Forum to Focus on Coal Trains

The League of Women Voters of West Umatilla County will hold a forum on coal trains at 7 p.m., on Thursday, May 9 at...

Meet & Greet Set for Desert View Principal Candidates

The Hermiston School District recently hired a new principal for West Park Elementary School and is now turning its focus to filling the same...
Curt Berger

A Life of Hard Work Pays Off for Berger

Here’s a not-so-bold prediction: A few short years from now the Hermiston High School Robotics Club will have several championship banners hanging from the...

City's Bond Re-finance Saves Taxpayers $600,000

When it comes to selling bonds, getting good grades certainly pays off. Standard & Poor’s recently rated the city of Hermiston’s Full Faith and Credit...
Commissioners Forum

Candidates Tackle Revenue, Wolves, Public Safety

Tuesday night’s Umatilla County Commissioner Candidate Forum at the Hermiston Conference Center shared a lot of similarities with the forum held two weeks ago...

Plant Sale to be Held April 27 in Hermiston

The Bloomer Girls Garden Club Plant Sale will take place from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 27, at 701 W. Highland Ave.,...

3 Face Drug, Child Endangerment Charges

Three people are in jail today following their arrest Monday evening at the Sunset Motel on drug and child endangerment charges. According to the Hermiston...

Tour of SAGE Center Re-Scheduled for June 14

A tour of the SAGE Center in Boardman offered by the Tour of Knowledge has been re-scheduled from Friday, April 19 to Friday, June...
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Headings to Take Over West Park Job

The Hermiston School Board liked what they heard about Kevin Headings and wasted no time Monday night unanimously approving his selection to be the...

UEC to Hold 76th Annual Meeting Saturday

Umatilla Electric Cooperative’s 76th Annual Meeting will be held from 5-7 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at the Hermiston Conference Center. The business meeting and dinner...

Earth Day Event set for Boardman

Castle Rock Apartments in Boardman will be the site of an Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 20. The event, which takes place from 1...
Kevin Hennings

Board to Take Up Headings Selection Tonight

The Hermiston School Board will consider tonight the recommendation that Kevin Headings be the next principal at West Park Elementary School. The board will hold...

Nearly 300 Register for Kindergarten in Hermiston

Nearly 300 Hermiston children were registered for kindergarten during the Hermiston School District’s kindergarten registration day on Friday. The event was held at the Hermiston...
UHS Can drive

Robotics Team Fundraisers Net Nearly $3,000

A host of fundraisers on Saturday netted the Umatilla Robotics Club nearly $3,000 to help fund a trip to the FIRST Robotics Competition World...
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UHS Robotics Team Yard Sale Happening Today

The Umatilla High School robotics team is holding a fund-raising yard sale until 4 p.m. today (Saturday, April 13) at the Umatilla School District...
Julia Hamrick

'One Thing That's Impacted Is People'

Jobs Disappearing as Depot Closure Progresses Less than two years ago, more people, approximately 1,350, worked out at the Umatilla Chemical Depot than anywhere else...

District May Add Weekly Early Releases or Late Starts

Survey On Proposal Found at End of Article The Hermiston School District is considering adding a late release or early start one day per week...
Phil Ferguson

What's to Become of the Depot Land?

For 71 years, the Umatilla Chemical Depot served as an Army installation, storing both conventional and chemical weapons. By 2011, all of the chemical weapons...

Leadership Hermiston Class Spends Day in Salem

The Hermiston Chamber of Commerce Leadership class spent Tuesday, April 9 at the state capitol in Salem. The class was greeted on the capitol steps...
Bob and Heidi-Muller

Concert Set for Methodist Church on Saturday

Bob and Heidi Muller will give a concert of their original, Northwest and Appalachian music at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 13 at the...