Honor Tree

Good Shepherd Unveils Honor Tree Program

Good Shepherd Community Health Foundation and the Hermiston Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Good Shepherd Medical Center Monday for the foundation’s...

Teens to Take Over Aquatic Center Tuesday Night

Teenagers will be taking over the Hermiston Family Aquatic Center during its weekly Teens-Only Tuesday Swim. The final teens-only event will take place from 9...

Hermiston to Hold Junior Golf Tourney on Aug. 6

The city of Hermiston will hold a junior golf tournament on Aug. 6 for ages 6-14. The tournament will be held at Echo Hills Golf...

Council to Continue Charter Modernization Tonight

The Hermiston City Council will hold a work session this evening prior to its regularly-scheduled council meeting to continue to process of modernizing the...

Fair Taking Entries for Barbecue Contest

Entries for the Umatilla County Fair’s Backyard Barbecue contest are being accepted through Monday, Aug. 4 at 5 p.m. Applications for the barbecue can be...

Cinema Offers Free Movie for Kids

Hermiston 8 Cinema will offer a free showing of the movie of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 to children on Tuesday, July...
Motorcycle Accident

Motorcyclist Injured after Colliding with Bus

The Oregon State Police (OSP) is continuing the investigation into Saturday morning's crash involving a motorcycle and a bus in the west end of...

Motorist Fails to Bribe His Way Out of Ticket

An Oregon man was arrested by the Oregon State Police after allegedly offering a $360 bribe to get out paying a $260 traffic ticket. An...
World Cup Trip

Tales from the World Cup

Hermiston Man Takes Trip of a Lifetime to South America On his way to pick up some medicine, David Nahol decided to take in a...

Living Culture Village to Examine Native Foods

Tamástslikt Cultural Institute’s outdoor living culture village will highlight the importance of native foods to regional tribes. Visitors to Naami Nishaycht village will get the...

Another Road Worker Killed at Job Site

For the second time in two days, a road construction worker was killed on the job site – this time on Interstate 84 near...

Education Summit Coming to Pendleton

The InterMountain Education Service District will host the sixth annual Eastern Oregon Executive Summit for regional education administrators July 28-29 at its headquarters in...

Hermiston Saturday Market Open at McKenzie Park

Hermiston’s Saturday Market will be open for business from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 26. The market, held at McKenzie Park, will...

Bram Brata to Perform Free Concert in Boardman

Bram Brata and the Riverside High School cheerleaders will perform a free concert on Monday, July 28 at Boardman Marina Park. The show is part...

Pendleton OSP Lieutenant Honored for Heroism

An Oregon State Police (OSP) lieutenant from Pendleton was presented Tuesday with the Department's Holly V. Holcomb Award in recognition of his professional response...

Port of Morrow Bridge Project Nearly Complete

The Lewis and Clark Drive bridge project at the Port of Morrow is nearly complete, according to Port General Manager Gary Neal. The bridge and...

Sheriff's K-9 Deputy, Yosh, Passes Away

The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office had a death in family on Tuesday. Yosh, the 9-year-old German shepherd who helped located and capture murder suspect Lukah...

Irrigon to Host Annual Watermelon Festival

Irrigon is the place to be on Saturday when the annual Watermelon Festival gets under way. The day starts off at Irrigon Marina Park with...

Lego Movie to Be Shown for Free in Boardman

The Lego Movie will be shown for free on Friday at Boardman Marina Park. The free film is part of Boardman’s Movies in the Park...
Umatilla County Fair Court

Sneak Preview of County Fair, Rodeo

Hermiston Chamber of Commerce members and their guests were treated to a sneak preview of the upcoming Umatilla County Fair and Farm-City Pro Rodeo...