blue Mountain Community College honored two student-athletes with the Wally McCrae Student Athlete of the Year award for outstanding academic and athletic achievements for...
Graduates Ready for Next Phase in Life
As the Hermiston High School Class of 2016 closed the door on their high school careers, they were urged to open as many more...
Leadership Hermiston Seeking Recruits
The Hermiston Chamber of Commerce is now recruiting for the 2016-17 Leadership Hermiston program.
Leadership Hermiston is a 10-month program with nine full-day and one...
City Seeks Recreation Grant Proposals
The deadline to submit project proposals for Hermiston Transient Room Tax funds is Friday, June 3.
Groups or organizations have until 4 p.m. to submit...
Extremely Hot Temperatures Coming This Weekend
The National Weather Service is issuing a warning to residents throughout Northeast Oregon and Southeast Washington that unseasonably high temperatures will arrive on Friday...
1 Injured in Onion Storage Shed Fire
One person was injured and a storage facility was burned down when a fire broke out at an onion storage building at Cleaver Farming...
14-Week Lock Outage Remains on Schedule
A 14-week-long navigation lock outage scheduled for Dec. 12, 2016, through March 20, 2017, is on track, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials from...
Wyden Sings Praises of HHS & It's Students
Senator Seeking to Increase Oregon Graduation Rates
It was hard to say who was more impressed Wednesday afternoon at Hermiston High School – the students...
BMCC Hires Business Adviser for SBDC
There’s a new face at Blue Mountain Community College’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in Wallowa County. Rick Bombaci, who has lived in Wallowa...
Aquatics Center to Open on June 4
The Hermiston Family Aquatics Center will open for the summer season on Saturday, June 4.
The pre-season pool schedule for public swim is from 1:10...
Chinook Fishing Opens June 15 on Imnaha River
The Imnaha River will open June 15 for hatchery spring Chinook fishing from the mouth upstream 45 miles to Summit Creek Bridge.
Anglers may retain...
Commissioners Return from Western Conference
Umatilla County Commissioners Larry Givens and Bill Elfering joined 500 county officials at the National Association of Counties’ (NACo) Western Interstate Region (WIR) conference...
Boardman Council, URA to Hold Budget Hearings
The Boardman City Council and its Urban Renewal Agency will meet on Tuesday, June 7 at Boardman City Hall.
The council will hold a public...
I-84 Off-Ramp at Pendleton to Close for 3 Days
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) will be making repairs to the Interstate 84 westbound Exit 209 interchange bridge in June.
The Exit 209 interchange...
Oregonians Can 'Bee' Friendly to Pollinators
Warmer temperatures this spring are generally promoting early flowering of plants as well as moving up the timetable for pollinator activity. Now is a...
EOTEC Budget Committee to Hold Hearing June 10
The Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Center Authority’s Budget Committee will hold a budget hearing on June 10.
The meeting will be at 7 p.m....
Wildhorse Names New Executive Chef
Wildhorse Resort & Casino has hired Hamadou Dagnogo as Executive Chef.
Dagnogo comes to Pendleton from Washington, Penn., bringing with him more than 20 years...
Gas Prices at 2016 High Heading into Holiday
Pump prices are at their highest point for the year as we approach the Memorial Day holiday, but drivers will pay the lowest prices...
Sometimes Bigger Isn't Always Better
Study Finds Rural Hospitals Often Safer and Cheaper for Common Surgeries
A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that...
Chinook Season Re-Opens; Sturgeon Season Closes
Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington today re-opened a Chinook salmon fishery and closed a recreational sturgeon fishery on the Columbia River.
Chinook fishing on...
