Salma Anguiano’s summer has been marked by travel.
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Hermiston parents will spend upwards of $30 at Walmart sending a fifth-grader to school with everything on their school supplies lists this year. It’s not a number everyone can pay, and an inc…
The Hermiston Family Aquatic Center is closed until further notice due to a “major mechanical failure.”
Eighth grade language arts and leadership teacher at Armand Larive Middle School
UMATILLA — Carbon monoxide may have played a role in the June drowning deaths of Janice Arsenault and Trenton Williams.
Students from across the region cashed in on Community Bank’s Earn While You Learn Program.
An upcoming Christian conference focuses on gathering to see heaven and Earth collide.
The Friends of the Irrigon Library is hosting local author Peg Willis.
People are invited to learn more about Oregon agriculture this weekend in Boardman.
An upcoming gathering of area widows and widowers will feature a barbecue meal.
HERMISTON — A two-vehicle crash involving a car and a motorcycle on Highway 395 near Walmart on Monday morning remains under investigation.
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HERMISTON — As irritating as road construction can be for drivers, it can be harder on businesses.
Hermiston’s first Melon Fest made a splash Saturday.
UMATILLA COUNTY — A youth spent swimming saved Pendleton Parks and Recreation Director Liam Hughes’ life.
Steve Yates, CEO of DC International Advisory, and a frequent Fox News commentator, is the special speaker at the Oregon Republican Party Dinner.
Escape, a California-based tribute band, urges people “Don’t Stop Believin’” as they perform the songs of Journey.
A unique opportunity to enjoy the Columbia River via kayak as the sun sets is being coordinated by Hermiston Parks & Recreation.
HERMISTON — The inaugural food truck pod in Hermiston has a new addition.
UMATILLA — Political pundits may wring their hands about rural American communities in decline, but Umatilla is one small town that’s not going anywhere.
UNION — The Oregon Department of Transportation announced via a press release Wednesday that the eastbound Exit 179 off-ramp on Interstate 84 to Interstate 82 will be closed for 24 hours begin…
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HERMISTON — The morning of July 9 was shaping up to be like any other for George Gritz as he sipped his coffee at the Pheasant Cafe downtown.
The Boardman First Baptist Church is hosting a yard sale to help raise money for a building expansion project.
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HERMISTON — The Hermiston Seventh-day Adventist Church is ready to rebuild a year after fire gutted their building on Highland Avenue.
25 YEARS AGO
HERMISTON — Hermiston police officer Mike Ellwood was on patrol early Wednesday when a vehicle caught his eye — a primer gray Chevrolet Impala with two semitruck tires strapped to the top.
Jeffrey Alan Kelly of Irrigon is in jail on charges of sexual abuse after leading law enforcement on a chase.
HERMISTON — The Hermiston School District is seeking applicants following the resignation of board member Dave Smith at Monday’s regular board meeting.
Principal, Armand Larive Middle School
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Another Umatilla County Fair is in the books.
HERMISTON — The city of Hermiston continued to expand its public transportation offerings Monday by approving a new program subsidizing taxi rides to and from work.
Bulldogs from the Hermiston High School class of 1974 recently gathered to celebrate 45 years since turning the tassel.
After a day of interviewing seven candidates to handling design of the new Funland playground, the committee in charge of the decision has selected Wildwood Playgrounds of Medford to complete …
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Highlighting one of Hermiston’s signature crops, the inaugural Melon Fest is this weekend in Hermiston.
The Morrow County Fair is throwing its gates wide open.
The public is invited to shop for bargains while providing support to Eastern Oregon Mission programs and outreach.
The Morrow County Harvest Festival is seeking vendors.
A support group for adults impacted by grief will be presented at Cason's Place Children and Family Grief Recovery Center.
HERMISTON — Umatilla County customers of Sanitary Disposal Inc. of Hermiston will pay more for garbage service come Sept. 1.
HERMISTON — When the recess bells ring later this month, elementary school students will have a place to go if they find themselves without a playmate thanks to recent the installation of 10 b…
The 13th annual Hermiston Education Foundation fun run/walk will collect school supplies for local students.
Brass Fire, a regional horn band featuring musicians based in Hermiston, Pendleton and beyond, will perform several upcoming shows.
HERMISTON — As pigs roll around in the swine barn, and musicians draw crowds on the Main Stage, a dozen or so bales of straw provide seating for where the magic really happens — the Les Schwab…
HERMISTON — Workers in the greater Hermiston area may have a cheaper way to get to work soon.
HERMISTON — The Oregon Legislature passed a balanced budget and funded new programs and projects this year. But Rep. Greg Smith, R-Heppner, is hoping that the next budget cycle will see a bett…
HERMISTON — When news of another mass shooting begins to spread, certain elements can bring the tragedy home for the people who weren’t there.
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HERMISTON — As the Umatilla County Fair opened its gates for business on Thursday, dark clouds rolled in overhead while a damp warmth clung to the air.
HERMISTON — Hermiston High School will be offering ImPACT testing Tuesday at 2 p.m.
HERMISTON — The Hermiston Police Department continues its investigation of Monday’s shooting that left two Kennewick teens with non-life threatening bullet wounds.
HERMISTON — Two out of three Umatilla County commissioners support the county having a professional manager, but only one voted to put the proposal on the ballot.
25 YEARS AGO
HERMISTON — The police have identified the man whose body was found on South Highway 395 last month as Guadalupe Avina, 34, of Hermiston.
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In the fall of 1918, preparations for the sixth annual Hog and Dairy show in Umatilla County were put to a screeching halt by the Spanish Influenza pandemic.
The Department of Human Services Child Welfare program is roping in another fundraiser to help support its foster parent and child fund. Money raised will be used for Cabin Fever for Kids, a f…
