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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 July Parade will act as one of the city’s first returning events this year, along with the rece...

PENDLETON — Pendleton Cattle Barons Weekend’s comeback year is scheduled for April 30 and May 1. The invitational select gelding sale will lead the way, accented by the working cow dog sale, both occurring on Saturday, May 1, at the Pendleton Convention Center. Other events planned around the ranching heritage weekend include the ranch rodeo on Friday, April 30, and the May 1 engraved jewelry and leatherwork exhibition and demonstrations at the Western-themed trade show, the Barbecue Challenge, and the Stock Saddle Bronc Championship. The events of the 2021 Pendleton Cattle Barons s...

PENDLETON — Cars filed into the Pendleton Convention Center on Monday, Feb. 1, for the first of a series of regularly scheduled community COVID-19 testing events hosted by St. Anthony Hospital and the Oregon Health Authority. “The goal of this is to increase testing in Umatilla County,” said Emily Smith, the director of communications for St. Anthony Hospital. Smith said the event aims to increase the number of tests administered in the county to help drive down the county’s test positivity rate — the percentage of positive tests out of the total number of tests issue...

PENDLETON — The atmosphere in the St. Anthony Hospital conference room on Monday, Dec. 28, was upbeat. Ten health care workers who waited there to receive the hospital’s first coronavirus vaccinations could barely contain their elation. “This is huge,” said Dr. John McBee. “This is the beginning of the end of the pandemic.” Each person answered screening questions and signed a consent form. McBee went forward first, sat down in the hot seat and rolled up his left sleeve. Tracy Wart, infection prevention nurse at St. Anthony, cleaned the surgeon’s arm with al...

PENDLETON — The Pendleton Parks and Recreation Department’s Annual Daddy Daughter Dance has been moved to May 15, 2021. It will still be hosted at the Pendleton Convention Center. Tickets will go on sale April 1, 2021. The Pendleton Parks and Recreation will be releasing more information soon. “The Daddy Daughter Dance is one of Pendleton’s most anticipated family events of the year. We are hopeful by moving the event to May, it will allow us to still create that magical evening for our Dads and their Daughters in the community” said Recreation Supervisor Jon Bullard ...