Crowds Try to Beat the Heat at Hermiston FunFest
Triple-digit temperatures couldn’t keep the crowds from Hermiston’s Main Street this weekend for the annual FunFest.
The action stretched from Highway 395 – where chainsaw...
Crews Rescue Woman Following Hair-Raising Crash
Emergency personnel crews rescued an Irrigon woman whose car had gone off Old River Road Monday afternoon, landed upside down and wedged between the...
They've Got the Dirt on Vacuum Cleaners
Dennis' Vacuum Has Built Loyal Customer Base Over the Years
After 30 years of working around vacuum cleaners, Dennis Rogers has seen it all –...
Strip Club, Business Closures Anger Residents
While businesses come and go in Umatilla, city policies are raising eyebrows, concerns and ire from local residents.
John Nichols presented the council with letters...
McNary Dam to Offer Tours in July, August
McNary Lock and Dam will offer tours of the Washington Fish Viewing Room and the navigation lock on Saturdays and Sundays during July and...
Anderson Resigns from Hermiston City Council
On the night when the Hermiston City Council gained a new city manager, it lost one of its fellow members when George Anderson unexpectedly...
Hermiston Council Selects New City Manager
The Hermiston City Council voted unanimously Monday night to offer the city manager job to Byron Smith.
The selection of the current Fort Madison, Iowa...
SAGE Center Draws 20,000 During First Year
Interactive Visitor Center Plans New Exhibits in Coming Year
Folks in Morrow and Umatilla counties are well aware of the role agriculture plays in the...
New Goodwill Store Targets July 31 Opening
It won’t be long before Hermiston has a new – and much bigger – Goodwill store.
Work is currently under way to renovate the old...
Port in Line for $6 Million for Warehouse, Rail Project
Grant Provides Nearly Half of Funding for Rail Spur, Facility
The Port of Morrow is in line to receive $6 million in funding for a...
Hermiston Woman Faces Manslaughter Charges
Charges Stem from March Auto Accident That Killed Ione Man
A Hermiston woman is in jail on manslaughter charges in connection with a fatal traffic...
Celebrating the Past with an Eye to the Future
Cyndie Traner's Mercantile Seems Like Old Times
Store owner Cyndie Traner celebrates the past while working on big plans for the future.
Traner’s store, C and...
The Dark World of Human Trafficking
Rotarian Sheds Light on Sex Slave Market
Slavery as we know it may have ended with the Civil War, but there’s another kind of slavery...
Canine Caregivers Have Their Day
Bark For Life Raises Money for American Cancer Society
Dogs can be a cancer patient’s best friend, and some of those friends spent Saturday morning...
Library Celebrates 100 Years of History
There were 2,509 Carnegie Libraries built between 1883 and 1929 – 1,689 of them in the United States. On Friday, the Hermiston Public Library...
On the Cutting Edge of Hydropower
Madison Farms Implementing Innovative Hydropower Technology
Madison Farms in Echo began using a regenerative drive module this spring to generate electricity during the process of...
Mailing Made Easy Celebrates Downtown Location
The crew at Mailing Made Easy celebrated their official grand opening at their new Main Street location in Hermiston Thursday.
Friends, associates and Hermiston Chamber...
Thanks, Pat!
300-Plus Friends Attend Pat Hart's Retirement Party
For almost four decades, Pat Hart put out fires in Umatilla County. Saturday night, the community returned the...
Pearl Harbor Survivor Overcame Early Tragedies
Longtime Hermiston Resident, George Bennett, Passes Away at Age 90
George Bennett was a mere 17-year-old radioman stationed at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked...
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...
