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PENDLETON, Ore. – It’s a first for Nixyaawii Community School on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Pendleton; on June 3rd, Ryelynn Melton was crowned prom princess. “I love the sparkles, it has the corset on it, I love the sleeves, I just love the design,” Melton referred to the dress she loved so much, she sold cupcakes to afford it.

The city of Hermiston breaks ground July 7 on work to extend utilities to prepare the South Hermiston Industrial Park, known as SHIP, for future tenants. At full buildout, SHIP will feature 16 parcels ranging from 1.5 to 20 acres. It is expected to attract up to $70 million in private investment with future tenants employing up to 250 people.

HERMISTON, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State Police say an eastern Oregon couple has been sentenced to pay $1,200 after illegally selling recreationally-caught crab on the commercial market. The East Oregonian reports Shawna and Gerald Wilson of Hermiston also will pay $100 each to the Turn In Poachers Line fund, and...

Update: The couple is actually from Hermiston, not Prineville. ODFW updated their information late Thursday and we adjusted our story accordingly. A Hermiston couple has been sentenced to pay $1,200 in restitution money after illegally selling recreationally caught crab on the commercial market, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

PENDLETON — The SS Pendleton never traveled to its landlocked namesake, but the Pendleton Public Library might have the next best thing. David Parrish, of Seattle, met with Mayor John Turner and City Manager Robb Corbett to present a scale model of the tanker, which famously wrecked off the coast of Massachusetts in the 1950s. Parrish donated the model to the library, which is placing the model in a display case near the library’s elevator.

PENDLETON — Lifeways is not going down without a fight. Officials with the community mental health services provider are criticizing Umatilla County’s decision to go with Community Counseling Solutions as its central provider for mental health and addiction services and are urging the county to change its mind. Lifeways, which...

I wrote my column this week from our comfy motel suite in Boardman, Ore., on the Columbia River. My sister and brother-in-law, Barbara and Dwight, are across I-84 in a beautiful RV park, situated next to the Boardman Marina and one of the prettiest city parks that I’ve ever seen.

Visibility is critical to any business, which has many wineries near the U.S. Highway 12 four-laning project concerned. On its completion, many will no longer be seen by the majority of traffic between Walla Walla and the Tri-Cities. The new road will run parallel to the current two-lane route, a little north of it.