It’s Calf and Fawn Season – Keep Your Distance from Elk and Deer
Oregon's deer and elk give birth from May through July. It's natural for mother animals to leave their young alone and hidden for extended...
Stalemate on Columbia Development Authority Chessboard
Members of the Columbia Development Authority said commercial developers looking to launch their next big enterprise on or near the former Army Chemical Depot...
Federal Rebates Help Local School Districts Buy Electric Buses
Four Eastern Oregon school districts are beneficiaries of the Biden-Harris administration’s latest initiative aimed at improving air quality and student health.
The U.S. Environmental Protection...
Hermiston City Council Adopts Budget for 2024-25 Fiscal Year
The Hermiston City Council approved Monday night a $109,564,064 budget for the city’s 2024-25 fiscal year.
The budget is approximately $26.3 million (19.3 percent) less...
Keg & Kork, Maple Moose Coffee Co., Now Open on Hermiston’s Main Street
If the first day was any indication, Main Street Keg & Kork and Maple Moose Coffee Co., in Hermiston have a bright and profitable...
Hermiston High School Says Goodbye to 368 Graduating Seniors
A packed house cheered on 368 Hermiston High School seniors Thursday night as they received their diplomas at the Toyota Center in Kennewick, Wash.
Gisselle...
Looking Out For the Vulnerable
On Dec. 23, Ki Soon Hyun, an 83-year-old woman with memory issues, moved into the Mt. Hood Senior Living facility.
Two days later on Christmas...
CTUIR Honors Historic Cayuse 5 in Oregon City with Monuments
The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) and Oregon City officials on Monday, June 3 honored five Cayuse men who were wrongfully...
Hermiston Drug Boasts Surviving Soda Fountain and Snack Bar
It could be a snack bar that doubles as a soda fountain or perhaps it’s a soda fountain that doubles as a snack bar.
Either...
Stanfield Elementary School’s Sharp Named Principal of the Year
The principal at Stanfield Elementary School is the Oregon Small Schools Association Principal of the Year.
Lacey Sharp received the award at the association's spring...
Coffee Lovers Have New Place to Charge Up in Boardman
Coffee lovers have a new option for locally roasted beans as of June 1.
Heather Baumgartner, owner of Jumpstart Java, has taken over Home Town...
Another HHS Student Earns $25,000 National Horatio Alger Scholarship
For the second year in a row, a Hermiston High School student has won the National Horatio Alger Scholarship.
The Hermiston School District announced that...
Many Questions Remain as State’s Curbside Recycling Deadline Looms
In December 2022, the Hermiston City Council held a work session to hear about the Recycling Modernization Act which requires all cities in Oregon...
60 Homes Soon to Be Going Up in New Umatilla Subdivision
Sixty new homes will be going up in Umatilla following a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Phase II of the Ballard Development.
Boylan Realty of Hermiston and...
DEQ Seeks Comments on Hermiston Generating’s Air Quality Permit
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is seeking written comments from the public on the conditions of renewal of Hermiston Generating Co.’s air quality...
Body of Hermiston Man Found at Bottom of Grain Elevator
The body of a 76-year-old Hermiston man was found Thursday afternoon at the bottom of a grain elevator on Juniper Canyon Road outside of...
Good Shepherd Welcomes Family Medicine Physician Jamie Robinson
Board-Certified Family Medicine Physician Jamie Robinson, MD, has joined the Good Shepherd Health Care System's medical staff.
Robinson joins Nicole Patching, MD, Stewart Swena, MD,...
Swim Program Provides Free Lessons for Hermiston Elementary Students
Students from Desert View Elementary School were the first to dive into the annual Second Grade Swim Lesson program at the Hermiston Family Aquatic Center...
Todd Nash Wins Republican Nomination for Senate District 29
Wallowa County cattle rancher Todd Nash won the Republican nomination to represent Oregon’s Senate District 29 on Tuesday, May 21.
Partial results released as of...
Hermiston Voters Elect Primmer to Serve as City’s Next Mayor
Hermiston will have a new mayor next year if the voting totals hold up and it will be Doug Primmer, the current Hermiston City...
