Free Spring Clean-Up Event Set for Saturday

The Umatilla Electric Cooperative parking lot will be the site of spring clean-up event on Saturday, April 23. From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., you...

Irrigon Senior Center Serving Breakfast on April 30

The Stokes Landing Senior Center in Irrigon will serve its monthly breakfast from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 30. The cost is $4.50...

Chinook Fishing in N.E. Oregon Opens Saturday

Spring Chinook fishing in northeast Oregon kicks off on Saturday, April 23 with the opening of the upper Snake River to salmon fishing. The Oregon...

Umatila County Search & Rescue Locate Lost Hiker

The Umatilla County Search and Rescue (SAR) team rescued a man who became lost in the Pike’s Peak area of Umatilla County, east of...

Community Theater Presents Dorothy in Wonderland

The Hermiston Parks & Recreation Community Theater will perform Dorothy in Wonderland on Thursday, April 21 and Friday April 22 at Armand Larive Middle...

Community Garden Work Party Set for Saturday

There will be a Hermiston Community Garden work party on Saturday, April 23 from 9 a.m. to noon. Volunteers are needed as well as materials...

Hermiston FFA Plant Sale Set for April 29-30

The Hermiston High School FFA Plant Sale will be Friday, April 29, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 30, from 9 a.m....

Pendleton's UAS Test Site Program Gets Boost

A provision co-sponsored by Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden to extend the life of the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test site program through 2022 was...

Hermiston Christian School to Hold Open House

The public is invited to attend the Hermiston Christian School open house on Thursday, April 21. There will be tours of the classrooms and the...

Fire Chiefs to Talk District Consolidation Thursday

The fire chiefs from the Hermiston and Stanfield fire districts will host a "Coffee with the Chiefs" event on Thursday, April 21 at the...

Brass Fire to Play at Stetson's Steak House April 27

Brass Fire will play at Stetson's Stake House in Hermiston on Wednesday, April 27. The band will perform from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. All ages...

Hwy. 395 Work Kept to Night Schedule This Week

Day and nighttime construction activities continue in Hermiston along U.S. 395 for the Oregon Department of Transportation’s $3.7 million highway improvement project. Motorists and...

City Seeks Applicants for Vacant Committee Seats

The city of Hermiston is seeking applicants to fill vacancies on a pair of city committees. There is currently two openings on the Hispanic Advisory...

E. Oregon Highways to get Sign Upgrades

Transportation signage to be upgraded this summer at several Eastern Oregon sites According to the Oregon Department of Transportation, over a dozen areas in Eastern...

Mooney in Line to Be HSD Assistant Superintendent

Hermiston Superintendent of Schools Dr. Fred Maiocco announced today that he will recommend Tricia Mooney to serve as assistant superintendent of human resources for...

Crime in Hermiston Remains Below 10-Year Average

Numbers from the first quarter of 2016 show crime has ticked up in Hermiston from a year ago, but remains well below the 10-year...

Check Out What's Happening at Hermiston High

As always, there’s plenty going on at Hermiston High School. Here’s a sneak peek into what last week looked like for our HHS students,...
Mark Speckman

Football with No Hands? No Problem

Mark Speckman, a former high school and college football player even though he was born without hands, stood on the stage at the Hermiston...

Oregon East Symphony to Play at Wildhorse

Wildhorse Resort & Casino’s Civic Circle will be hosting the Oregon East Symphony on Saturday, June 11. Tickets are on sale now. The 35-plus...

Business Incentive Program Starts in Boardman

Funding Available for Expansion, New Business Relocation Bringing new business and growing existing ones are the goals of the business incentive program recently launched by...