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PENDLETON — Pendleton’s Fourth of July Parade is back this year, portending bigger things to come. Veterans of Foreign Wars “Let ‘er Buck” Post 922 recently announced it will stage a parade on Independence Day in 2021 after canceling its 2020 event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the pandemic is ongoing, the state’s restrictions on large events are starting to loosen. After a lost summer for major events in Pendleton, organizer Fred Bradbury said the Fourth of ...

PENDLETON — The smell of roasting tri-tip and baby back ribs wafted from smokers across the parking lot outside of the Pendleton Convention Center, where the Willingham family chatted and laughed on an afternoon warm enough for T-shirts. The lot was filled Saturday, May 1, with dozens of competitors, each looking to dish up the most delicious barbecue of the day, and the Willinghams had returned to reclaim their title. “I like the atmosphere down here,” said Michael Willingham, a...

The organizers behind the motorcycle rally made the announcement on the event’s website. “Due to COVID-19 and the mandated restrictions the official word has come down and unfortunately, as most anticipated, Pendleton Bike Week 2021 … and the Summer Chute Out III flat track race have been postponed until (the) third week of July 2022,” the website states. In an interview, bike week owner Stuart Rice said the reasoning behind the decision was simple. “Too many restrictio...

PENDLETON — The Pendleton Round-Up Association is projecting confidence in reviving its rodeo for 2021, but its board of directors isn’t yet sharing details on how it plans to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pat Reay, the Round-Up’s publicity director, said the association is planning for a full slate of events during the second full week of September. That means not just the rodeo, but also the kickoff concert, parades and all the other spin-off events that come out of Rou...

As summer plans hang on the race between COVID-19 vaccines and the spread of new, more contagious COVID-19 variants, some major Umatilla County events are trying to plan ahead the best they can. Farm-City Pro Rodeo board member Dennis Barnett said the rodeo will go on in Hermiston in August, after being canceled completely in 2020 while Umatilla County was under strict COVID-19 restrictions. “There will be a rodeo, we just don’t know if there will be no fans, or some fans or 100%,â€...