UMATILLA — Get ready for a splashing good time during Water Palooza. The family-friendly event is 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 18, at Umatilla Marina Park, 1710 Quincy Ave. The free community ...

HERMISTON — In 1976, as the country was preparing to celebrate its bicentennial, the Hermiston Kiwanis Club held an essay contest in honor of the event. The top two winners were seniors at Hermiston ...

One of the most impactful parts of the SAGE Center experience is the opportunity to learn directly from the industries that help shape Morrow County and the greater region. Our exhibitors are more ...

PENDLETON — The Highway 730/Twin Sisters wildland fire that started Saturday night, June 13, in southeast Washington near the Oregon border remains active, though no evacuations are in place for ...

Result: With no candidate winning more than 50% of the vote, Scarfo and Beverage go on to a runoff in the November general election. Result: Smith is the winner. No Democrat ran in the primary for the ...

I’m writing concerning the PEACE Initiative currently gathering signatures to qualify for the ballot in this year’s election. The acronym PEACE, People for the elimination of Animal Cruelty Exemptions ...

HEPPNER — The Morrow County Courthouse in Heppner functions much as it did when first built in 1903, but not for too much longer as the county recently broke ground on a new courthouse. But those who ...

Growth spurs Umatilla County to push for use of small modular reactor, but the idea won’t go anywhere unless local voters approve it Oregon House Bill 2410 would allow the state Energy Facility Siting ...

HERMISTON — For the second consecutive year, Industry Dance Company in Hermiston came away with the 2026 Go! Readers’ Choice Award for Best Dance Studio. Not bad for a dance studio that has only been ...

HERMISTON — The Hermiston City Council voted Jan. 26 to annex nearly 20 acres into the city limits for the purposes of constructing a recreational vehicle park. The proposed 100-space park will be ...

In tech and finance circles, much of 2022 was punctuated by Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover saga. As the eccentric tech billionaire went back and forth with the social media company’s leadership and the ...

HERMISTON — Hermiston voters reelected Roy Barron and David McCarthy to the Hermiston City Council on Tuesday, May 19, while Krista Van Veen defeated incumbent Jackie Linton and Barbara Martin ...