Forum to Focus on Coal Trains
The League of Women Voters of West Umatilla County will hold a forum on coal trains at 7 p.m., on Thursday, May 9 at...
Meet & Greet Set for Desert View Principal Candidates
The Hermiston School District recently hired a new principal for West Park Elementary School and is now turning its focus to filling the same...
A Life of Hard Work Pays Off for Berger
Here’s a not-so-bold prediction: A few short years from now the Hermiston High School Robotics Club will have several championship banners hanging from the...
City's Bond Re-finance Saves Taxpayers $600,000
When it comes to selling bonds, getting good grades certainly pays off.
Standard & Poor’s recently rated the city of Hermiston’s Full Faith and Credit...
Candidates Tackle Revenue, Wolves, Public Safety
Tuesday night’s Umatilla County Commissioner Candidate Forum at the Hermiston Conference Center shared a lot of similarities with the forum held two weeks ago...
3 Face Drug, Child Endangerment Charges
Three people are in jail today following their arrest Monday evening at the Sunset Motel on drug and child endangerment charges.
According to the Hermiston...
Tour of SAGE Center Re-Scheduled for June 14
A tour of the SAGE Center in Boardman offered by the Tour of Knowledge has been re-scheduled from Friday, April 19 to Friday, June...
Headings to Take Over West Park Job
The Hermiston School Board liked what they heard about Kevin Headings and wasted no time Monday night unanimously approving his selection to be the...
UEC to Hold 76th Annual Meeting Saturday
Umatilla Electric Cooperative’s 76th Annual Meeting will be held from 5-7 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at the Hermiston Conference Center.
The business meeting and dinner...
Board to Take Up Headings Selection Tonight
The Hermiston School Board will consider tonight the recommendation that Kevin Headings be the next principal at West Park Elementary School.
The board will hold...
Nearly 300 Register for Kindergarten in Hermiston
Nearly 300 Hermiston children were registered for kindergarten during the Hermiston School District’s kindergarten registration day on Friday.
The event was held at the Hermiston...
Robotics Team Fundraisers Net Nearly $3,000
A host of fundraisers on Saturday netted the Umatilla Robotics Club nearly $3,000 to help fund a trip to the FIRST Robotics Competition World...
'One Thing That's Impacted Is People'
Jobs Disappearing as Depot Closure Progresses
Less than two years ago, more people, approximately 1,350, worked out at the Umatilla Chemical Depot than anywhere else...
District May Add Weekly Early Releases or Late Starts
Survey On Proposal Found at End of Article
The Hermiston School District is considering adding a late release or early start one day per week...
What's to Become of the Depot Land?
For 71 years, the Umatilla Chemical Depot served as an Army installation, storing both conventional and chemical weapons.
By 2011, all of the chemical weapons...
Leadership Hermiston Class Spends Day in Salem
The Hermiston Chamber of Commerce Leadership class spent Tuesday, April 9 at the state capitol in Salem.
The class was greeted on the capitol steps...
UHS Robotics Team Heads to Championships
Fundraisers Set for Saturday
Tuesday evening, Umatilla High School students hammered the lid down onto a 4-foot-tall plywood box. On Wednesday, the bulky-shaped housing “Rambo”...
Enterprise Zone Has Added 240 Jobs Since 2009
Companies taking advantage of the Hermiston Enterprise Zone property tax abatement program have created nearly 240 full-time jobs between 2009 and 2012, according to...
City to Name Playground After Severson
For years, Bob Severson operated his grocery store, Bob’s Red Apple, right across the street from Victory Square Park.
It's only fitting then that a...
Commissioner Candidate Forum Set for April 16
The Hermiston Chamber of Commerce Governmental Affairs Team and KOHU/The Q will host the Umatilla County Commissioners Forum on Tuesday, April 16 at 7...
