Tag: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

The silage fire continues to burn at Columbia Basin Ag Management on Highway 207. The company had scaled back extinguishment efforts but were continuing to...

Umatilla County Fire District #1 released a statement on its Facebook page on Wednesday responding to a silage pile fire on the morning of...

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Lane Regional Air Protection Agency and the Southwest Washington Clean Air Agency extended an air quality advisory for...

The Hermiston City Council approved a 7.81-percent rate increase for garbage customers during Monday night's council meeting. The increase will cost residential customers with 90-gallon...

At its last meeting in December, the Hermiston City Council held a public hearing on a proposed street vacation that drew a number of...

DEQ Requiring Cities to Meet Additional Monitoring Standards The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will soon be issuing a permit for Hermiston’s stormwater management...

The Hermiston City Council will hear about the implications of a pending DEQ permit for the city’s stormwater management system at tonight’s meeting. According to...

When the city of Hermiston sought bids for an outfall pipeline project, seven companies responded – with the highest bid being nearly twice as...

The Hermiston City Council will consider approving the final plat of a Hermiston School District-owned subdivision at tonight’s meeting. The school district proposes to create...

City Says Service Too Costly and Would Yield Marginal Results Proponents of curbside recycling probably shouldn’t hold their breath waiting for Hermiston to adopt the...

The estate of a Pendleton businessman who died in 2011 has been issued a fine of $19,200 for failing to clean up hazardous waste...

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...