Tag: Umatilla County

Umatilla County Commissioner Dan Dorran made his case for re-election at a recent candidates forum in Hermiston. Dorran is being challenged for the Position 3...

Community members in Pendleton and Mission have formed a task force to combat human trafficking in Umatilla County. The task force is one of 14...

By Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital Chronicle Smoke and smog is clogging much of the air in Oregon, state officials said Wednesday. At mid-day, the Oregon Department of...

By Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital Chronicle The water woes are not over for hundreds of households in eastern Oregon. The Oregon Health Authority has asked about 1,600...

Umatilla County has filed a lawsuit against the Columbia Development Authority seeking at least $1 million for breach of contract. The law firm Best Best...

The Hermiston City Council passed a resolution this week to contribute its share of the national opioid settlement toward hiring someone to work with...

The Hermiston City Council on Monday will vote on whether to help fund an engineering analysis to evaluate the pros and cons of two...

For the two-week period of July 11-24, Umatilla County had the highest ratio of new COVID-19 cases per population in the state. According to the...

Correction: This story has been corrected to indicate Umatilla County has been moved from Moderate Risk to High Risk. Beginning today, Umatilla County has been...

Beginning Friday, Umatilla County will be moved from the High Risk to Moderate Risk category for spread of COVID-19. On Tuesday, Gov. Kate Brown announced...

On Wednesday, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) announced that 20 Oregon counties - including Umatilla and Morrow - have submitted attestation letters, signaling their...

Umatilla County will remain in the High Risk category for COVID-19 spread and Morrow County will remain in the Moderate Risk category after the...

Morrow County today moves from the “Moderate Risk” category for COVID spread to Lower Risk after Gov. Kate Brown announced updates to the county...

Umatilla County will move from the Extreme Risk category for COVID-19 spread to High Risk beginning Friday. Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday that 16 counties...

Two weeks after being moved from Extreme Risk to High Risk for COVID-19 spread, Morrow County will move back to the Extreme Risk category...

Umatilla County was been approved to return to Phase 2 in Oregon’s reopening plan effective today, Sept. 11. The announcement came after the county...

Gov. Kate Brown announced on Friday that Umatilla and Morrow counties will remain in Phase 1 due to high case counts of coronavirus. Brown also...

At the recommendation of the Oregon Health Authority, Gov. Kate Brown announced on Wednesday that Umatilla County has succeeded in reducing the spread of...

Umatilla County will remain on “Baseline Stay Home” status for the next few weeks at least. Gov. Kate Brown announced on Friday that the county...

Bids to construct a new Hermiston City Hall are expected to go out this summer with a contract awarded in the fall, said Hermiston...