Girls at HHS in Trouble for Dress Code Violations Far More Often than Boys
Teachers and administrators at Hermiston High School since the start of the 2021 school year sent 146 out of 1,712 students to the office...
Umatilla County Special Library District Board to Hold Work Session
The Umatilla County Special Library District Board will hold a work session on Saturday, Feb. 18.
The work session will be held in person and...
Groups Blast DEQ Proposal on Factory Farm Gas Refinery
Last week, seven organizations in the Stand Up to Factory Farms coalition submitted comments blasting an Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) proposal to reduce certain...
Everyone Can Fish for Free During Upcoming President’s Day Weekend
Make fishing part of your three-day weekend plans. Everyone can fish, clam and crab for free in Oregon on Saturday and Sunday of President's...
2023-2024 Oregon Blue Book Cover Showcases Scenic Wonders
The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office today revealed the cover images for the 2023-2024 Oregon Blue Book.
The cover selections were made by Oregon Secretary...
Umatilla Public Health Bringing Movie & Education Night to Region
The HOME (Healthy Oregon Modernization East) Collaborative group, led by regional staff at Umatilla County Public Health, are bringing a family friendly movie night and...
Winter’s Final Movie Night at SAGE Center Comes This Friday
This winter’s final Movie Night at the SAGE Center, 101 Olson Road in Boardman, is set for this Friday, Feb. 17.
A free showing of...
ODFW, C2 Cattle Ranch Youth Turkey Hunt Drawing Now Open
Young hunters have a chance to win one of five spring youth turkey hunts on the C2 Ranch near Medford.
The C2 Cattle Company, in...
UEC Linemen to Join Others in Electrifying Guatemalan Village
While most people in the developed world take electricity for granted, there are nearly a billion people in the world living without it, according...
Good Shepherd Welcomes OB/GYN Benjamin Eastham to Women’s Center
Good Shepherd Health Care System has welcomed obstetrician and gynecologist Benjamin Eastham, MD, to Good Shepherd Women’s Center located at 620 N.W. 11th St.t, Suite...
Nonprofit Group Seeks City’s Support in Preserving Hermiston’s Past
“A generation which ignores history has no past – and no future.”
Writer Robert Heinlein said that many years ago. Just last night, Dennis Doherty...
BMCC’s Precision Agriculture Lab Set to Go Mobile This Summer
After being awarded the SPECA Grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Blue Mountain Community College has started the process of...
Hermiston Street Department Offering Roadside Swale Conversions
The Hermiston Street Department is taking reservations to convert roadside grass swales into rock on residential and commercial properties in Summer 2023.
Grass swales are...
Hermiston Developer Jim Ruhe Sets Sights on Possible Strip Mall
Hermiston developer Jim Ruhe has been getting his hands dirty clearing out vacant houses near downtown Hermiston into what someday might be a strip...
District to Honor Educators of the Year at Tonight’s Board Meeting
The Hermiston School District Educators of the Year will be honored this evening during the Hermiston School Board meeting.
The 11 educators to be honored...
There’s Still Time to Donate Bicycles for Less Fortunate Children
Tom Denchel Auto Group and Made to Thrive have extended the deadline for donating bicycles to less fortunate children in the community, and they’re...
ODOT Monitoring Land Slide Adjacent to Interstate 84 West of Ontario
The Oregon Department of Transportation is monitoring an active slide that was discovered recently adjacent to the eastbound lanes of Interstate 84 near milepost...
HPD Arrest Log
The following are recent arrests made by the Hermiston Police Department:
Feb. 7: Kiefer Samuel Broadbent, 28, was arrested on the 800 block of S....
Children, Parents Give Input on Design for Proposed New Hermiston Park
The first steps toward creating Hermiston’s 14th park got under way Thursday night as a couple dozen residents – both kids and parents –...
Eastern Oregon Computers to Celebrate Grand Opening on Saturday
Eastern Oregon Computers, 207 N.E. Fourth St. in Hermiston, is hosting a grand opening celebration this Saturday, Feb. 11 from 10 a.m. to 2...






































