Tag: Hermiston Mayor Dave Drotzmann
Hermiston Mayor Drotzmann Files for State Senate District 29 Race
Hermiston Mayor Dave Drotzmann on Thursday, Sept. 14, filed for election in Oregon State Senate District 29 to replace Sen. Bill Hansell, who is...
Hermiston City Manager to Continue in Role for Another 2 Years
Hermiston City Manager Byron Smith will continue in his role for another two years.
Earlier this week the Hermiston City Council approved an amendment to...
Hermiston Mayor Drotzmann Receives Mayor’s Leadership Award
Hermiston Mayor Dave Drotzmann was honored Monday night during the Hermiston City Council meeting.
Toledo Mayor Rod Cross presented Drotzmann with the Mayor’s Leadership Award...
Oregon Mayors, City Officials Lobby for More Money for Homelessness
By Julia Shumway
Hundreds of mayors - including Hermiston Mayor Dave Drotzmann - along with city councilors and city employees from around Oregon descended on...
Gallery: Hermiston Christmas Parade & Tree Lighting
Downtown Hermiston was packed Thursday night for the annual Tree Lighting Celebration. This year's event included a parade prior to the tree lighting. The...
Hermiston Council to Consider Supporting OMA’s Homeless Plan
At its meeting tonight, the Hermiston City Council will consider giving its support to a plan put forward by the Oregon Mayors Association (OMA)...
Hermiston Mayor Among Those Proposing Funding for Homelessness
By Ben Botkin
More than two dozen Oregon mayors want the state to provide consistent, ongoing money to cities to address the state’s homelessness crisis.
In...
Hermiston Celebrates Groundbreaking of Moorehouse Apartments
Hermiston city leaders joined representatives from Chrisman Development, Inc., Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS), and other local and state partners to break ground...
Hermiston to Get Small Chunk of National Opioid Settlement
There is good news and bad news for cities and counties grappling with the opioid epidemic. A settlement has been reached in class action...
Hermiston Council Honors Parks Employee for Heroic Actions
The city of Hermiston honored one of its own Monday night for his heroic actions a month ago when he encountered a man whose...
Donations to Christmas Express Food Drive Down 80% From Normal
The annual canned food drive to support the Hermiston Police Department’s Christmas Express needs some additional community support.
The current collection is about 20 percent...
Hermiston Energy Services, City Council Eye Rate Hike During 2021
Hermiston Energy Services (HES) customers will see a rate hike next year – the only questions are when and by how much.
HES Superintendent Nate...
City of Hermiston Employees to Forgo Annual Cost-of-Living Increases
The Hermiston Budget Committee approved the proposed 2020-2021 budgets for both the city and Hermiston Urban Renewal Agency on Thursday, sending them to the...
Newly Paved Theater Lane Opens Up Housing Development Opportunities
East Theater Lane will soon re-open as a fully paved road, the latest project in the Capital Improvement Plan that will unlock housing development...
Homelessness in Hermiston: Group Tells Council, ‘We Can Do Better’
The Hermiston City Council offered cautious support Monday night for plans to develop a homeless shelter in Hermiston.
Board members for Stepping Stones, a local...
Hermiston Council Urges Public to Take Coronavirus More Seriously
The Hermiston City Council held a public meeting Monday night without a single member of the public in attendance – yet another sign of...
City Looking for Ways to Maximize EOTEC’s Rentals, Revenue
The Hermiston City Council continued its efforts to finalize a strategic plan for the Eastern Oregon Trade & Event Center (EOTEC) during a work...
Hermiston, Portland to Renew Cross-State Rivalry on Friday
The grand title of “Watermelon Seed Whisperer” is on the line as officials from the city of Portland and city of Hermiston square off...
Ag Leaders Seek Service District to Secure Additional Funding
The Oregon State University Extension Service will ask local taxpayers to become part of its ongoing funding source by creating a service district in...
Crowd Gathers for Senior Center Groundbreaking
After stepping down from the Hermiston City Council in 2014, Frank Harkenrider has stayed pretty much out of the public eye. But on Wednesday,...