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 ...

PENDLETON — The Intermountain Education Service District announced regional leaders on July 28 will sign a declaration of cooperation formalizing a commitment to improving relational health outcomes ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 — People at any stage in their careers can apply to the Proud River Leadership Academy, a revived leadership program to support employees in Morrow and Umatilla counties. Umatilla Basin ...

BOARDMAN — The SAGE Center & Event Center in Boardman was recently honored for the annual Morrow County Harvest Festival during a conference in Seaside. The Sage Center received the Impact Award from ...

When I led the U.S. Bureau of Land Management under President joe Biden, the hardest part of my job was reassembling the agency after the first Trump administration had scattered its headquarters from ...