AARP Offers Free Tax Preparation Assistance in Hermiston, Lexington
The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program is available beginning in February in Hermiston and Lexington.
People do not have to be an AARP member to utilize...
Applications Open for 2024 Hermiston Civic Leadership Academy
The city of Hermiston is now accepting applications to join the 2024 Hermiston Civic Leadership Academy, a chance for residents to grow their leadership...
Ongoing Morrow County Ambulance Conflict Leads to Funding Fallout
During a Morrow County Board of Commissioners meeting in Irrigon Wednesday, Feb. 21, the intensity of emotions around the county’s ambulance service conflict seeped...
Initial Columbia River Spring Chinook Season Dates Announced
Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington adopted initial recreational spring Chinook seasons on the Columbia River during a joint state hearing today.
Effective March 1...
Campus Life to Host Fund-Raiser Event at Community Center
Hermiston Campus Life will host The Gathering this Friday, Feb. 23 at the Hermiston Community Center, 415 S. Highway 395.
Doors open for the sixth...
Hermiston’s Farm City Ag & Home Expo Gears Up for 2nd Year
Organizers are plowing ahead with the second annual Farm City Ag & Home Expo on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 23-24, at the Eastern Oregon...
Oregon Permanent Standard Time Bill Survives After Senate Splits
By Julia Shumway/Oregon Capital Chronicle
An effort to switch Oregon to permanent standard time will live to see another day after hitting a temporary roadblock...
Lawsuit Over Shearer’s Foods Fire in Hermiston Seeks $90 Million
Insurers of the Shearer’s Foods plant that burned down in 2022 in Hermiston are seeking more than $90 million in a lawsuit.
Attorneys filed the...
Good Shepherd’s Lunch & Learn Event Takes Place on Thursday
Good Shepherd Health Care System’s next free Lunch & Learn event is set for this Thursday, Feb. 22 from 12 to 12:30 p.m.
Good Shepherd’s...
Feves Gallery to Exhibit Work of BMCC Art Instructor Nika Blasser
The Betty Feves Art Gallery at Blue Mountain Community College will present Light Moves in Radiant Bodies, an exhibition by multimedia visual artist and new...
ODFW Announces 2025 Annual Wildlife Art Competition
Artists from across the stsate are invited to compete in one or all three of the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife's 2025 stamp...
Area Students to Testify Virtually on State’s Official Ice Cream Flavor
Stanfield elementary school students will testify virtually before a state government subcommittee on a tasty topic - the state's official ice cream flavor.
Last November,...
Columbia Development Authority Board to Meet on Feb. 27
The Columbia Development Authority Board will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 1 p.m.
The meeting will be held at the Port of Morrow's Commission...
American Legion Member’s Ingenuity Makes Putting Up Flags A Breeze
Just before 8 a.m. this morning, a small crowd gathered on Main Street in Hermiston to prepare to put up American flags along Main...
Rep. Smith Hears Desire for Measure 110 Changes at Listening Session
As the statewide debate over Measure 110 continues, Rep. Greg Smith, R-Heppner, asked members of the public from his district to offer their thoughts...
Amazon Wants Renewable Energy at Counties’ Data Centers
Some corporations daintily sip power out of tiny porcelain tea cups while others gulp energy from a 2-quart coffee carafe, no serving vessel needed.
Amazon...
HPD Arrest Log
The following are recent arrests made by the Hermiston Police Department:
Feb. 11: Jillian Marguerite Moore, 38, was arrested on a warrant on the 700...
Community Counseling Solutions to Open New Facility in Hermiston
Community Counseling Solutions will host a ribbon-cutting and open house at Rivers Edge Acute Center for Healing in Hermiston.
CCS Executive Director Kimberly Lindsay invites...
Fish for Free Anywhere in Oregon During President’s Day Weekend
Make fishing part of your President’s Day weekend plans with friends and family. Everyone can fish, clam and crab for free in Oregon on...
Judge Finds Beehler Guilty of Murder in 2022 Slaying in Boardman
The murder trial of Caleb Marion Beehler in Morrow County has come to an end with a verdict of guilty.
Circuit Judge Jon Lieuallen early...
