Bellinger Farms provides melons for the Irrigon Watermelon Festival

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Irrigon Watermelon Festival offers slice of family fun

The Irrigon Watermelon Festival offers family-friendly fun at Irrigon Marina Park.

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SOLVE coordinates cleanup event in Hermiston

Volunteers are welcome to participate in a SOLVE community cleanup and recycling event in the neighborhood around the…

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Academic honors, college graduations: May-June 2025

Local students receive academic honors and earn degrees at colleges across the nation.

Senior lunch menus

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Senior lunches: July 17-23, 2025

Lunches are served at senior centers throughout Northeastern Oregon.

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Baking contest rises again at 5 county fairs

The Oregon Wheat Foundation invites bakers ages 7 and older in Gilliam, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla and Wasco counties…

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Area organizations award scholarships: June 2025

Recent scholarships awarded to students in Umatilla and Morrow counties.

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Eye to the Sky: NWS makes slight change to heat products

National Weather Service moving off the term “excessive heat to “use extreme heat" instead.

2025 Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo queen

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Heppner teen takes reins in Morrow County

KC Anderson will ride into the 2025 Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo as the first…

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Fiddle champ Jacie Sites returns to Pendleton with song and soul

PENDLETON — Jacie Sites doesn’t just play the fiddle — she commands it, dazzling listeners with her speed,…

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Domestic Violence Services hosts yard sale in Hermiston

Domestic Violence Services is hosting a yard sale at the First Christian Church in Hermiston

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