Hermiston Residents Encouraged to Enter Downtown Banner Contest
The city of Hermiston and Hermiston Downtown District are seeking local artists to help showcase what makes life sweet in Hermiston with the 2024...
Jet City Players to Play Live This Weekend at Wildhorse Sports Bar
The Jet City Players will perform live on Friday and Saturday night at the Wildhorse Sports Bar in Pendleton.
The Pacific Northwest band plays rock...
Author Andrea Carlisle to Read from New Book Tonight in Pendleton
The assumptions that come with aging are at the heart of Andrea Carlisle’s new book, There Was an Old Woman.
“Every person ages differently and so...
Umatilla School District Students Advance to Robotics Competition
The almost accidental point of progressive competitions for school students has to be the progress part.
Three teams of middle school students at Umatilla School...
Red Cross Holding Blood Drive at Good Shepherd on Feb. 19
The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive on Monday, Feb. 19 at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston.
The blood drive will take...
CTUIR Awarded $172K USDA Grant for Food Waste Reduction
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently awarded a $172,000 grant to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s (CTUIR) Department of Natural Resources...
Umatilla County Trash Disposal Rates Increase, Recycling on Horizon
The cost of getting rid of what you don’t want is going up following a meeting of the Umatilla County Board of Commissioners.
Also for...
Council Gives Hermiston Residents an Extra 10 Days to Pay City Bills
Hermiston residents will have extra 10 days to pay their sewer, water and garbage bills after the Hermiston City Council passed an ordinance on...
Listening Session on Effects of Measure 110 Set for Saturday
Rep. Greg Smith (R-Heppner) will host a 90-minute listening session on Measure 110 on Saturday, Feb. 17.
The event gets started at 10 a.m. at the Port...
SAGE Center in Boardman Hosting Movie Night on Friday
The SAGE Center, 101 Olson Road in Boardman, is hosting Movie Night this Friday, Feb. 16.
Disney's The Little Mermaid will be showing at 6...
Contract Awarded for New Redesign of 2nd Street-Hwy. 395 Intersection
The Hermiston Urban Renewal Agency on Monday awarded a contract to reconstruct the S.E. Second Street-S. Highway 395 intersection.
Odyssey Contracting was awarded the contract...
Hermiston Council OKs Bond Purchase to Finish City Projects
The Hermiston City Council and its Urban Renewal Agency voted Monday night to authorize the purchase of $20 million in bonds to pay for...
Crews Battle Burning Vehicles at Bert’s Auto Salvage in Hermiston
Black smoke filled the air Monday afternoon as a result of a fire that broke out at Bert’s Auto Salvage in Hermiston.
Umatilla County Fire...
Good Shepherd to Offer CPR/AED, First Aid Classes on Feb. 16
Good Shepherd Health Care System is offering CPR/AED and first aid combo classes on Friday, Feb. 16.
Classes include adult, infant and child CPR, AED...
Umatilla Prison Inmate Dies
An Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) adult in custody, Michael Kent Ball, died the morning of Feb. 10.
Ball was incarcerated at Two Rivers Correctional...
Murder Trail of Caleb Beehler Gets Under Way Today in Heppner
The murder trial for Caleb Marion Beehler, 41, of Irrigon, begins Monday, Feb. 12, at the Morrow County Courthouse, Heppner.
Beehler has pleaded not guilty...
Hermiston’s Martha’s House to Offer Free Workshop on Mentor Training
Martha’s House, a transitional family housing program in Hermiston, is offering a free mentor training workshop on Saturday, March 9 from 9-11 a.m. at...
Blues Heavyweights to Make Pit Stop in Pendleton for Show on Feb. 27
Two powerhouses of the blues tradition are traveling to Portland for the PDX Jazz Festival, making a stop in Pendleton along the way to...
Upcoming Training Session to Focus on Suicide Warning Signs
Good Shepherd Health Care System is hosting a free Gatekeeper training session on Wednesday, Feb. 21 at the Hermiston campus, 610 N.W. 11th St.
Gatekeeper...
HPD Arrest Log
The following are recent arrests made by the Hermiston Police Department:
Feb. 6: Gage Julio Garlynn Angel, 23, was arrested on a warrant on the...
