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HERMISTON — Two new faces will be joining the Hermiston Board of Education and two incumbents kept their seats in the May 18 election. According to results posted by the Umatilla County Elections Division after 10 p.m. on May 18, incumbent Brent Pitney was defeated by Sally Anderson Hansell. Pitney, who works for Knerr Construction, was appointed to the board in 2018. He garnered 36.7% of the 2,843 votes cast. Anderson Hansell, an attorney at Anderson Hansell PC, received 63%. She describe...

Given that most school boards races were uncompetitive in past years, even first-time candidates would often forgo fundraising on their way to certain victory. While many candidates are still choosing to run low or no-cost campaigns, a few candidates are collecting thousands of dollars to secure a seat on a board. In Hermiston, Position 4 incumbent Brent Pitney is slightly outraising his challenger, attorney Sally Anderson Hansell, as of Friday, May 14. According to the Oregon Secretary of Stat...

There’s no question that during most school board races, many incumbents face no competition for their seats. This year, for whatever reason, that’s not the case in Hermiston with six candidates running for four open seats. Incumbents Bryan Medelez and Karen Sherman are both running unopposed, Medelez for Position No. 2 and Sherman for Position No. 6. Medelez, an operations manager for a Hermiston trucking company, has served since being appointed in 2019. While Sherman does have an o...

Liliana Gomez Liliana “Lili” Gomez, running for Position No. 3, is a Hermiston native and a records specialist for the Hermiston Police Department. She said she has always had an interest in education, including serving as a tutor during her teenage years and teaching English overseas. She is on the Hermiston School District budget committee. Now that students have returned to school full time, Gomez said she believes it is important for the district to focus on students’ mental ...

Knerr Construction is putting the final touches on a remodel of the Hermiston Public Library before city staff move into the library’s basement. The city council and department heads toured the newly remodeled basement before the Monday, Feb. 22, city council meeting. The plan is for the space to be move-in ready in the next few days and for it to open as an interim city hall on Monday, Feb. 28. City Councilor Roy Barron remarked that the old basement was a “labyrinth” of hallway...