3 Baseball Players Sign Letters of Intent to Continue Collegiate Careers

Three Blue Mountain Community College baseball players signed their National Letters of Intent Wednesday to continue playing baseball at four-year universities. Nate Cantonwine, a catcher...

New Hermiston Foundation to Fund Community Enhancement Projects

When Dennis Barnett arrived in Hermiston, he had with him $10,000 and a college education. Fast forward decades later and Barnett has nine children, a...

Eastern Oregon Telecom Employees Buy Company from UEC

Umatilla Electric Cooperative announced Thursday the sale of its subsidiary business, Eastern Oregon Telecom, to the telecom’s senior executive team. Terms of the sale to...
Volleyball

Hermiston High Fundraiser on June 2 to Benefit School Volleyball Program

Hermiston High School will be the site of a Drive 4 UR School fundraiser on Saturday, 31June 2. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., test...

Teen Arrested After High-Speed Chase, Standoff with Machete

A dangerous and bizarre incident ended peacefully Wednesday when Oregon State Police troopers arrested a 17-year-old near La Grande following a high-speed chase and...
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BMCC Small Business Development Center Earns Recognition

Blue Mountain Community College’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is the recipient of the 2018 Oregon SBDC Award for Excellence & Innovation from the...

Irrigon Library to Host Craft Night

The Irrigon Library will host Crafty Nights at the Library on Wednesday, June 13 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The featured craft will be Victoria...
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Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Set for Friday for Boardman Pharmacy

The Boardman Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon cutting ceremony for Murray’s Boardman Pharmacy this Friday, June 1 from 1 to 1:30 p.m. The...

Morrow County Children’s Fair Set for Thursday at Riverfront Center

The 19th annual Morrow County Children’s Fair will take place tomorrow, May 31 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Port of Morrow Riverfront...
Books

Hermiston High to Induct 27 Students Into National Honor Society Thursday

Hermiston High School will induct twenty-seven new members into the National Honor Society on Thursday, May 31, in the high school’s auditorium, at 7...
Fishing at McNary Channel Ponds

ODFW Set to Host Youth Fishing Derby at Cutsforth Park on June 2

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Morrow County Parks will sponsor the 13th annual Youth Fishing Derby on Saturday, June 2 at...

Hermiston School Committee Seeks Direction for Future Bond Measure

Hermiston residents voted against a $104 million school bond measure a little over a year ago. Now, a committee is trying to figure out...

Fish & Wildlife Is Looking to Simplify Big Game Hunting Regulations

The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife is proposing some changes to big game hunting regulations beginning in 2019, the latest in a multi-year...
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Hermiston High School Offering Multiple Summer Camps

Hermiston High School has announced the long list of Future Dawgs youth sports camps they’re offering this summer, beginning in June. Here’s the rundown: Youth...
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HPD, OSP Arrest ‘Person of Interest’ Related to May 19 Shooting

A Hermiston man considered a person of interest in a shooting that took place on May 19 has been located and arrested. Alex Ahumada, 33,...
Police Response

OSP Focusing on ‘Fatal 5’ Factors Involved in Automobile Fatalities

This weekend is Memorial Day Weekend, the unofficial launch into summer.  Experts already predict that this will be the busiest traffic weekend of the...
Coffee

Sun Terrace Hosting Coffee and Donuts for Men Each Friday Morning

Sun Terrace in Hermiston is hosting a Men’s Coffee and Donuts event on Friday, May 25 – and every Friday - at 8:45 a.m....

Hermiston’s Bryan Wolfe Earns Top Honor for Community Service

Bryan Wolfe of Hermiston has received the Northwest Public Power Association’s top honor for community service. Wolfe, a longtime member of the Umatilla Electric Cooperative...
Farming and Gardening

Oregon Ag Board to Hold Quarterly Meeting in Hood River June 5-7

The Oregon Department of Agriculture proposed budget, Specialty Crop Block Grant project updates, Northwest fruit, and the China Trade Mission update are all on...

Fishery Managers Re-Open Spring Chinook Fishing on Columbia River

Recreational fishermen will get another chance to go after spring Chinook salmon in the Columbia River under seasons adopted on Wednesday by fishery managers...