An environmental group is asking California regulators to nullify green energy credits for biogas produced from dairy manure at Oregon's Threemile Canyon Farms.
SALEM — Eastern Oregon lawmakers looking at the upcoming legislative session are focusing their efforts on more money for ranchers who lose livestock to wolves, increasing consumer protection …
Hermiston Parks and Recreation is accepting students into Creative Kids Arts & Crafts class for ages 7-11. New fun art projects are practiced each Tuesday, 5-6:30 p.m., in February. Acryli…
HERMISTON — A visionary’s work is never done, according to Hermiston Parks and Recreation and the Hermiston Lions Club.
You work in a bookstore that is also a dance studio, and I know you like both of them, but which one do you prefer working in?
A regular Hermiston School District School Board meeting is 6:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 24. Among the presenters, Hermiston High School Principal Tom Spoo will speak on the graduation rates for hi…
UMATILLA — A rockfall and and an unstable slope Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 19, shutdown U.S. Highway 730 on the Washington side of the border.
UMATILLA COUNTY — Graduation rates fell across Oregon during the first full year of the pandemic and Umatilla County wasn’t immune from the trend’s effects.
HERMISTON — Blue Mountain Community College has changed a great deal, according to school administrators. Its students are adjusting, too.
PORTLAND — Idaho Power, PacifiCorp and the Bonneville Power Administration have reached a non-binding agreement on the massive Boardman to Hemingway transmission line.
BOARDMAN — Ryan Neal, executive director of the Port of Morrow in Northeast Oregon, has died.
UMATILLA COUNTY — The COVID-19 death toll in Umatilla County continues to mount. Umatilla County Public Health has reported the count’s 190th victim of the disease.
The early bird gets the discount for kids flag football — the city of Umatilla invites parents to register children ages 4-12 by Monday, Feb. 7 to receive a $10 discount. The early bird fee is…
HERMISTON — Jesus Rome has lived in Hermiston for 30 years, and he said he has been to every Martin Luther King Jr. Day Peace March in the community since it inception in 2000.
SALEM — News organizations and nonprofit groups in Oregon have teamed up to learn what voters want candidates for governor to be talking about as they compete for votes. They seek Oregonians t…
HERMISTON — A medical malpractice lawsuit against Good Shepherd Healthcare System and a doctor seeks more than $4.6 million.
HERMISTON — Good Shepherd Health Care System in Hermiston again limited visitation to protect against the continued spread of the COVID-19 infection.
HERMISTON — Starting this autumn, Hermiston will have two new elementary schools.
Bodybuilder Terrell Duncan is less than 15 weeks from taking the stage in his next competition.
WASHINGTON — Oregon Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ontario, denounced the River Democracy Act on the House floor Tuesday, Jan. 11, saying the legislation that would label 4,700 miles of waterways as “Wil…
BOARDMAN, Ore. — Oregon environmental regulators have fined the Port of Morrow $1.3 million for repeatedly over-applying agricultural wastewater on nearby farms in an area that already has ele…
Dancer Breaeh Rios, 10, of Hermiston, is looking forward to paying tribute to Anthony Dia, an Ohio officer who was killed on the job. Breaeh will dance to honor Dia and other officers at upcom…
LA GRANDE — Oregon U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ontario, does not believe former President Donald Trump’s claim that President Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election because of voter fraud.
Get ready to yuck it up with laughter as Melonville Comedy Festival returns to Hermiston. In its 28th year, the event is Friday, Jan. 28, 8 p.m. at the Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Center, 1…
According to preliminary data received by NOAA's National Weather Service in Pendleton, temperatures at Hermiston Municipal Airport averaged slightly warmer than normal during the month of December.
Former Hermiston resident Anna Lee Landin published her first book, “The Little House Saw.” It is a story of rebuilding oneself after one’s world has crumbled. For Landin, it is a personal sto…
BOARDMAN — On Monday, Jan. 10, the Port of Morrow announced a new partnership with Blue Mountain Community College to offer free forklift training classes in Boardman.
PENDLETON — Student-athletes have been through a lot the past two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic — from sports being shelved to seasons being altered.
HERMISTON — When Sierra Gilman was homeless, she did not know of the Hermiston Warming Station, but she said she wished she had.
The flagpoles are as empty as the parking lot at the old Hermiston VFW building, but this will not long be the case, according to John Shafer, Umatilla County commissioner. The building at 45 …
PORTLAND — A former Echo man serving time for killing his girlfriend in 2014 is suing the state of Oregon for failing to provide protection in prison after he transitioned to female.
UMATILLA COUNTY — After a relatively warm fall, colder temperatures are having a restorative effect on the snowpacks that feed the basins that supply water to Umatilla and Morrow counties.
HERMISTON — Hermiston Assistant City Manager Mark Morgan fields a lot of questions every day. Nowadays, he is receiving many inquiries into his city’s ongoing city hall and public safety cente…
UMATILLA COUNTY — During the first full week of 2022, Umatilla County hit some dark milestones in its continuing experience with the coronavirus pandemic.
SALEM — Oregon is in the midst of a sixth wave of COVID-19 infections as the world marked the two-year anniversary of the pandemic on Friday, Dec. 31.
The Hermiston Building Department approved 139 new housing unit permits in 2021, 14 more than an 2020.
MORROW COUNTY — Superintendent Dirk Dirksen recently announced his retirement from the Morrow County School District, a decision he almost made 11 years ago.
HERMISTON — Coming to Hermiston from the outskirts of the Portland area, Nick Coleman, 39, is new to Eastern Oregon.
HERMISTON — Scott Goff, fire marshal for Umatilla County Fire District No. 1, is urging locals to make sure fire hydrants are clear of deep snow.
If Christmas cash is burning a hole in your pocket, check out the First Thursday event in Hermiston. Two dozen downtown and beyond merchants are offering specials Thursday, Jan. 6, 4:30-7 p.m.
STANFIELD — Two Keizer residents are in the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton, after local police arrested them Sunday, Jan. 2 for vehicle theft.
Brothers Greg Anderson, left, and Grant Anderson run toward the finish line of the Resolution Run on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, at Riverfront Park in Hermiston.
Stanfield Police took two suspects into custody at Pilot Travel Center, 2115 S. Highway 395, Stanfield, on Jan. 2., according to Stanfield Police Chief Byron Zumwalt. Zumwalt said the suspects…
Snow blankets the town of Hermiston Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, along Highway 395 in Hermiston.
IRRIGON — The Irrigon City Council during its meeting Tuesday, Dec. 21, honored Ken Matlack for 20 years of service on the council.
For more than a year, Hermiston School District social workers have been meeting with students and their families. Meeting one-on-one with students, the social workers counsel young people abo…
As 2021 comes to a close, we remember the many stories. From the pandemic to Funland, VFW troubles to a bank robbery, this past year is one for the history books. A full recap of this eventful…
UMATILLA COUNTY — Umatilla County could see its vaccination rate jump without administering another dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
UMATILLA — A club of men in custody at Two Rivers Correctional Institution, Umatilla, donated approximately 200 pounds of goods to Agape House in Hermiston.
Free food will be available to fill empty bellies on Christmas Day for the Community Fellowship Dinner. Volunteers will prepare heat-and-serve dinners Saturday, Dec. 25, available for pickup o…
HERMISTON — The man Hermiston police arrested Friday, Dec. 17, following a bank robbery was out of federal prison on compassionate release.
Four Hermiston High School students recently won the 2021 Congressional App Challenge for Oregon’s District 2. Rami Hozi, Cordell Patrick, Blake Wickers and Zeferino Araiza were notified of th…
