Hermiston News Archives

Irrigation transforms the desert near Hermiston into fertile farmland. A new study suggests that increasingly severe droughts could intensify water conflicts between farmers, conservationists and cities in the Northwest.

Nearly 50 people are searching the Columbia River by boat, by air and along the shoreline today for two fishermen missing after their boat capsized.

The Coast Guard says Morrow County sheriff's divers are resuming the search Tuesday morning for two men missing in the Columbia River after their boat sank near Hermiston.

Oregon school districts have been slow to apply for some $113 million in no-interest bonds that are available thanks to the federal stimulus package.

Complaints about a backyard marijuana grow led Hermiston police to a home where 16 pot plants were seized and two children were removed by Child Protection Service, authorities said.

Police are looking for a missing person, Lloyd Marcum, who was last seen in the Tri-Cities. Marcum has not been seen since possibly Friday.

I am searching for my son. Chadwick Gael Ettinger DOB 07-07-90 in Elko, NV Lived in Stanfield, Hermiston Oregon when he was taken away.

At Art in the Pearl, the Children's Healing Art Project celebrates the memory of Austin Winters, a terminally ill boy who won a huge following after he created a hero he dubbed Bacon Boy.

A mobilization order is still needed to establish specific time frames and location of duty.

The classes are jam packed at Rocky Heights Elementary School. a oeWe're up to 19 certified staff.

If you're in Hermiston on Sept. 19, stop in at the Chuckwagon Cafe and wish the owners -- mother-daughter team Dorothy Beason and Cathy Stolz -- a happy birthday.

HERMISTON, Ore. - Picture Lewis and Clark splitting up at some point between present-day Umatilla and Boardman and racing to the Pacific Ocean.