Tag: Frank Harkenrider

When Tom Harper and his family arrived in Hermiston in the early 1960s, the town had a population of about 2,500 and was mostly...

Tom Harper, Hermiston’s first city manager, died on Tuesday. Harper was hired in March 1961 as the city’s first city manager and served in that...

More than 200 people showed up at Ridgeway Avenue on Saturday to celebrate Hermiston’s new senior center and to honor the public servant for...

Less than a year after ground was broken, Hermiston’s new senior center is taking shape, but is still several months away from opening. Members of...

Frank Harkenrider would have enjoyed Saturday’s memorial service in his honor. The former Hermiston mayor, who passed away in July at the age of...

The grand title of “Watermelon Seed Whisperer” is on the line as officials from the city of Portland and city of Hermiston square off...

Hermiston’s Frank Harkenrider Passes Away at 90 Frank J. “Harkie” Harkenrider died on July 24, 2017 in Hermiston at the age of 90. He was born...

Frank J. “Harkie” Harkenrider died on July 24, 2017 in Hermiston at the age of 90. He was born on Dec. 25, 1926 in Hermiston. A...

After stepping down from the Hermiston City Council in 2014, Frank Harkenrider has stayed pretty much out of the public eye. But on Wednesday,...

The city of Hermiston will have to turn to Plan B in its efforts to find a home for the new senior center. The Hermiston...

New Building Will Be Called the Harkenrider Center The city of Hermiston already had the money, now it has a site and name for the...

Harkenrider Retires After More than 50 Years of Service Friends, family and colleagues gathered Monday evening to wish Mr. Hermiston – otherwise known as Frank...

The public is invited to help send Frank Harkenrider off into retirement during a celebration on Monday, Jan. 12. Friends and colleagues will celebrate Harkenrider’s...

A recent Hermiston High School graduate has achieved something that only two area Girl Scouts have accomplished in the past 13 years – earn...

Girl Scout Gold Award Project Highlight's City's Past “If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development.” A local Girl Scout would agree with...

Cameron Bendixsen does not have any particular agenda to pursue in his race for Hermiston City Council. Instead, the 1999 graduate of Hermiston High...

After patrolling the city as a police officer, Doug Smith is ready to patrol Hermiston City Hall as a member of the city council. Smith,...

On a night when there was little on the agenda, all the news from the Hermiston City Council was made at the end of...

This is the story of a humble postcard’s journey from Hermiston to The Dalles to Coeur d’Alene to Florida – and likely many parts...

Hermiston-Stanfield District Would Mean Hike in Tax Rates Hermiston and Stanfield voters will determine next year whether or not to form a new fire district. If...