United Way Raffling Off Big Prizes
The United Way of Umatilla & Morrow Counties is holding its annual benefit raffle, with prizes being drawn on July 24 at the benefit...
Walden, Ranchers Tout Sage Grouse Bill
The U.S. House Armed Services Committee has approved a provision in the annual defense authorization bill that would prohibit the Obama Administration from declaring...
Snake River Open For Spring Chinook
Spring Chinook fishing in northeast Oregon kicked off Saturday, May 2 with the opening of the upper Snake River to salmon fishing. It is...
Goodbye Fat, Hello Fun
Irrigon Couple Fill Fitness Void
The first thing you see when you approach 1HR Cardio Crush in Irrigon is a sign that welcomes you to...
BMCC Rodeo Teams Atop NW Region Standings
The Blue Mountain Community College men’s and women’s rodeo teams swept the Northwest Intercollegiate Rodeo Finals on May 1-2 in Hermiston.
Both teams topped the...
Cinco de Mayo Draws Huge Crowd to Hermiston
Hermiston’s annual Cinco de Mayo celebration on Sunday was the biggest yet, but organizers have plans to make the party twice as big in...
UEC Building New Operations Center in Boardman
Because of ongoing expansion in the Boardman area, Umatilla Electric Cooperative will soon begin building a 23,970-square-foot operations center off Columbia Avenue, next to...
Delegation Wants Speedy Release of County Payments
Oregon Reps. Greg Walden, Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer, Kurt Schrader, and Suzanne Bonamici today urged the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and Bureau of Land...
College Rodeo Finals Set for Today, Saturday
The nationally-ranked Blue Mountain Community College rodeo team will host the Northwest Intercollegiate Rodeo Finals today and Saturday (May 1-2) at the Farm City...
Spring Chinook Season on Lower Columbia Re-Opens
Spring Chinook fishing on the lower Columbia River will re-open this weekend.
The Columbia River from Tongue Point/Rocky Point line upstream to Beacon Rock (boat...
Urban Renewal Agency to Hold Budget Meeting
The Hermiston Urban Renewal Agency’s budget committee will hold a public meeting at 6 p.m. on May 13 at Hermiston City Hall.
The committee will...
Clara Brownell Student Council Receives Honor
Clara Brownell Middle School in Umatilla is one of nine middle schools and eight high schools receiving recognition as a high achieving student council.
The...
Fair Names Day Camp Logo Winner
Fourth grader Emily Smith of Rocky Heights Elementary School in Hermiston has won Umatilla County’s Fun at the Fair Day Camp logo contest.
Fair officials...
Hermiston Approves Engineering Contract
The city of Hermiston approved a contract with Anderson Perry & Associates to provide engineering services for the city.
The city had been employing the...
Annexation Clears Way for New Subdivision
The Hermiston City Council voted Monday night to annex two acres of land near S.W. 10th Street that paves the way for a single-family...
Wyden Demands Hanford Investigation
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., demanded an investigation into the contracting practices at the Department of Energy’s Hanford nuclear site in Washington State and...
Student-Built Home to Go Up for Sale June 2
The Hermiston School Board unanimously approved the sale of Fieldstone #1, the first of 11 student-built homes located on West Angus Ave.
Deputy Superintendent Wade...
Residents Turn in More Than 60 Tons of Junk
The Hermiston area is a lot cleaner this week after Saturday’s “Hermiston Clean Sweep” event hauled away more than 60 tons of hard to...
Ordinance Aims to Address Dogs Running at Large
According to city records, there are officially 103 dogs in Hermiston.
OK, there’s certainly a lot more than that, but in 2014, the city issued...
Council Selects Site for New Senior Center
New Building Will Be Called the Harkenrider Center
The city of Hermiston already had the money, now it has a site and name for the...
