Despite the kids’ best efforts, the dogs just weren’t getting it.
Accompanied by volunteers from the Foster Grandparent program, a trio of elementary school students read books to Pongo and Aurora at the Pendleton Animal Welfare...
The city of Hermiston is adding a new park to its books.
On Monday the city council voted unanimously to approve an agreement with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to take over Steelhead Park, a five-acre piece of land along the...
One event has dominated Pendleton for so long that the town’s nickname is the Round-Up city.
Although no event is likely to match the cultural importance of the world-famous rodeo, the one-two punch of the Pendleton Whisky Music Fest and...
The case of Vanessa Logman inched forward on Monday with another pre-trial hearing.
The mother of four attacked a Good Samaritan who stopped to give her and her sons a ride near Pilot Rock on June 4, 2016. The Pendleton woman pulled a knife from...
This wasn’t your typical wedding.
The groom didn’t enter quietly from a side door, nor did the bride float demurely up the aisle wearing a white, lacy dress.
Instead, groom Skip Cripe hopped aboard his Harley Davidson...
Milton-Freewater decided to look internally when selecting a person to replace the city’s longtime public works superintendent.
In a press release Monday, the city announced Brian Steadman’s promotion to the...
Pendleton’s Rocky Mountain Colby Pipe Co., which closed its Pendleton plant in February, is ready to reopen with expanded production of PVC electrical conduit. RMCP President Nicholas Lynch said in a statement that the product was experiencing...
The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry turned the second floor of the SAGE Center into an experiment lab.
OMSI took over the space at the Boardman museum Saturday for its Celebrate Oregon Agriculture event, a chance to share some of their...
James Brown Walker beat the rap for lying on his application for an Oregon hunting license, when Umatilla County Circuit Judge Dan Hill dismissed the case in April.
Come Monday, however, Walker faces a felony charge of perjury because of what he...
The Hermiston Junior Baseball Team is asking the community to step up to the plate.
Earlier this month, the Hermiston Little League team, which plays in the 13-14 age division, won the Oregon District 3 Tournament in John Day. Then, the team...
MILTON-FREEWATER — The murder case of Oscar Pastor Garcia Villegas of Milton-Freewater is moving toward a plea bargain.
Villegas, 27, has undergone two evaluations to determine if he is mentally fit and can participate in his own defense,...
PENDLETON — McKay Creek Estates of Pendleton received a national award for the quality of its care.
Prestige Care Inc., a provider of senior living and skilled nursing and rehabilitation care, announced the American Health Care...
HEPPNER — An Irrigon man who faced first-degree rape and other serious sex crimes took a plea deal Thursday.
Jason Kane Kissler, 35, pleaded no contest to the domestic violence charge of fourth-degree assault. Circuit Judge Lynn Hampton...
PENDLETON — State environmental regulators fined Pendleton property managers almost $3,000 for allowing raw sewage to run in the street.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality in a written statement reported real estate managers...
What’s going on with gonorrhea?
The sexually transmitted disease is not only on the rise in Oregon and around the globe, but its ability to shape-shift has the World Health Organization warning of an antibiotic-resistant strain of super...
John Hansen left his home in The Dalles and covered about 1,500 miles on his Harley-Davidson touring bike before arriving Wednesday in Pendleton.
“I was on the road for 10, 11 days,” he said.
Hansen, 65, said he took off for...
Pendleton’s mobile food vendors now have to answer to a set of rules created by the city.
At a meeting Tuesday, the Pendleton City Council unanimously approved an ordinance that regulates mobile food vendors.
City Attorney Nancy...
