Live Music

Harmonious Funk to Perform Live This Weekend at Wildhorse Sports Bar

Harmonious Funk will perform live this weekend at the Wildhorse Sports Bar in Pendleton. The band, which plays a variety of genres, will take the...

Guardian Angel Homes Invites Community to Easter Egg Hunt

Guardian Angel Homes, 540 N.W. 12th St. in Hermiston, is inviting everyone to an Easter Egg hunt this Saturday, March 23. The hunt starts at...

Umatilla Has Big Doings Coming From Small Recreation Department

Doing much with just a few people may be the greatest accomplishment of the city of Umatilla’s Parks and Recreation Department. Chris Waite is the...

Grant Helps Boardman Marina Park Get New Fishing-Cleaning Machine

Boardman-area anglers rejoice! A new fishing-cleaning machine is now available at Marina Park. A large crowd turned out on Tuesday, March 19 for the grand...

Hermiston’s Harrison Park to Expand with New Athletic Playing Fields

Made to Thrive and the Hermiston Parks & Recreation Department will break ground on new athletic playing fields and amenities at Harrison Park on...

Mission’s Esther Bambrough Has a Passion for Helping People in Need

Meet Esther Bambrough, a fiercely religious woman who describes herself on her Facebook page as a Pentecostal Apostolic servant of God. She is also a...

Oregonians Will Have 2-Month Window to Apply for an EV Rebate

By Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital Chronicle If you’re interested in snagging a rebate for purchasing an electric vehicle, gear up to go auto shopping: The state...
Oregon Vote-by-Mail

Nine Candidates File for Election to City of Pendleton Positions

Municipal election filing for the May 2024 election closed Tuesday, March 12. Pendleton voters will consider nine candidates for the five open positions. Pendleton City...
Basketball Court

34th Annual BAAD Tournament Takes Place March 22-29 in Mission

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center and Native Youth Rise Above are hosting the 34th annual Basketball...

Webinar to Focus on Hardship Plan for EIDL Loan Borrowers

Are you a borrower facing challenges with your EIDL loan? Join the virtual info dession on the Hardship Accommodation Plan for EIDL Loan Borrowers. A Small...

$3 Million Returning to UEC Members Via Capital Credits Program

Umatilla Electric Cooperative members who purchased power in 2021 and 2022 will receive a refund in late March as part of UEC’s Capital Credits...
Theater Curtain

Auditions for Anne of Green Gables Take Place on March 18-19

College Community Theatre has announced the opening of auditions for Anne of Green Gables, set to appear on stage May 2-12. Auditions are scheduled for...

City of Hermiston Hires Ignacio Palacios as New Finance Director

The city of Hermiston has hired Ignacio Palacios as its new finance director. Palacios is a lifelong Oregon resident who grew up on a small...
TRCI

TRCI Inmate Dies

An Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) adult in custody, Jack J. Magel, died the morning of March 4. Magel was incarcerated at Two Rivers Correctional...

CTUIR’s Sams Named to Oregon’s Task Force on Tribal Consultation

Gov. Tina Kotek has appointed Corinne Sams, a Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Board of Trustees Member at Large, to the...

CTUIR Looks to Expand High-Speed Internet Via $250,000 USDA Grant

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) is looking to contract out services that will eventually expand the reservation’s broadband internet coverage...

At 80, Pilot Rock Man Ready to Celebrate New Lease on Life

Rod Anderson turns 80 on Saturday and he’s inviting several dozen friends and family to help celebrate. The purpose of the celebration isn’t his 80th...

Hermiston’s New Psychiatric Care Facility ‘a Step in the Right Direction’

Mental health advocates, elected officials and community members turned out en masse on Thursday for the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Rivers Edge Acute Center for...

HPD Arrest Log

The following are recent arrests made by the Hermiston Police Department: March 8: Laura Nohelly Avila, 29, was cited and released on the 1300 block...

CTUIR Receives Award for Port of Kennewick Collaboration

Officials with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) joined other dignitaries March 12 at the Port of Kennewick to receive the Governor’s...