Tag: Umatilla Electric Cooperative

Umatilla Electric Cooperative is offering several college scholarships for the 2016-17 school year. The UEC Scholarship Program is designed to encourage and recognize the academic...

Umatilla Electric Cooperative will send two high school juniors on a week-long, all-expense paid, educational trip to Washington, D.C. in June 2016. As many as...

The results of a survey of more than 1,000 area people indicate the Hermiston community is in favor of a youth activity center and...

High winds knocked down trees and caused numerous power outages Tuesday evening, while poor visibility was to blame for a five-vehicle accident on Interstate...

Having the Tri-Cities a mere 40 minutes away from Hermiston is a major plus when employers are trying to recruit top-level professionals – after...

A farm implement caught a guy wire on farm east of Irrigon Tuesday afternoon causing a power outage affecting thousands of homes and businesses. The...

In May, Umatilla and Morrow county voters approved a bond measure that will pay for two new Blue Mountain Community College learning centers and...

The Hermiston Chamber of Commerce will host a Network Hermiston event on Tuesday, July 21 at Umatilla Electric Cooperative. UEC recently remodeled its Hermiston offices...

The Hermiston Chamber of Commerce is inviting everyone to take in some homes spun fun during the 2015 Hermiston Funfest in downtown Main Street...

Because of ongoing expansion in the Boardman area, Umatilla Electric Cooperative will soon begin building a 23,970-square-foot operations center off Columbia Avenue, next to...

“Homegrown” is the theme of this year’s Umatilla Electric Annual Meeting on April 18, so a “homegrown” native of Hermiston, Judy (Miller) Hill Lovins,...

Eastern Oregon Telecom is gearing up to bring a gigabit broadband network to rural homes and businesses in the Hermiston area. EOT General Manager Joe...

Come May, Hermiston Energy Services (HES) customers could see something they haven’t seen in more than a dozen years – a rate increase. HES Superintendent...

Madilyn Hofbauer, a junior at Hermiston High School, has been selected to represent Umatilla Electric Cooperative at the 2015 Washington, D.C. Youth Tour from...

Umatilla Electric Cooperative will upgrade power lines in a portion of the Port of Morrow from mid-January to May 2015. The $2.5 million project may...

Vernon L. Bock died on July 7, 2014 at his home in Hermiston at the age of 75. He was born on Oct. 10, 1938...

Psst – in case you didn’t notice, it got hot yesterday. The temperatures in the Hermiston area reached triple digits on Tuesday and more...

Bike Program Offers Challenges and Rewards Monday marked the beginning of a challenging but exciting week for the 20 kids who participated in this year’s...

A bird that entered a Umatilla Electric substation south of Hermiston touched off a two-hour outage Easter Sunday that knocked out power to 1,816...

World Record Setter to Speak at Annual UEC Meeting “I looked up and noticed the boat coming back towards me. I yelled, ‘Hey stop the...