Matching Donors to Help Farm-City Pro Rodeo

The Farm-City Pro Rodeo (FCPR) has announced that two anonymous donors have agreed to match charitable donations to the Friends of the Fair and...

Survey Crews to Collect Data in Pendleton

Oregon Department of Transportation survey crews will be working along Emigrant and Frazier Avenues in Pendleton over the next several months collecting data for...

Good Shepherd Offers Healthy Friday Event

Good Shepherd Medical Center will offer its monthly Healthy Fridays event on Friday, Dec. 16. From 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., participants, at no charge, can...

Handel's Messiah Set for Echo, Connell

The Inland Northwest Musicians, under the direction of R. Lee Friese, will be performing Handel's Messiah in Echo and Connell, Wash., on the weekend...
Big Snow

Snow Blankets Region, Schools Cancel Classes

Several new inches of snow fell throughout the region on Wednesday, forcing the cancellation of school in Umatilla and Morrow counties. The good news?...

Police Blotter: Staff Tires of Slow-Eating Patron

Here's our weekly look at what folks are reporting to the Hermiston Police Department. RP = Reporting Party Wednesday, Dec. 7 While He’s Laying Down? There is a...

BMCC Seeks Budget Committee Member

The Blue Mountain Community College Board of Education is seeking to appoint a member of the community to the College Budget Committee for a...
Snow Day 2

Snow Day Pushes Back HHS Grad Day

Thanks to last Friday's snow day, Hermiston High School seniors will have their graduation ceremony pushed back a week to June 10, the Hermiston...

BMCC Board Seeks to Fill Vacancies

Blue Mountain Community College is seeking to fill vacant positions on its Board of Education for Zone 3 in Pendleton and Zone 5 in...

Committee to Review Festival Street Designs

The Hermiston Urban Renewal Agency’s Downtown Festival Street Committee will review and discuss two potential options for the new gathering space at their meeting...

OSP Investigating Shots Fired at Semi-Truck

The Oregon State Police (OSP) is asking for the public’s help regarding a reported shooting that allegedly took place on Interstate 84, about 12...

Bomb Threat Made to Umatilla County Courthouse

The Umatilla County Courthouse was evacuated Tuesday afternoon after a bomb threat was called in, but no explosives were found, according to the Pendleton...

Stanfield Library to Present 'A Christmas Carol'

The Stanfield Public Library will present the Traveling Lantern Theatre Company production of A Christmas Carol on Friday, Dec. 16 at the library. The play,...

District to Put $104 Million Bond on May Ballot

The Hermiston School Board voted Monday night to put a $104 million capital improvement bond on the ballot for next May. If passed by voters,...

Breakfast with Santa Set for Saturday

The Hermiston Parks and Recreation Department is hosting Pancakes with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 17. Children can enjoy a holiday breakfast with Santa that includes...

Latino Business Network to Meet on Wednesday

The Latino Business Network will meet on Wednesday, Dec. 14 at 9 a.m. at the Hermiston Conference Center. The meeting is open to the public....

Chamber Event Set for Umpqua Bank on Thursday

The Hermiston Chamber of Commerce will host a Network After Hours event on Thursday, Dec. 15 at Umpqua Bank in Hermiston. The public is invited...

Living Nativity Set for This Weekend

The First United Methodist Church in Hermiston will present its 24th annual Living Nativity this weekend. Live animals and characters will present the Nativity story...
Moose Killed

Moose Unlawfully Killed in E. Oregon

The Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division is asking for the public's help to identify whoever was responsible for the unlawful killing of...
Winter Driving

AAA Offers Tips for Driving in the Snow

It doesn’t take much snow to turn the roads slick and icy. With more snow falling today and additional snow forecast for the week,...