City Council OKs New Stop Signs – After They Already Were Put Up
The Hermiston Street Department jumped the gun recently by putting up new stop signs in town before the Hermiston City Council approved them.
A resolution...
Hermiston City Council Adopts Budget for 2024-25 Fiscal Year
The Hermiston City Council approved Monday night a $109,564,064 budget for the city’s 2024-25 fiscal year.
The budget is approximately $26.3 million (19.3 percent) less...
Hermiston Cinema Offering Free Movies for Kids this Summer
A variety of children’s movies can be viewed for free on Wednesdays and Thursdays starting June 19 at Hermiston Stadium 8 Cinema, 355 W....
Umatilla District to Break Ground Tonight on New Middle School
The Umatilla School District will hold a ground-breaking ceremony for its new intermediate school this evenng, June 11, at 7 pm.
The event will be...
Good Shepherd Hosting Memorial Service, Butterfly Release on June 15
Good Shepherd Health Care System’s Vange John Memorial Hospice is holding a Community Memorial Service & Live Butterfly Release on Saturday, June 15 in...
Man Sues Umatilla County Fire District No. 1 for $700,000
Umatilla County Fire District No. 1 faces a $700,000 lawsuit claiming one of its staff ran a red light in an ambulance and caused...
ODOT Begins Work on Intersection of SW Dorion Avenue-SW First Street
The Oregon Department of Transportation has begun work in downtown Pendleton to replace signal poles, upgrade traffic signals and make ADA improvements at the intersection of...
UEC Taking Registrations for 2024 Hydromania Summer Science Camp
Umatilla Electric Cooperative is now registering students for the free 2024 Hydromania Summer Science Camp.
The camp is designed for students who have completed the...
M.C. Sheriff’s Office Confirms Missing Toddler in Heppner Found Safe
The Morrow County Sheriff's Office confirmed a searcher Sunday morning, June 9, found the boy who went missing the night before in Heppner.
The sheriff's...
FBI Warns Public to Beware of Scammers Posing as Federal Agents
By Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital Chronicle
Beware of FBI agents seeking bags of cash – or gold.
The FBI’s Portland division warned the public about an increase...
Keg & Kork, Maple Moose Coffee Co., Now Open on Hermiston’s Main Street
If the first day was any indication, Main Street Keg & Kork and Maple Moose Coffee Co., in Hermiston have a bright and profitable...
Hermiston High School Says Goodbye to 368 Graduating Seniors
A packed house cheered on 368 Hermiston High School seniors Thursday night as they received their diplomas at the Toyota Center in Kennewick, Wash.
Gisselle...
HHS Hosts First Advanced Business Procedures Networking Social
Hermiston High School held its first annual Advanced Business Procedures (ABP) Networking Social at the Next Chapter Book Store and ended the event at the...
Looking Out For the Vulnerable
On Dec. 23, Ki Soon Hyun, an 83-year-old woman with memory issues, moved into the Mt. Hood Senior Living facility.
Two days later on Christmas...
CTUIR Honors Historic Cayuse 5 in Oregon City with Monuments
The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) and Oregon City officials on Monday, June 3 honored five Cayuse men who were wrongfully...
Umatilla County Fair Office Returns to E.O. Trade & Event Center
The Umatilla County Fair office has returned to the Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Center, 1705 E. Airport Road, Hermiston.
With the theme “A Blue Ribbon Future,” this...
Pump Prices Continue to Decline as Hurricane Season Begins
The national and Oregon averages for a gallon of regular gas have fallen to their lowest prices since March.
The driving factors are lower crude...
Boardman City Council Approves Garbage Rate Increase
The Boardman City Council voted to increase garbage rates at its June 4 meeting.
Kevin Miracle of Sanitation Disposal requested the rate increase from the...
COPES to Host Grand Opening of Hermiston Peer Center on June 10
The Community Outreach Prevention Engagement Services invites the public to the grand opening of the new site of its Hermiston Peer Center
The celebration is...
Hermiston Drug Boasts Surviving Soda Fountain and Snack Bar
It could be a snack bar that doubles as a soda fountain or perhaps it’s a soda fountain that doubles as a snack bar.
Either...
