Community Health Foundation Awards Nearly $250,000 in 2020
The Good Shepherd Community Health Foundation awarded nearly $250,000 in grants and scholarships despite the challenges of a year dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Spring...
Dec. 31: Umatilla County Health Reports 57th COVID-Related Death
Umatilla County Health today reported the 57th death in the county from coronavirus.
Umatilla County’s 57th death with COVID-19 is a 66-year-old male who tested...
Have a Missing Item? Umatilla Police to Purge Unclaimed Property
The Umatilla Police Department on Dec. 1 issued a 60-day property purge notice regarding unclaimed personal property being stored on the premises.
The unclaimed items...
Umatilla P.D. Offering Party-Hardy Residents a Free Ride Home
The Umatilla Police Department and the Umatilla Cab Co. are teaming up to help residents of Umatilla get their impaired New Year’s Eve guests...
Dec. 30: Umatilla County Health Reports 56 New COVID-19 Cases
Umatilla County Health today reported 56 new cases of COVID-19 - up 32 from Tuesday.
Today's numbers bring the county's overall total to 5,254. There are...
Morrow County to Move From ‘Extreme’ to High Risk Status
Morrow County is one of five Oregon counties that will move from Extreme Risk to High Risk based on recent COVID-19 spread.
Umatilla County is...
HPD Recovers Stolen Glock; Suspect Faces Multiple Charges
A Hermiston man is in jail on multiple drug and firearms charges as well as first-degree theft.
On Monday night around 10: 48 p.m., a...
Tough Enough To Wear Pink Donates $11,000 to Local Organizations
The Pendleton Round-Up’s Tough Enough To Wear Pink (TETWP) may not have been able to take place in 2020, but that didn’t prevent the...
End-of-the-Year Gasoline Prices Moving Up as Crude Prices Climb
Drivers are paying a little more to fill up as 2020 comes to a close. Crude oil prices have jumped to their highest prices...
Dec. 29: Umatilla County Health Reports 24 New COVID-19 Cases
Umatilla County Health today reported 24 new cases of COVID-19.
Today's numbers bring the county's overall total to 5,198. There are currently 272 presumed cases of...
Thanks to Measure 108, Cigarette, Other Tobacco Taxes to Increase
A series of increases in the taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products and a new tax on inhalant delivery products, approved by Oregon...
HPD Weekend Activity Report
Here's a rundown of the Hermiston Police Department's activities over the weekend:
Made a few arrests for outstanding warrants
Took one hit-and-run report
Responded...
Umatilla Holding Contest for New Parks Department Tagline, Logo
The city of Umatilla is holding a contest for ideas for a new Parks and Recreation Department tagline and logo.
The contest is open to...
Beware of Frauds, Scams and ID Theft During Coronavirus Pandemic
By Greg Smith
Unfortunately, scammers are taking advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic in a variety of ways including submitting applications and receiving funding using another...
2021 Hermiston Resolution Run Takes Place Jan. 1 at Oxbow Trail
The 2021 Hermiston Resolution Run is set to take place this Friday, Jan. 1 at the Oxbow Trail in Riverfront Park.
The free event goes...
Dec. 28: Umatilla County Health Reports 75 New COVID-19 Cases
Umatilla County Health today reported 75 new cases of COVID-19.
Today's numbers bring the county's overall total to 5,174. There are currently 273 presumed cases of...
Umatilla School District Giving Free Drive-Through Flu Shots on Dec. 29
The Umatilla School District is hosting a free drive-through flu shot clinic on Tuesday, Dec. 29 at Umatilla High School, 1400 Seventh St.
The clinic...
Couple Die in Christmas Day Crash
A couple from Ukiah were killed Christmas Day in a single-vehicle crash, according to the Oregon State Police (OSP).
On Friday, at approximately 3:06 p.m., OSP...
Umatilla’s Coats for Kids Polar Plunge Set for Jan. 2 Now Going Virtual
The city of Umatilla’s first annual Coats for Kids Polar Bear Plunge, originally a live event set for Jan. 2 at Umatilla Marina Park,...
ODFW Reports Dirty Bird Feeders Causing Increase in Sick Birds
The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW) and wildlife rehabilitators are seeing an increase in reports of sick birds at feeders.
Calls to ODFW...
