Music

The Wiz Kid to Play at Wildhorse

The Wiz Kid will perform live on Friday and Saturday night at the Wildhorse Sports Bar in Pendleton. The band plays a variety of genres....

Hermiston Chamber to Host Croatia Trip Preview Meeting in Pendleton

The Hermiston Chamber of Commerce will host a meeting in Pendleton today to preview the details for their trip to Croatia in October. The meeting...

Good Shepherd Sponsoring Fun Run/Walk at Riverfront Park

Good Shepherd Health Care System is sponsoring the Steps to Success 5K/10K Fun Run and Walk this Saturday, April 21 at Riverfront Park in...
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BMCC Hires New Men’s Soccer Coach

Blue Mountain Community College has selected Austin Shick as its new head men’s soccer coach. Shick replaces Art Mota, who had coached the inaugural men’s team...

Tickets on Sale for Community Theater’s Murder Mystery Dinner

Tickets are on sale for the Hermiston Community Theater’s murder mystery dinner set for April 27. Death of a Hot Sauce Salesman will be performed...

Boat Inspection Station Opens in Umatilla, Other Places Around State

Boating season is starting and people hauling both motorized and non-motorized boats must stop at watercraft inspection stations opening around Oregon next week. Large...

Boardman Chamber to Host Candidates’ Forum on Wednesday

The Boardman Chamber of Commerce will host a Candidates’ Forum on Wednesday, April 18 at 7 p.m. at the Port of Morrow Riverfront Center. The...
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Nighttime Paving Along Highway 730 to Pick Up Again Next Week

A paving project along U.S. 730 that begin last year will gear up again next week between Old River Road in Umatilla and Willamette...
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Inmate Dies at Umatilla Prison

The Oregon Department of Corrections is reporting the death of an inmate at Two Rivers Correctional Institution (TRCI) in Umatilla. According to the department of...

Fair Announces 2018 Headliners

What do Blues Traveler, Skid Row, Ned LeDoux and Sawyer Brown all have in common? They’ll all be headlining at this year’s Umatilla County...
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BMCC to Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Arts & Culture Festival This Week

Blue Mountain Community College will mark the 20th anniversary of its annual Arts & Culture Festival this week with a variety of presentations, activities and...

Extension Service Seeking Local Funding Through New District

Next month, voters in Umatilla and Morrow counties will decide whether to form a new taxing district for the Oregon State University Extension Service. If...

ODFW Count finds Number of Wolves in Oregon Up 11% Over Last Year

Wildlife biologists with the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife counted 124 wolves in Oregon this past winter, an 11 percent increase over the...
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Old Time Fiddlers to Perform at Stokes Landing Senior Center

The Stokes Landing Senior Center in Irrigon will host the Blue Mountain Old Time Fiddlers on Saturday, April 28. Dinner is at 5 p.m., and...
Meeting

Agriculture Labor Forum for Ag Employers Set for Hermiston in May

WorkSource Oregon Hermiston will present the Agricultural Labor Laws Forum for Agricultural Employers on Thursday, May 3 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This...

Tip Helps Hermiston Police Recover ‘Loads’ of Stolen Property

The Hermiston Police Department is searching for a suspect believed to be involved in a string of burglaries in and around Hermiston and Umatilla. The...
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Deadline to Apply for Good Shepherd Auxiliary Scholarships is April 27

The deadline to apply for a Good Shepherd Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship is April 27. Scholarships are for the 2018-19 school year and are available at...

Umatilla County, Other Local 911 Agencies Launch Text to 911 Service

The Umatilla County 911 Communication Center, Milton-Freewater Police Department Dispatch and John Day Emergency Communications Center are now able to accept Text-to-911 messages to...

Hermiston Sponsoring Free Recycling Event Saturday at UEC Parking Lot

The city of Hermiston will sponsor a free recycling event this Saturday, April 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Umatilla Electric...

ODFW to Stock McNary Ponds with Trout for Saturday’s Kids Fishing Day

Youngsters 12 years old and younger are invited to participate in a youth fishing event from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 14 at...