Harkenrider Retirement Celebration Set for Jan. 12
The public is invited to help send Frank Harkenrider off into retirement during a celebration on Monday, Jan. 12.
Friends and colleagues will celebrate Harkenrider’s...
Heppner Native Enjoying 'American Sniper' Success
Box office expectations are high for the new movie American Sniper, which opened last month in just a handful of theaters but drew large...
Wildhorse Offers Up Night of Karaoke on Wednesday
Wildhorse Resort & Casino’s Wednesday Night Live will feature Karaoke Night on Wednesday, Jan. 7.
The fun gets started at 8 p.m. in the Wildhorse...
Good Shepherd Offering 'Healthy Saturday'
Good Shepherd Medical Center will offer its monthly Healthy Saturdays event on Saturday, Jan. 10.
From 10 a.m. to noon, participants, at no charge, can...
Children's Rodeo Receives Big-Time Boost
The InterMountain Education Service District’s Children’s Rodeo for children with special needs received a boost with $4,655 in combined donations from Pendleton Wal-Mart, Swire...
UHS Robotics Team Ready for 2015 Challenge
Parents and community members turned out Saturday for 2015 FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) season kick-off event for the Umatilla High School robotics team.
The team’s...
Bulldog Boys Fall to Kennewick, 46-39
The 7-1 Kennewick Lions nipped the visiting Hermiston Bulldogs, 46-39, in Saturday's non-league test.
The Bulldogs now own a 1-8 record. They play next when...
Lady Bulldogs Set School Record in Victory
Hermiston junior Jansen Edmiston scored 34 points – including 10 3-pointers – Saturday to lead the Bulldogs to an 85-56 road win over the...
Holiday DUIIs Up From a Year Ago
Oregon State Police troopers reported an uptick in the number of DUII arrests made over this New Year's holiday period, Dec. 31, 2014, at...
Boardman Public Works Picking Up Christmas Trees
The Boardman Public Works Department will be picking up Christmas trees at no charge every Monday through Friday until Jan. 16.
Residents are asked to...
County Seeks Solid Waste Committee Member
The Umatilla County Solid Waste Advisory Committee is accepting applications from county residents interested in serving on the committee.
Residents from east county (Adams, Athena,...
Arts Council Seeks 40 Children for Big Dance Number
Desert Arts Council is looking for 40 children age 8 to 14 to open this year’s Dancing with Your Hermiston Stars on Jan. 10.
Children...
HHS Girls Claim Shootout's Les Schwab Bracket
The Hermiston High School girls basketball team won the championship game of the Les Schwab Bracket at the 2014 Nike Interstate Shootout on Tuesday...
UHS Robotics Team to Hold Kick-Off Event
The Umatilla Robotics Team will hold a 2015 FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) season kick-off event on Saturday.
The team’s six-week build season will begin with...
BMCC to Feature Photographers' Work
Photographers John Maas and Adam Sims will speak about their work during an opening reception for “All Things Bright and Beautiful” on Thursday, Jan....
Gas Prices at Lowest Levels Since June 2009
The steady decline in retail gas prices over the last three months is now longer than any period AAA has previously tracked.
The national average...
Longtime Hermiston Girl Scout Earns Top Honor
A recent Hermiston High School graduate has achieved something that only two area Girl Scouts have accomplished in the past 13 years – earn...
OSP to Be on Lookout for Drunk Drivers
There were no traffic fatalities during the New Year’s holiday in Oregon a year ago, and the Oregon State Police want to see that...
Head Start Names New Executive Director
Umatilla-Morrow Head Start (UMCHS) will welcome a new executive director on Jan. 5th.
Maureen McGrath assumes leadership of the organization which provides early childhood education,...
Hermiston Utility Rates to Rise by 4 Percent
Hermiston’s water and sewer rates will increase by another 4 percent on Jan. 1 – the third part of a four-stage 16-percent increase approved...
