Crews Put Out Warehouse Fire

Crews from the Umatilla County Fire District #1 were called to Campbell Drive early Tuesday morning for a warehouse fire. No injuries were reported and...

Red & Gena Leonard Foundation Accepting Scholarship Applications

The Red & Gena Leonard Foundation is accepting scholarship applications. Applications will be accepted from students who will graduate this year or have graduated in...

Hermiston Commmunity Recycling Event Set for April 2 at EOTEC

The city of Hermiston will hold a community recycling event on Saturday, April 2 at the Eastern Oregon Trade & Event Center. The event goes...

Council Tables Final Assessment of Local Improvement District

The Hermiston City Council tabled plans Monday night to approve the final assessment of a Local Improvement District (LID) at the South Hermiston Industrial...

Firefighters Battling Warehouse Fire

Approximately 30 firefighters are on the scene this morning of a warehouse fire on Campbell Drive in Hermiston. At 6:48 a.m., Umatilla County Fire District...

ODFW Offering Youth Turkey Hunting Clinic in April in Central Point

Youth interested in turkey hunting can attend a clinic on April 2 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Denman Wildlife Area in Central...

EOU & Morrow County School District Partner for Reading Program

Amid a backdrop of ongoing covid-related learning disruptions, Ignite! Reading, a Zoom-powered K-5 literacy tutoring program, announced today a new partnership with Eastern Oregon...

Annual Arbor Day Tree Giveaway Set for April 2 at Community Center

The Hermiston Parks and Recreation Department and Hermiston Rotary Club annual Arbor Day Tree Giveaway is set for Saturday, April 2 in the Hermiston...

Hermiston Superintendent Named to Energy Efficiency Task Force

Dr. Tricia Mooney, superintendent of the Hermiston School District, has been appointed to the newly-created Joint Task Force on Resilient Efficient Buildings to guide...

Jaime Ubay-Farfan Gets Life in Prison for 2020 Road Rage Killing

Jaime Ubay-Farfan was found guilty of second-degree murder in Umatilla County Circuit Court and was sentenced on March 23 to life in prison. On June...

Hermiston Chamber of Commerce Celebrates City Auto Sales Expansion

City Auto Sales in Hermiston has come a long way in four years. What started off as “a trailer and a gravel lot” has...

HPD Arrest Log

The following are recent arrests made by the Hermiston Police Department: March 24: Jose Luis Barajas Garcia, 50, was arrested on the 1300 block of N....

Pendleton Center for the Arts Seeks Entries for Open Regional Exhibit

The Pendleton Center for the Arts (PCA) is accepting entries for the Open Regional Exhibit on Saturday April 2 from 12-4 p.m. The exhibit is...

March Madness at the Pumps: Gasoline Prices Sink Slowly for Now

After surging to record highs earlier this month, gas prices are declining in 44 states, including Oregon. The big driver is lower crude oil...

Umatilla County Health Updates Weekly COVID-19 Dashboard

Umatilla County Health updated its COVID-19 dashboard on Wednesday which showed nine new cases were reported during the past week. The health department stopped reporting...
Steelhead

ODFW Seeks Input on Steelhead Management in Columbia Basin

Returns of summer steelhead to areas above Bonneville Dam hit a record low in 2021, closing the Deschutes River to steelhead fishing for the...

Hermiston High FFA Chapter Returns from Successful State Convention

The Hermiston FFA Chapter returned from a busy and successful weekend at the Oregon State FFA Convention. After two years of COVID-forced virtual conventions, the...

OHA Wants Teenagers to Help Spend $1 Million on COVID Recovery

Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is looking for young people ages 15-19 to lead a Youth Advisory Council that will decide how to spend $1 million...
Farmers Market

Free 6-Week Beginner’s Gardening Class Offered March 29 to May 3

A free six-week course on low-cost vegetable gardening is being offered beginning March 29. The course, Seed to Supper, is a beginner’s course open to...
TRCI

TRCI Inmate Dies

An Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) adult in custody, James Maurice Dunkin, died Monday, March 21. Dunkin was incarcerated at Two Rivers Correctional Institution (TRCI)...