Students from 3 Counties Win Spelling Bee
More than 35 students from three counties participated in the annual spelling contest sponsored by the InterMountain Education Service District (IMESD) earlier this month.
Students...
Nighttime Work to Continue on Highway 730
Nighttime roadwork activities along a section of U.S. 730 (Columbia River Highway) will continue over the next several weeks, the Oregon Department of Transportation...
What? Driver, Passenger Charged with DUII
How does a passenger in a car get charged with driving under the influence? Well, it happened on May 25 on Highway 26 in...
HPD Investigating Saturday Morning Shooting Death
Police are investigating the shooting death of a man in Hermiston early Saturday morning.
According to the Hermiston Police Department, a report of a shooting...
Chicago Company Seeks to Build Boardman Solar Farm
A proposed 600-acre, 75-megawatt solar farm west of Boardman would become the largest such facility in Oregon – by far.
As of early 2017, Oregon’s...
Hermiston’s Puzey Brothers continue ascent toward running legacy
Tommy and Jacob Puzey are two brothers who share a passion for running. On social media, they express their sheer love for the sport...
Local Farms Helping Fight Against Hunger
For several months, employees of the Oregon Department of Agriculture have volunteered some of their own time to repack produce or sort pallets of...
Good Shepherd Earns Patient Safety Excellence Award
Good Shepherd Health Care System (GSHCS) announced today that it is a recipient of the Healthgrades 2017 Patient Safety Excellence Award, a designation that...
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...
