Hermiston History: Hermiston rejects invitation to bid on pr

Thanks, but no thanks.
That’s Hermiston’s answer to an invitation to bid for a prison site in Hermiston.
The Oregon Department of Corrections is looking for additional sites on which to put more prisons and Hermiston, Stanfield and Umatilla were looking at becoming one of those sites. The three towns were testing the community waters to see if it was something that citizens would be interested in pursing as a sort of west-county project.
The results are in for the city of Hermiston and the answer is a resounding “no.”
“Nobody wants it,” said Mayor Frank Harkenrider. “He said that about 20 calls had come into city hall and six letters were received Monday, all against having a prison.

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