by OptimistPrime | Jun 6, 2023 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
HERMISTON — Hermiston Mayor Dave Drotzmann has announced he will run for Oregon State Senate District 29.“This dynamic rural district deserves representation in Salem that understands not only the challenges ahead but the opportunities to build on our unique...
by OptimistPrime | Jun 6, 2023 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
HERMISTON — The chances of an earthquake happening in Hermiston are pretty low, but if the big one does strike in the future, the Bob Shannon Safety Center should withstand whatever Mother Nature has to offer.That’s because the city of Hermiston recently received a...
by OptimistPrime | Jun 6, 2023 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
PENDLETON — Blue Mountain Community College has announced it is bringing men’s and women’s golf programs to its athletics department in 2024.It has been 45 years since BMCC has had a golf program, which only offered a men’s team up until 1978. × This page requires...
by OptimistPrime | Jun 5, 2023 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
PENDLETON — The state of Oregon will pay $500,000 to a former officer of Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution, Pendleton, to settle her federal lawsuit alleging a hostile work environment and retaliation for reporting a sexual assault.Ashley Longhorn, of Hermiston,...
by OptimistPrime | Jun 5, 2023 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
WESTON — Weston’s budget proposal for 2023-24 addresses rising costs from inflation and includes Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster funds reimbursing the city for its response to flooding in 2020. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for...
by OptimistPrime | Jun 5, 2023 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
PENDLETON — In August, former WNBA star and Umatilla tribal citizen Shoni Schimmel will plead guilty and be sentenced in a domestic violence case stemming from her arrest in 2021.Schimmel is charged with felony assault and assault by strangulation, federal charges...
