Community Garden

Ideas Taking Root at Community Garden

On Saturday morning, volunteers and gardeners began preparing a plot of land behind Good Shepherd Medical Center to become Lovin’ Spadefuls, the Hermiston community...

EOTEC Authority Board Seeks Public Input

The Eastern Oregon Trade & Event Center Authority Board will be holding public meetings April 15-17 to receive public input. The meetings will be held...

Retreat Set for Women Business Owners

The Hermiston Chamber of Commerce and Real Business Solutions are sponsoring a retreat for women business owners on April 24 at the Hermiston Conference...

Chamber to Honor Professional Assistants on April 22

The Hermiston Chamber of Commerce will announce the 2014 Professional Assistant of the Year on April 22 at the Hermiston Conference Center. The event is...

Vote for Rome for Hermiston City Council

To the editor: We are pleased to endorse Jesus Rome for Hermiston City Council. He is an outstanding individual and is dedicated to making improvements...

Thanks to All for Work on Oxbow Trail

To the editor: First and foremost, we want to thank the weather for rethinking its rain plans, which were tentatively scheduled for the afternoon of...

Online Sales Techniques Training Offered May 9

The Blue Mountain Community College Small Business Development Center along with the Hermiston Chamber of Commerce is offering online sales techniques training that can...
Funfest Vendors

Chamber Seeks Vendors for 9th Annual Funfest

Vendors will have a chance to sell their goods or advertise their business or organization during the annual Hermiston Funfest on Main Street. The event...
Oxbow Tree Planting

Volunteers Plant 7,000 Trees at Oxbow Trail

Volunteers of all ages arrived at the Oxbow Trail property near Riverfront Park in Hermiston Saturday morning to help plant trees. The 2014 Leadership Hermiston...

Man Charged After 'Slow-Speed' Pursuit

A slow-speed pursuit involving Hermiston police and a Hermiston man ended late Sunday morning with the driver facing several charges. The incident began around 2:15...

Police Cite Another Teen-Mom Pair on Graffiti Charges

Just days after a Hermiston teenager and his mother were cited in connection to a rash of graffiti vandalism in town, Hermiston police cited...

Hermiston Man Charged with Menacing

A Hermiston man was charged with menacing and second-degree disorderly conduct Saturday after allegedly brandishing a weapon at another person. Early Saturday morning, around 2:30...
Tree Giveaway

Annual Tree Giveaway Draws Large Crowd

Arbor Day isn’t until April 25, but local residents with tree-planting fever came in droves to the parking lot of Smitty’s Ace Hardware in...
Little League 2014

Big Day for Little League

League Celebrated 50th Anniversary on Saturday In 1964, the Little League home office in Williamsport, Penn., received a charter application for a brand new league...

Morrow County Hearings Set for Medical Marijuana

Hearings to consider a moratorium to prohibit the establishment and operation of medical marijuana facilities in Morrow County or any of its communities will...

Spring Chinook Season Extended on Columbia River

Spring Chinook anglers on the lower Columbia River will get six more days of salmon fishing under a season extension adopted Thursday by Oregon...

Student-Built Houses to Be Energy Efficient

With construction of the first student-built home set to begin in August of 2014, the Columbia Basin Student Homebuilders Program has been cooperating with...

Hermiston Man Sentenced for Burglaries, Theft

A 21-year-old Hermiston man will spend the next six years in prison for his role in several Hermiston-area burglaries. Zachary Lawrence Bartz pleaded guilty to...

Hermiston Man Given 9-Year Prison Sentence

A Hermiston man was sentenced to more than nine years in prison after pleading guilty to a rash of crimes in the Hermiston area. Jeremiah...

Morrow County to Get New Admin Offices

Wenaha Group, Inc., with offices in Oregon and Washington, was recently selected by Morrow County to build new county office and administrative areas in...