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

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

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...
Megan Gold Award

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...

Pheasant Hunting Workshop Set for Jan. 17

Join the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Sage Canyon Outfitters for a pheasant hunting workshop in Maupin on Jan. 17 from 7...

M.C. Cultural Coalition Announces Grant Recipients

The Morrow County Cultural Coalition - with support from the Oregon’s Cultural Trust Foundation – announces the following grant recipients for 2015 projects in...

Opinion: Making Progress Together

The biggest disagreements and loudest voices got most of the attention during this last session of Congress, from filibusters to failed websites, immigration to...
Fatal Klamath Falls Crash

Hermiston Man Dies in Klamath Falls Crash

A Hermiston man was among two people killed Saturday morning in an accident on Highway 140 near Klamath Falls. Garrett Zimmer 22, of Hermiston, and...

Search & Rescue Finds 2 Men Lost in Woods

Two men who were lost in the Umatilla National Forest were found Tuesday by the Umatilla County Search and Rescue. The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office...

Chamber Seeks Distinguished Citizen Nominations

The Hermiston Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for its 45th annual Distinguished Citzens Awards Banquet. The semi-formal event includes dinner and an awards ceremony...

BMCC Closed for Winter Break

Blue Mountain Community College will close for its winter break from Wednesday, Dec. 24, through Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. BMCC will reopen on Friday, Jan....

Port, Umatilla Working to Mend Fences

Representatives of the Port of Umatilla and the city of Umatilla met this week to continue to negotiate toward a positive outcome to the...

BMCC Hires New Art Gallery Director

Blue Mountain Community College will start the new year with a new art gallery director. Lori Sams was recently hired by BMCC as the new...

Heppner Student in Line for Air Force Academy

U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River) has nominated eight Oregon students for acceptance to one of the United States service academies based on their...

Wildhorse Offers Up Laughs on Wednesday

Looking for a last-minute laugh before Christmas? If so, head on over to Wildhorse Resort & Casino for its weekly Wednesday Night Live. This week...