Amazon Wants Renewable Energy at Counties’ Data Centers

Some corporations daintily sip power out of tiny porcelain tea cups while others gulp energy from a 2-quart coffee carafe, no serving vessel needed. Amazon...

HPD Arrest Log

The following are recent arrests made by the Hermiston Police Department: Feb. 11: Jillian Marguerite Moore, 38, was arrested on a warrant on the 700...

Community Counseling Solutions to Open New Facility in Hermiston

Community Counseling Solutions will host a ribbon-cutting and open house at Rivers Edge Acute Center for Healing in Hermiston. CCS Executive Director Kimberly Lindsay invites...

Fish for Free Anywhere in Oregon During President’s Day Weekend

Make fishing part of your President’s Day weekend plans with friends and family. Everyone can fish, clam and crab for free in Oregon on...
Prison

Judge Finds Beehler Guilty of Murder in 2022 Slaying in Boardman

The murder trial of Caleb Marion Beehler in Morrow County has come to an end with a verdict of guilty. Circuit Judge Jon Lieuallen early...

Hermiston Residents Encouraged to Enter Downtown Banner Contest

The city of Hermiston and Hermiston Downtown District are seeking local artists to help showcase what makes life sweet in Hermiston with the 2024...

Jet City Players to Play Live This Weekend at Wildhorse Sports Bar

The Jet City Players will perform live on Friday and Saturday night at the Wildhorse Sports Bar in Pendleton. The Pacific Northwest band plays rock...

Author Andrea Carlisle to Read from New Book Tonight in Pendleton

The assumptions that come with aging are at the heart of Andrea Carlisle’s new book, There Was an Old Woman. “Every person ages differently and so...

Umatilla School District Students Advance to Robotics Competition

The almost accidental point of progressive competitions for school students has to be the progress part. Three teams of middle school students at Umatilla School...

Red Cross Holding Blood Drive at Good Shepherd on Feb. 19

The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive on Monday, Feb. 19 at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston. The blood drive will take...

CTUIR Awarded $172K USDA Grant for Food Waste Reduction

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently awarded a $172,000 grant to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s (CTUIR) Department of Natural Resources...

Umatilla County Trash Disposal Rates Increase, Recycling on Horizon

The cost of getting rid of what you don’t want is going up following a meeting of the Umatilla County Board of Commissioners. Also for...

Council Gives Hermiston Residents an Extra 10 Days to Pay City Bills

Hermiston residents will have extra 10 days to pay their sewer, water and garbage bills after the Hermiston City Council passed an ordinance on...

Listening Session on Effects of Measure 110 Set for Saturday

Rep. Greg Smith (R-Heppner) will host a 90-minute listening session on Measure 110 on Saturday, Feb. 17. The event gets started at 10 a.m. at the Port...
Cinema Seating

SAGE Center in Boardman Hosting Movie Night on Friday

The SAGE Center, 101 Olson Road in Boardman, is hosting Movie Night this Friday, Feb. 16. Disney's The Little Mermaid will be showing at 6...

Contract Awarded for New Redesign of 2nd Street-Hwy. 395 Intersection

The Hermiston Urban Renewal Agency on Monday awarded a contract to reconstruct the S.E. Second Street-S. Highway 395 intersection. Odyssey Contracting was awarded the contract...

Hermiston Council OKs Bond Purchase to Finish City Projects

The Hermiston City Council and its Urban Renewal Agency voted Monday night to authorize the purchase of $20 million in bonds to pay for...

Crews Battle Burning Vehicles at Bert’s Auto Salvage in Hermiston

Black smoke filled the air Monday afternoon as a result of a fire that broke out at Bert’s Auto Salvage in Hermiston. Umatilla County Fire...

Good Shepherd to Offer CPR/AED, First Aid Classes on Feb. 16

Good Shepherd Health Care System is offering CPR/AED and first aid combo classes on Friday, Feb. 16. Classes include adult, infant and child CPR, AED...
TRCI

Umatilla Prison Inmate Dies

An Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) adult in custody, Michael Kent Ball, died the morning of Feb. 10. Ball was incarcerated at Two Rivers Correctional...