Elderly Man Found After 2-Hour Search
A dispute between an elderly couple on Interstate 84 near Pendleton Tuesday led to the man walking off and ended two hours later –...
Ideas Taking Root at Community Garden
On Saturday morning, volunteers and gardeners began preparing a plot of land behind Good Shepherd Medical Center to become Lovin’ Spadefuls, the Hermiston community...
EOTEC Authority Board Seeks Public Input
The Eastern Oregon Trade & Event Center Authority Board will be holding public meetings April 15-17 to receive public input.
The meetings will be held...
Online Sales Techniques Training Offered May 9
The Blue Mountain Community College Small Business Development Center along with the Hermiston Chamber of Commerce is offering online sales techniques training that can...
Chamber Seeks Vendors for 9th Annual Funfest
Vendors will have a chance to sell their goods or advertise their business or organization during the annual Hermiston Funfest on Main Street.
The event...
Volunteers Plant 7,000 Trees at Oxbow Trail
Volunteers of all ages arrived at the Oxbow Trail property near Riverfront Park in Hermiston Saturday morning to help plant trees.
The 2014 Leadership Hermiston...
Man Charged After 'Slow-Speed' Pursuit
A slow-speed pursuit involving Hermiston police and a Hermiston man ended late Sunday morning with the driver facing several charges.
The incident began around 2:15...
Police Cite Another Teen-Mom Pair on Graffiti Charges
Just days after a Hermiston teenager and his mother were cited in connection to a rash of graffiti vandalism in town, Hermiston police cited...
Hermiston Man Charged with Menacing
A Hermiston man was charged with menacing and second-degree disorderly conduct Saturday after allegedly brandishing a weapon at another person.
Early Saturday morning, around 2:30...
Annual Tree Giveaway Draws Large Crowd
Arbor Day isn’t until April 25, but local residents with tree-planting fever came in droves to the parking lot of Smitty’s Ace Hardware in...
Big Day for Little League
League Celebrated 50th Anniversary on Saturday
In 1964, the Little League home office in Williamsport, Penn., received a charter application for a brand new league...
Morrow County Hearings Set for Medical Marijuana
Hearings to consider a moratorium to prohibit the establishment and operation of medical marijuana facilities in Morrow County or any of its communities will...
Spring Chinook Season Extended on Columbia River
Spring Chinook anglers on the lower Columbia River will get six more days of salmon fishing under a season extension adopted Thursday by Oregon...
Student-Built Houses to Be Energy Efficient
With construction of the first student-built home set to begin in August of 2014, the Columbia Basin Student Homebuilders Program has been cooperating with...
Hermiston Man Sentenced for Burglaries, Theft
A 21-year-old Hermiston man will spend the next six years in prison for his role in several Hermiston-area burglaries.
Zachary Lawrence Bartz pleaded guilty to...
Hermiston Man Given 9-Year Prison Sentence
A Hermiston man was sentenced to more than nine years in prison after pleading guilty to a rash of crimes in the Hermiston area.
Jeremiah...
Morrow County to Get New Admin Offices
Wenaha Group, Inc., with offices in Oregon and Washington, was recently selected by Morrow County to build new county office and administrative areas in...
Classes Focus on Retirement Planning, Investments
Blue Mountain Community College is offering a three-week series of classes on retirement planning and investment.
The classes are designed to help attendees gain the...
Volunteers Needed for Boardman Track Meet
Volunteers are needed to help out with the annual Columbia River Invitational Track Meet on Saturday at Riverside High School in Boardman.
Volunteers are needed...
Walden Says Rule Could Harm Oregon Brewers
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) has written to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expressing concern about a proposed rule that he believes could...
