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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 health and be proactive about having resources available for students as they return. “We all k...

Leaders said during ABC13's town hall Wednesday that unsafe behavior and misinformation could lead to "unusual strains" of COVID-19 and more deaths if left unchecked.

UMATILLA COUNTY — Historically, when the East Oregonian has compiled top-10 stories of the year lists, it has polled the staff on the top stories and compiled the list based on those results. When we went down that path, it was apparent that the voting was for stories two through 10, because there is no question what the year’s top story would be — the COVID-19 pandemic. That left stories like the February flooding that ravaged Umatilla County, summer protests in Hermiston and Pendleton, the sudden death of a Pendleton city councilor and the permanent closure of the Boardman Ge...

The Hermiston City Council said goodbye to two members and saw three new ones sworn in during their Monday, Dec. 14 meeting. It was the last meeting for Manuel Gutierrez, who did not run for another term in preparation for a move outside city limits, and David McCarthy, who lost his bid for reelection. Mayor David Drotzmann presented Gutierrez with a parting award, recognizing him for 15 years of service to the city, including his recent eight-year stint on the council, a previous four-year term on the council and years on the city’s budget committee and Hispanic Advisory Committee. â€...

Steve: well, the president has sent out a fourth tweet in the last half hour and this actually goes to what everybody is talking about, it seems like on all the other channels because we are talking about all the news as well. and it regards his comments about certain inappropriate word that we are not going to use on this program. but here he is. the president just tweeted out the language used by me at the daca meeting was tough, but this was not the language used. this was not the language used. what was really tough was the outlandish proposal made, a big set back for daca. let's bring in ...