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Hispanic Committee Making a Difference in Hermiston

Question: What do the Oregon cities of Woodburn, Cornelius, Milton-Freewater, Umatilla, Ontario, Hayesville, Madras and Independence have in common? Answer: They all have a higher...

Group Wants to Bring Immigration Play to Hermiston

A Portland theater group wants to bring a play about immigration to Hermiston, but $1,500 needs to be raised and a location needs to...

HAC Remains Hopeful Immigration Reform Will Pass

While the immigration reform bill passed by the U.S. Senate in June appears to be stalled in the House of Representatives, members of the...

Both Sides of Coal Project Issue Make Their Case

One-hundred and fifty people signed up to speak in Hermiston at Tuesday’s hearing before the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality on a coal export...

Committee Talks Immigration, Voting Rights

Voting and immigration dominated the discussion at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Hermiston Hispanic Advisory Committee. Committee members talked about the need to form a...

Subcommittee Zeroes in on Food Vendors

The city of Hermiston’s ongoing effort to regulate mobile vendors resumed Monday night with a consensus to focus its attention on four key areas,...

Mobile Vendor Subcommittee to Meet Monday

The Hermiston City Council’s subcommittee on mobile vendors will hold its first meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 8 in the City Hall...

Hermiston Passes Supplemental Budget

Everyone faces unanticipated expenses during the course of a year and the city of Hermiston is no exception. “Budgets are a moving target,” Hermiston Finance...

Committee Shares Thoughts on Diversity Award

In their first meeting since accepting the Cultural Diversity Award in Washington, D.C., last week, members of the Hispanic Advisory Committee took time to...

No Easy Answers

More than three dozen citizens listened intently Monday night as members of the Hermiston Hispanic Advisory Committee took up an issue that’s received a...

Hermiston Wins Award for Cultural Diversity

Hermiston was among seven cities in the nation to be honored for embracing cultural diversity. The National League of Cities presented the city of Hermiston...

Hermiston grapples with mobile vendor regulations

Hermiston City Councilor George Anderson likened the city’s efforts to agree on a set of regulations for mobile vendors to herding cats. He may...

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