BMCC Hires New President
The Blue Mountain Community College Board of Education unanimously approved the hiring of Dennis Bailey-Fougnier as BMCC’s next President at a special board meeting...
Campus Life to Host Fundraiser March 9 at Community Center
Campus Life in Hermiston will host The Gathering, a fundraising event, on March 9 at the Hermiston Community Center. Campus Life is a chapter...
Hermiston Schools Give Public Peek Into The Modern Classroom
Anyone who hasn’t been inside a high school in a generation or more might be in for a bit of culture shock when visiting...
Open House to Provide Overview of West Umatilla County Housing Study
Three cities in West Umatilla County are hosting an open house to review preliminary reports for the West County Housing Study.
The open house is...
NW Energy Supplies Tight, Consumers Asked to Conserve Electricity
Unseasonably cold temperatures, low stream flows for hydropower production, transmission import constraints and high natural gas constraints are putting pressure on the regional electricity...
Boardman Council Meets Tuesday
The Boardman City Council will hold its regularly-scheduled meeting on Tuesday, March 5.
The council will consider a pair of police-related grants as well as...
Chamber to Host Ribbon-Cutting Event for Maxwell Event Center
The Hermiston Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Maxwell Event Center & Pavilion on Friday, March 8 at noon.
The event...
Hermiston Church of Nazarene to Hold Annual Diaper Dash on Saturday
The Hermiston Church of the Nazarene will hold the fifth annual Diaper Dash tomorrow, March 2 to benefit parents and agencies in need in...
Night of Food, Music to Raise Money for Regional Event Center
The Woolery Project in Arlington will present Country Cowboy Experience on March 2 in the Let 'er Buck Room in Pendleton. The fundraiser will...
Mill Creek Running Company Announces Spring Race Series Details
Mill Creek Running Company in College Place, Wash. has announced the details of their spring race series. The series runs March through June and...
Celebrate National Farmworker Awareness Week with Shirt Donation
The week of March 24–31 is National Farmworker Awareness Week, and Oregon Human Development Corporation is participating in the annual National Long-Sleeve Shirt Drive...
Walden Honored for Protection of BPA, Promotion of Hydropower
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River) yesterday received the Public Service Award from the American Public Power Association (APPA) for his efforts to protect...
Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office Takes Part in Youth Outdoor Skills Day
Members of the Umatilla County Sheriff's Office (UCSO) spent a day earlier this month attending the second annual Eastern Oregon Youth Outdoor Skills Day.
UCSO...
Cost of Gallon of Gasoline in Hermiston Among Lowest in State
Retail gas prices are rising in most states but not Oregon as refineries gear up for spring gasoline production and maintenance season. For the...
College Community Theatre to Present Production of ‘Godspell’
The College Community Theatre will present its final performances of the modern musical "Godspell" over the next few days in the Bob Clapp Theatre...
11th Annual Red 2 Red Bike Race Kicks Off in Echo on Saturday
Sno Road Winery in Echo will hold the 11th annual Red 2 Red Cross Country Mountain Bike Race on Saturday, March 2.
The race starts...
Walden, Smith Express Condolences Over Death of Dennis Richardson
U.S. Congressman Greg Walden (R-Hood River) expressed his condolences this morning on the death of Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson, 69, who lost...
Portland-Based Talbott Brothers to Play in Pendleton on March 8
The Pendleton Center for the Arts live music series continues on Friday, March 8 with a Portland-based duo known for their blood harmonies with...
Hermiston Police Arrest Suspect Wanted in Theft, Fraud Cases
Hermiston police arrested a man they had been searching for in connection to a theft case at a local business.
Officers from the Hermiston Police...
McNary Dam, Others to Close on March 2 for Annual Maintenance
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct routine annual inspections, preventative maintenance and repairs at all navigation locks on the Columbia and Snake...
