Tag: Hermiston Hispanic Advisory Committee

Among the four dozen or so people in the audience for this week’s Hermiston Hispanic Advisory Committee meeting were two of Umatilla County’s commissioners. Bill...

Greg Delgado had a packed council chambers filled with attentive listeners as he gave an update on the effort to get driver cards available...

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...

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...

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

Umatilla County Sheriff Terry Rowan and Umatilla County Commissioner Bill Elfering have been making the rounds lately trying to convince voters to support a...

The city of Hermiston is working to upgrade five storm drains that tend to flood over during heavy rains. At Monday night’s city council meeting,...

For months, local supporters of immigration reform have been working to persuade Congressman Greg Walden (R-Hood River) to give his full support to the...

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...

A group of community members are in the early planning stages for a Family Cultural Center in Hermiston. The goal is to provide a...

One of the leading voices in Hermiston in support of immigration reform said he is optimistic a bill could pass Congress this year and...

A small, but keenly interested group of citizens attended the third of four public hearings Monday aimed at shaping an ordinance that would regulate...

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...

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