Tag: Mark Morgan

By Tori Shuller and Phil Wright/East Oregonian The city of Hermiston is looking to use eminent domain to continue its project to expand West Gettman...

Six months after voting to adopt a business license requirement, the Hermiston City Council at its July 8 meeting will consider what fees businesses...

In December 2022, the Hermiston City Council held a work session to hear about the Recycling Modernization Act which requires all cities in Oregon...

Hermiston residents will pay 37 percent more each month for garbage service beginning April 1. The Hermiston City Council on Monday voted to approve a...

The city of Hermiston and Hermiston Downtown District are seeking local artists to help showcase what makes life sweet in Hermiston with the 2024...

The city of Hermiston approved dozens of new housing permits in 2023 while seeing its population exceed 20,000. According to a 2024 Growth & Development...

The Hermiston City Council agreed Monday night to approve the purchase of 44 acres at the South Hermiston Industrial Park (SHIP). The intent of the...

North 1st Place reopened to traffic this week, concluding the primary work on a major project improving the city’s transportation system and utilities between Hermiston...

The Hermiston City Council gave special recognition Monday night to the staff of the city’s Recycled Water Department for its role in protecting the...

Hermiston residents will continue to have free bus services in town after the city renewed its contract with Kayak Public Transit. The two-year agreement calls...

The Hermiston Airport and its finances were the topic of a Hermiston City Council work session Monday night. The question posed at the end of...

The public will not be allowed to park on a portion of S.W. Third Street following action taken Monday night by the Hermiston City...

The Hermiston City Council took the first formal step on Monday toward extending Gettman Road out to Highway 395. The council passed a resolution clearing...

In just four years, the city of Hermiston has seen its inventory of available large industrial land ready for development shrink to zero. “We’ve seen...

The Hermiston Street Department is taking reservations to convert roadside grass swales into rock on residential and commercial properties in Summer 2023.  Grass swales are...

Hermiston developer Jim Ruhe has been getting his hands dirty clearing out vacant houses near downtown Hermiston into what someday might be a strip...

Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Hermiston Herald and is part of a content-sharing partnership between Northeast Oregon Now and the Hermiston...

The Hermiston Building Department approved permits for 210 new housing units in 2022, setting a new high mark in the city’s recent efforts to...

Hermiston is one of just six cities in Oregon with a population of more than 4,000 that currently does not have a curbside recycling...

The Hermiston City Council voted Monday night to establish “the public’s necessity” to obtain an easement for a sewer main along a portion of...