Casey Allison Fundraiser

Community Comes Together for Casey

Members of the Hermiston community showed their support for Lance Corporal Casey Allison and his family at the Pray for Casey benefit dinner and...
Rogers Toyota

Rogers Toyota Brings Family Business to Town

Rogers Toyota of Hermiston celebrated its grand opening with a luncheon and ribbon cutting Friday. New owners Ryan Rogers and his father Rich Rogers took...
Cyndie Traner Mercantile

Celebrating the Past with an Eye to the Future

Cyndie Traner's Mercantile Seems Like Old Times Store owner Cyndie Traner celebrates the past while working on big plans for the future. Traner’s store, C and...

I-84 Re-Opens Near Pendleton after Grass Fire

Interstate 84 westbound is now open at milepost 210 and the eastbound lanes are open at milepost 202 in the Pendleton area. The freeway had...
Dana Clark on Sex Trafficking

The Dark World of Human Trafficking

Rotarian Sheds Light on Sex Slave Market Slavery as we know it may have ended with the Civil War, but there’s another kind of slavery...

Weather Forecast: Cooling Temps, Rain & Wind

The temperatures on Friday are expected to drop, along with the rain, and some strong winds are forecast in the next couple of days. The...

Chamber to Host Alive After 5 on June 18

The Hermiston Chamber of Commerce will host an Alive After 5 event at Preferred Realty on Wednesday, June 18. The event will be held at...
Facade Grant Program

City Accepting Applications for Façade Grants

The Hermiston Urban Renewal Agency is now accepting applications for its Façade Grant Program. The grants will award matching funds up to 50 percent of...

Benefit Dinner, Auction Set for Injured Solider

A benefit dinner and auction will be held on June 13 to raise money for Lance Cpl. Casey W. Allison, who was injured in...

Free Workshop Focuses on Businesses, Devices

The Hermiston Chamber of Commerce will host a free workshop focusing on businesses and electronic devices at 1 p.m. on June 24 at the...

Mental Health Topic of June Chamber Meeting

Mental health issues will be the topic of the Hermiston Chamber of Commerce’s Business to Business meeting on June 24. Rick George, Umatilla County director...

Council Approves Committee Recommendations

The Hermiston City Council approved the recommendations of Manuel Gutierrez, Virginia Garcia and Eddie de la Cruz to another term on the Hispanic Advisory...
Dean Hackett

Committee Reaching Out to At-Risk Kids

Hermiston’s Faith-Based Advisory Committee wants to put an end to surfing – not board surfing, but couch surfing. Whether or not many people in the...

Parks Department Offers Glow Bowling for Teens

The Hermiston Parks and Recreation Department is offering a teens-only bowling event on June 24. The glow bowling event will take place from 11 a.m....

Hermiston Saturday Market Set for McKenzie Park

Hermiston’s Saturday Market will be open for business from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 14. The market, held at McKenzie Park, will...

Fish & Wildlife Offer Habitat Art Contest

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is holding an art contest to select the winning artwork that will be featured on the 2015...
Hermiston Water Tower

Hermiston Looking to Attract High-Tech Jobs

City Applying for Coveted E-Commerce Zone Designation Agriculture has long been the backbone of Hermiston’s economy, but efforts are under way to diversify its economic...

Grange to Serve All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast Saturday

The Columbia Grange, 32339 Diagonal Road, will host an all-you-can-eat breakfast on Saturday, June 14. The breakfast will be served from 7 to 10 a.m....
Methodist Church Street

Council Approves Parking Restriction

At the request of the First United Methodist Church, the Hermiston City Council passed a resolution prohibiting parking on the east side of the...

Free Dinner Offered for Those in Need

A free community dinner will be served Wednesday at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Hermiston. The dinner, available to everyone in need in the community,...