Morrow County Educator Tapped to Lead La Grande Schools
Morrow County School District Assistant Superintendent George Mendoza has been recommended to become the next superintendent of the La Grande School District, according to...
Christie Petersen Selected as Sunset Principal
Hermiston School Superintendent Fred Maiocco will be recommending to the school board that Christie Petersen be considered to fill the vacancy.
Petersen is currently a...
BMCC Players Sign with 4-Year Schools
A Blue Mountain Community College volleyball player and softball player both signed national letters of intent to continue their collegiate athletic careers at four-year...
BMCC Hoops Coach Resigns for Personal Reasons
Blue Mountain Community College is looking for a new head men’s basketball coach.
Coach Gavin Burt, who has held the position for a year...
Tillamook Cheese Days Coming to SAGE Center
The SAGE Center is hosting Tillamook Cheese Days May 5-6, showcasing Tillamook products made in Boardman.
Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 2...
Crowd Gathers for Senior Center Groundbreaking
After stepping down from the Hermiston City Council in 2014, Frank Harkenrider has stayed pretty much out of the public eye. But on Wednesday,...
BMCC Outreach Director Earns National Honor
Dawn DiFuria McClendon, the director of Outreach and Leadership for Blue Mountain Community College, has been named to the 2017 “40 Under 40” list...
Ceremony Set for BMCC’s Workforce Training Center
Blue Mountain Community College will celebrate the opening of the Workforce Training Center, the first of three major bond-funded construction projects to be completed,...
New Mini-Storage Coming to Hermiston
A proposed 50,000-square-foot storage facility received the green light Monday when the Hermiston City Council voted to amend the Hermiston Zoning Ordinance.
The council...
Blue Mountain Fiddlers to Put on Show in Irrigon
The Blue Mountain Olde Time Fiddlers will put on a show on Saturday, April 29 at the Stokes Landing Senior Center in Irrigon.
Dinner will...
Hermiston Council OKs Festival Street Design
The Hermiston City Council took another step Monday night toward converting a portion of N.E. Second Street into a festival street.
The council approved a...
Hermiston Council Appoints Committee Members
The Hermiston City Council approved the appointment of two people to fill vacancies on a pair of committees.
Moses Frederic was approved to a seat...
BMCC Rodeo Teams Notch Wins
Blue Mountain Community College’s men’s and women’s rodeo teams continue to dominate the college rodeo Northwest Region standings following a successful weekend at the...
UEC Celebrates 80 Years of Service
Umatilla Electric Cooperative celebrate 80 years of “reaching new heights” during its annual meeting Saturday night.
UEC General Manager and CEO Robert Echenrode shared some...
Female Dies in Single-Vehicle Accident
A woman was killed in a single-vehicle accident on Reith Road on Saturday morning, according to the Umatilla County Sheriff's Office.
According to the sheriff's...
Sunset Students to ‘Show What They Know’
Sunset Elementary School will be hosting a “Show What You Know” event on Thursday, April 27.
Students will display their interest boards between 6-6:45...
Parks Department Offering Filmmaking Classes
Beginning in May, the Hermiston Parks and Recreation Department will offer two classes for kids interested in filmmaking.
Film Kids – Students will get the...
Life’s Lessons Learned on the Pacific Crest Trail
The secrets to life, it turns out, can be found along the Pacific Crest Trail.
Award-winning writer Bob Welch shared some pearls of wisdom Saturday...
Wyden to Hold Town Hall Meetings in E. Oregon
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden will hold town hall meetings in Morrow and Umatilla Counties as part of his 11-county swing through Eastern and Central...
Hermiston Chamber Luncheon Set for April 25
The Hermiston Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly Business to Business Luncheon on Tuesday, April 25.
The event gets under way at 11:45...
