HSD Announces Student Registration Times
Student registration for the 2015-16 school year will take place Aug. 3-7 for the Hermiston School District.
Previously enrolled elementary and middle school students returning...
A Cross-State Rivalry Gets Renewed
Hermiston Officials to Challenge Portland Officials to Seed-Spitting Contest
It will be just like old times when elected officials from Hermiston and Portland get together...
BMCC Shares Good News with Hispanic Committee
In May, Umatilla and Morrow county voters approved a bond measure that will pay for two new Blue Mountain Community College learning centers and...
Ex-BMCC Student Named New Softball Coach
Blue Mountain Community College has hired Steve Richards as the Lady Timberwolves’ new head softball coach.
Richards is a former BMCC student, and will start...
Robberies, Burglaries Down; Auto Thefts Up
While citations and arrests are up in Hermiston during the second quarter of 2015, incidents of robbery and burglary are down significantly from a...
ODFW Curtails Fishing Hours on Most Oregon Rivers
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has curtailed fishing hours on most of Oregon’s rivers to avoid additional stress on native fish already...
Smith Catches Up with E. Oregon Constituents
The Oregon Legislative session ended July 6, but State Rep. Greg Smith is still keeping busy with a tour of Eastern Oregon.
On Thursday, Smith...
Umatilla Prison Inmates Enjoy Picnic with Family
Two Rivers Correctional Institution (TRCI) in Umatilla held the first of several Families Aiding in Rehabilitation (FAIR) picnics on July 11-12.
Seventy adults in custody,...
BMCC Receives Major Federal Grant
Blue Mountain Community College received a major federal grant this week that will allow it to continue a program designed to help students succeed...
Highway Sign Honors ODOT's Don Kendall
Don Kendall, a longtime ODOT employee, was memorialized with the installation of a new sign designating a stretch of Highway 395 in his honor.
Oregon...
Good Shepherd to Open New Surgical Suites
Good Shepherd Health Care System has completed the second phase of a $15.3 million Surgical Services department expansion.
The public is invited to a ribbon...
Warm Water Kills Off Spring Chinook Salmon
An estimated 109 wild spring Chinook salmon in the upper section of the Middle Fork John Day River died last week, apparently due to...
Hospital to Unveil Expanded Surgery Center
Hermiston Chamber of Commerce will host a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, July 21 at Good Shepherd Medical Center.
The event, which gets...
Council Gives OK for Resurfacing Highland at Night
The Hermiston City Council approved a request by the street department to exceed the city’s noise ordinance while it resurfaces Highland Avenue.
While prep work...
Boardman Teen Drowns in Columbia River
A Boardman teenager drowned Friday in the Columbia River – the second Morrow County teen to drown in the past five weeks.
Gavin Ryce Roberts,...
Funfest Draws Crowds to Downtown Hermiston
Mother Nature must have got the memo to be on her best behavior on Saturday.
The sizzling summer of 2015 took a break over the...
2015 Hermiston Funfest Photo Gallery 2
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Rep. Smith to Visit E. Oregon on Thursday
Oregon State Rep. Greg Smith will be in Eastern Oregon on Thursday, July 16 for a series of meetings in which he will provide...
Fair Accepting Barbecue Contest Applications
Entries are now being accepted for the Umatilla County Fair’s Back Yard BBQ Contest set for Wednesday, Aug. 12 at the Umatilla County Fairgrounds.
Entries...
