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BMCC Standouts Sign with New Schools

Two Blue Mountain Community College women’s basketball players signed on Thursday with four-year colleges to continue playing basketball. Northwest Athletic Conference Baden Player of the...

Luncheon to Focus on Health Partnerships

Good Shepherd Medical Center is inviting the public to attend a luncheon to introduce the ConneXions program at noon on Tuesday, April 21 in...

Bethlehem Lutheran Registering Preschoolers

The Bethlehem Lutheran Preschool will be registering new students on Tuesday, April 21. Registration will begin at noon. The school is located at 515 S.W....

Good Shepherd to Host Blood Drive

The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive on Monday, April 20 in Hermiston. The blood drive will take place from 12:30 to 6...

Enter to Win Big Game Hunt Tag

Some people spend thousands of dollars at auctions for the chance to hunt a trophy animal anywhere they want in Oregon. But it could...

HPD Releases First-Quarter Crime Statistics

Incidents of crime in Hermiston through the first three months of the year are about on par with the crime rate during the same...

Hermiston Man Recalls Surviving 1948 Flood

OregonLive has a great story about Hermiston’s Earl Woods and how he survived a 1948 flood that wiped out the city of Vanport. Woods was...

Senate Extends Rural Schools Program

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., praised the Senate’s move this week to extend a lifeline to rural Oregon communities with passage of a two-year...

Senior Lunches Served at Umatilla Center on Fridays

The Umatilla School District is offering lunches for senior citizens each Friday at the Umatilla Center. Lunches will be served from noon to 1 p.m....

Agape House to Hold Parking Lot Sale

The Agape House in Hermiston will host a parking lot sale from 8:30 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 18. Items include clothing (three items...

School District Earns Music Education Honor

For the second year in a row, the Hermiston School District was named a 2015 Best Community for Music Education (BCME) by the National...

School District Honored for Music Education

For the second year in a row, the Hermiston School District was named a 2015 Best Community for Music Education (BCME) by the National...

Forum to Feature Port Commission Candidates

The Hermiston Chamber of Commerce Governmental Affairs Team and the Eastern Oregon Women’s Coalition will host the Umatilla Port Commissioner #1 Position Forum on...
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Hermiston Negotiating Engineering Contract

The city of Hermiston is negotiating with the engineering firm of Anderson Perry & Associates to have it provide engineering services to the city. The...

Altrusa Awards Pair of $1,500 Scholarships

The Altrusa International of Hermiston Vocational Services Committee has selected two recipients for the Dorothy Juve Memorial Educational Scholarship: Brett Kane and Janelle Davis....

Public Hearing Set for Proposed Gas-Fueled Facility

A public hearing will be held in Hermiston on May 14 to hear comments on a proposed natural gas-fueled electric generation facility in Umatilla...

Umatilla County Fair Board to Meet on Wednesday

The Umatilla County Fair Board will meet on Wednesday, April 15. The board will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Stafford Hansel Government Center, 915...

Workshop to Highlight Chamber Membership Benefits

The Hermiston Chamber of Commerce will host a Chamber 101 session on Wednesday, April 15. The event will take place from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m....

Chamber's Alive After 5 Set for Today

The Hermiston Chamber of Commerce will host an Alive After 5 event today at 425 E. Bella Vista Ave. Listing agent Linda Andreason of Miller...

Hermiston Conference Center's Future Up in Air

Organizations that hold their events at the Hermiston Conference Center will continue to be able to do so – at least through 2016. Beyond...