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...

Hermiston Earns Honor for Financial Reporting

The city of Hermiston has received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association. The city received the...

City Seeks Community Enhancement Ideas

The city of Hermiston is looking for ways to enhance the aesthetics and livability of the community, and needs input from the public. The Community...
Elisabet Flores

Umatilla Mourns Loss of Popular Teacher

A teacher’s chair is empty at McNary Heights Elementary today as the staff, students and community mourn the loss of Elisabet Flores who died...

Echo to Celebrate Tree City Status with Tree Fair

The city of Echo will celebrate its 26th year as a Tree City on Thursday, April 16 at 12:45 p.m. with Echo Elementary students...

'Homegrown' Native To Share Story at UEC Meeting

“Homegrown” is the theme of this year’s Umatilla Electric Annual Meeting on April 18, so a “homegrown” native of Hermiston, Judy (Miller) Hill Lovins,...

Free Kids' Fishing Derby Set for Saturday

Tom Denchel Ford is sponsoring a free kids’ fishing derby on Saturday, April 18 at the McNary Ponds. The event lasts from 10 a.m. to...

Garden Planning Workshop Set for Today

If you’re interested in planting a family garden, but don’t have a green thumb, then you might want to consider dropping by the Umatilla-Morrow...

Spring Turkey Season Opens This Weekend

The sight and sound of a turkey’s mating display is enough to quicken the pulse of even the most experienced hunter— and makes...

Smith Supports Vet Facility in The Dalles

Oregon State Rep. Greg Smith (R-Heppner) voted to approve the submission of a federal State Home Construction Grant application to the U.S. Department of...
Joint Ways and Means

Message to Lawmakers: Fully Fund Education

Members of the Oregon Legislature’s Joint Ways and Means Committee got an earful Saturday from local constituents urging the lawmakers to invest more in...

Presentation to Focus on Veterans Benefits

The Stokes Landing Senior Center in Irrigon will be the site of a presentation on veterans benefits on April 22. The discussion is set for...

School District Maintains Strong Credit Rating

Hermiston School District announced today that Standard and Poor’s Corporation reaffirmed the district’s outstanding AA- (double A minus) credit rating, last received in 2010. District...

Columbia Grange Serving Breakfast on Saturday

The Columbia Grange will serve a fundraiser breakfast from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday, April 11 at the hall, 32339 Diagonal Road. A...

Hood River Opens for Chinook on April 15

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced that the popular spring chinook fishery on the Hood River will open April 15. According to...

2 Days Added to Columbia Spring Chinook Season

Spring Chinook anglers on the lower Columbia River will get two more days of salmon fishing – Saturday, April 11 and Thursday, April 16...
Umatilla Cleanup

Umatilla's 'Dunk the Junk' a Success

Umatilla’s streets, neighborhoods and river ways are a little bit cleaner thanks to the second annual “Slam Dunk the Junk” effort last week. Across the...