Council Approves Liquor License for La Hacienda
The Hermiston City Council approved a liquor license application for La Hacienda.
The council approved a full on-premises sales application for the Mexican restaurant during...
Council OKs Street Vacation Settlement
The Hermiston City Council voted Monday night to vacate a portion of W. Ridgeway Avenue after reaching a settlement agreement with the owner of...
Voters to Decide Who Selects Muni Judge
Proposed Charter Changes to Appear on Ballot
The voters in Hermiston will have a chance to determine who selects the city’s municipal court judge in...
Blue Mountain VP Receives Honor
The Oregon chapter of the American Association for Women in Community Colleges has honored Diane Drebin, vice president of Student Affairs at Blue Mountain...
Hermiston Council to Vote on Street Vacation
The Hermiston City Council will vote tonight on an ordinance that would vacate a portion of W. Ridgeway Avenue after the city reached an...
Health Communities Coalition to Meet Wednesday
The Healthy Communities Coalition will meet at noon on Wednesday, Jan. 28 at Good Shepherd Medical Center.
Janet Jones will give a presentation on the...
Girl Scouts Seek Donations for Father-Daughter Dance
Local volunteers of Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington are busy planning the 11th annual Me and My Prince Ball, which will be...
Police Release Name of Shooting Victim
The names of those injured during Thursday’s shooting at Foxwood Apartments in Hermiston have been released by the Hermiston Police Department.
The shooting victim has...
Morrow County Entities Receive $1.15M in Funding
The Columbia River Enterprise Zone (CREZ) committee approved disbursement of more than $1 million in funds to Morrow County communities in late 2014.
The committee...
Small Earthquake Reported Near Pendelton
A 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck early Friday in a rural area just northeast of Pendleton.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, about a dozen people reported...
Hermiston Shooting Leaves Man in Critical Condition
A Umatilla man is in a Portland hospital this morning following a shooting in Hermiston Thursday night.
The Hermiston Police Department responded to Foxwood Apartments,...
Is Sub-$2 Gasoline in Our Future?
With the price of a gallon of gas dropping week by week, will motorists be seeing gas fall below $2 per gallon soon?
Most likely.
An...
Kiosk Honors Hermiston's Service Clubs
A big part of any healthy community is a large core of volunteers who step up whenever there’s a need. Hermiston is known for...
4,000 People to Visit Hermiston for AAU Tourney
The Best of the West AAU basketball tournament will be held in Hermiston this weekend.
Games start Saturday at 9 a.m. and are scheduled throughout...
Dedication Set for Today for Service Club Kiosk
There will be a dedication and grand opening ceremony today for the new service club kiosk along Highway 395 in Hermiston.
The kiosk is a...
Umatilla School Chief to Attend State of the Union
Oregon’s Sen. Jeff Merkley will have as his guest for tonight’s State of the Union speech Umatilla School District Superintendent Heidi Sipe.
Several years ago,...
Umatilla May Extend Adult Business Moratorium
The Umatilla City Council will consider extending the moratorium on adult businesses at tonight’s meeting.
The Umatilla Planning Commission has been working to overhaul the...
Search & Rescue Honors Team Members
The Umatilla County Search and Rescue (SAR) Team honored several team members during an awards ceremony.
Bill Morris was named Volunteer of the Year. Certificates...
Master Gardener Deadline Extended to Jan. 31
The application deadline has been extended for the 2015 Master Gardener training in Hermiston.
Those interested in signing up for the course have until Jan....
King's Words Echoed in Downtown Hermiston
On a sunny January afternoon, the words spoken by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on a sunny August day 55 years ago were recalled...
