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HERMISTON — Laura Leal was at work in Boardman on July 12 when her mother called with the news — her childhood home was burning.

For most students there is one teacher who made an impact on them growing up that forever changed their lives. Jennifer Macias Morris is finding innovative ways to be that for many young students.

Ian Powell first became interested in amateur radios when he would go hunting with his dad. The 15-year-old said there wasn’t cell service in some of the remote areas; however, they weren’t cu…

PENDLETON — Oregon 2022 gubernatorial candidate Jessica Gomez visited Pendleton Sunday, July 18, to campaign for her platform focusing on business, education and homelessness.

HERMISTON — Hermiston police reported arresting a man Wednesday, July 14, for altering universal product codes to steal nearly $4,300 worth of items from the Hermiston Walmart

Fabricator at N.W. Metal Fabricators and Irrigon High School baseball coach

BOARDMAN — It took a pandemic to slow Sandra Payne down enough to fulfill her girlhood dream of writing a children’s storybook.

HERMISTON — It’s been a challenging year for Laura Avila.

Washington rancher Cody Easterday's sentencing for selling $244 million worth of nonexistent cattle has been pushed back to October so that his attorney can recover from surgery and he can rai…

HERMISTON — The calendar has long since flipped from February, but it would be easy to forgive Hermiston and surrounding communities for feeling like they are trapped in a perpetual Groundhog Day.

PENDLETON — The start data and salary are set for Blue Mountain Community College’s eighth president.

UMATILLA COUNTY — The delta variant has arrived in Eastern Oregon.

The effort to extend paved roads, water lines, sewer pipes and upgraded electrical power to the South Hermiston Industrial Park could provide Hermiston with the best of both worlds.

McKenzie Rose, 15, of the Echo School District, recently competed in the National History Day 2021 Virtual Documentary Showcase, held June 13-19. A student of Brandi Russell’s, Rose, who just …

PENDLETON — The calls flooded into Blue Mountain Wildlife first thing in the morning Monday, June 28 — dozens of baby hawks, desperate to escape the blast of early summer heat, bailed from the…

PENDLETON — No mask, no vaccine, no problem.

HERMISTON — While most students were learning remotely this school year, a half dozen Hermiston High School students rolled up their sleeves and traded textbooks for tools to build a house.

STANFIELD — For the last 51 years Jim Whelan has spent his Fourth of July blowing up fireworks over the city of Stanfield, and Sunday, July 4, was no different.

HERMISTON — A group of eager children gathered alongside Hermiston Mayor David Drotzmann under the arching entrance to the new Funland Sunday, July 4, for the grand opening of the new facility.

Lash tech and permanent makeup artist, waitress at Nookie’s and assistant softball coach at Hermiston High School

UMATILLA COUNTY —The impacts of COVID-19 in Umatilla County will last much longer than the laws set up to contain it.

HERMISTON — Two people were hospitalized after firefighters and hazardous materials personnel responded Friday, July 2, to a report of five people who fell ill at a motel in Hermiston.

HERMISTON — The pandemic threw a lot at the Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Center, but General Manager Al Davis feels confident in its future.

Battalion chief, Umatilla County Fire District No. 1

This week has been one for the record books.

SALEM — The Oregon Legislature again is playing the role of early Santa Claus as the 2021 session winds up, with plenty of projects in Eastern Oregon on the path to receive big dole outs.

UMATILLA COUNTY — Residents across Eastern Oregon can expect some of the highest June temperatures in decades starting Sunday, June 27.

Rema Fleener’s friends and family don’t know if she is the oldest person in Umatilla County, but at 105 years old, they know she has to be close.

Hermiston-area residents should brace themselves for a record-breaking June heat wave next week, as temperatures are forecast to stay in triple digits for more than a week.