Hermiston News

The Tri-Cities Cancer Center has avoided a national trend of cutting free cancer screenings for the poor because of the generosity of local donors.

A 73-year-old Umatilla woman was hurt Monday morning when the pickup she was in rolled on Interstate 82 in Benton County near the Oregon border.

HERMISTON, Ore. - Don Carroll has been spending his holidays in the usual way, eating and playing games with his family in Hermiston.

BURLEY, Idaho -- Investigators say strong winds are to blame for causing a Hermiston pilot to lose control and crash into the Cottrell Mountains in southcentral Idaho.

A Hermiston man wanted on a reported parole violation was arrested today after he allegedly stole a car and later hit a police vehicle.

HERMISTON, Oregon;-- For years, children in Oregon have had to answer to police and their parents when caught spreading graffiti.

A 15-year-old has been arrested for allegedly stealing two vehicles, including one that had been left running in front of a Hermiston home early Christmas Eve, police said.

Hermiston police have arrested three men and two teenage boys for allegedly painting graffiti inside the Bella Vista subdivision near Northeast Fourth Street and Northeast Sky View Court in Hermiston.

The Twin Falls Times-News reports that pilot Thaddeus Bryce Fickel of Hermiston, Ore., crashed after his plane encountered turbulence at about 6:45 p.m. Wednesday.

After celebrating my 79th birthday recently, I began thinking about how technologies have affected my life.

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Counterfeit money has been changing hands in Hermiston. Hermiston police Officer Erica Franz says McDonalds accepted a bogus $50 bill Friday and Wal-Mart took one Saturday.

A man crossing the street in his motorized wheelchair Monday evening died after he was hit by a pickup truck.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for freezing rain and significant snow tonight through Tuesday afternoon.

The Oregon Trail chapter of the American Red Cross said Friday that it has responded to about 30 percent more house fires since a year ago, putting a strain on its already tight budget.

Another morning of bitter cold temperatures. As I write to you Hermiston, OR is at -4, Tri-Cities is at 0 and Yakima is at -2. We do see the cold air start to mix out of the region slowly as we head into next week, but we are going to have to go through a few chances of snow first.

The state of Oregon has fined URS, the contractor operating the incinerator at the Umatilla Chemical Depot, $111,000. Most of the fine is for violations of the facility's hazardous waste and air contaminant discharge permits as it began to burn mustard weapons agent and the agent containers.

A new industry may be coming to Oregon in the next decade. The state says more than 160,000 new jobs will be added through 2018.

The KNDU Family Food Drive is just days away. Food from the Hermiston area has always been a part of that, but this year is a bit different.

If pounding the pavement is what it takes to win, then John Lim has a leg up on the Republican Party nomination for Oregon governor.