Tag: Umatilla Electric Cooperative

Mark Speckman, a former high school and college football player even though he was born without hands, stood on the stage at the Hermiston...

The city of Hermiston will hold a free Hermiston recycling event on Saturday, April 9 at the Umatilla Electric Cooperative parking lot. The event runs...

Umatilla Electric Cooperative is proud to introduce their $2.5-million solar array located off of Highway 730. There are 3,952 solar panels on the 6.5...

Umatilla Electric Cooperative has energized the Moyer-Tolles Solar Station, a 1.3-megawatt (DC) solar generating project. The system is capable of supplying the equivalent of...

Katelyn Bass, a junior at Ione Community School and Lauren Santoyo, a junior at Hermiston High School, were selected to represent Umatilla Electric Cooperative...

The Hermiston Police Department is warning residents to be aware of a scam circulating in the area. According to HPD officer Erica Sandoval, Umatilla Electric...

Umatilla Electric’s Boardman Operations Center has opened for business next to the Port of Morrow. The public is invited to tour the building from noon...

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...