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Pendleton relocates Fourth of July fireworks show
PENDLETON — The city of Pendleton is relocating its annual Fourth of July fireworks show to the north ...
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UPDATE: Wildfire near Hermiston prompts mobilizing 4 task forces
HERMISTON — The fast-moving, wind-driven fire near Hermiston has prompted the Oregon State Fire Marshal to mobilize four ...
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Morrow County Health District responds to federal $1.5M lawsuit
PENDLETON – The attorney for the Morrow County Health District and its former CEO has filed a response ...
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Jackalope Jamboree lineup rocks out in Pendleton
Jackalope Jamboree returns to Pendleton, with attendees dancing and singing along to many of the artists performing.
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Oregon Department of Forestry adds fire restrictions starting July 2
With hot, dry weather forecast to continue, the Oregon Department of Forestry is tightening restrictions designed to reduce ...
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Federal payments in lieu of property taxes total more than $6 million in NE Oregon
A federal program dating to 1977 that sends millions of dollars annually to counties based on the amount ...
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Cutting the deck
PENDLETON — Umatilla County commissioners and staff gathered Wednesday morning, June 25, to watch two people cut a ...
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BMCC adopts increased budget
PENDLETON — Blue Mountain Community College’s Board of Education adopted a 2025-26 fiscal year budget Wednesday, June 18 ...
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Community voices rise against Judge Eva Temple’s court rulings
HERMISTON — Community members gathered outside the Umatilla County Circuit Court in Hermiston on Tuesday, June 24, to ...
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Vector control districts use drones to combat mosquito threat
UMATILLA, MORROW COUNTIES — As the sun rises, local vector control crews are tuned in to two familiar ...
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Oregon Senate rejects bill making big tech pay for local journalism as session end nears
The bill’s author told the Capital Chronicle after the vote that she would be reintroducing the bill next ...
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Pendleton appeals $21,900 DEQ fine over wastewater violations
PENDLETON — The city of Pendleton is appealing a $21,900 fine from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality ...
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Fostering a collaboration of labor
Oregon National Guard hosts labor summit in Pendleton with local employers PENDLETON — Looking through night vision goggles and ...
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Pendleton students make care kits for cancer patients
PENDLETON — Students in a service club at Pendleton High School made care packages for patients undergoing radiation ...
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Ace may be high, but voter turnout was low
PENDLETON — A tied race in the McKay Dam Fire District is about to get a winner — ...
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Pendleton hosts ribbon cutting for new city bus barn
PENDLETON — Let ‘Er Bus transit has a new home at the Pendleton Bus Barn near the Eastern ...
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From black and white to screaming color
Local artist wins the Pendleton Round-Up’s poster competition PENDLETON — One hundred years after the iconic Pendleton Round-Up ...
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Pendleton City Council considers business licenses for Uber drivers
PENDLETON — Uber drivers coming from Pendleton to pick up riders could have to buy a city business ...
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Gov. Kotek proposes using $160 million from state’s ‘rainy day fund’ for one-time wildfire funding
Desperate for money to get through the next two wildfire seasons and with few proposals on the table ...
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Cultural coalition invites community to grill and chill together
Juneteenth celebration is June 21 at McKenzie Park HERMISTON — The Hermiston Cultural Awareness Coalition invites the community ...
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Inadequate for the job
PENDLETON — On the north side of the railroad tracks, Pendleton Fire Station No. 1 operates with updated ...
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East Oregonian Days Gone By
25 years ago this week — 2000 Karen Wagner is at war and she is trying to enlist ...
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Oversize loads start rolling June 16 in Eastern Oregon
BOARDMAN — Oversized loads will begin moving at night from Boardman to the Oregon-Idaho border on June 16.