HERMISTON -- The annual Umatilla High School Booster Club Steak Dinner & Auction is at 5:30 p.m. today at the Hermiston Community and Conference Center, 415 S. Highway 395.
Comedian Billy Turner will entertain the audience between the silent and live auctions.
Tickets are $25 per person or $40 for two people. Tickets are available at Columbia Harvest Foods, Keep It Simple Suppers, Carlson's Umatilla Drug, Banner Bank, Umatilla High School office and at the door.
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SALEM -- Communities near a former U.S. Army chemical weapons depot in Umatilla would regain the right to develop the property under a bill making its way through Congress.
A legal decision by the Pentagon this year effectively threw out the development plans that local officials created over a two-decade period for the Umatilla Chemical Depot, slated for closure next year. But members of the Oregon congressional delegation intervened, attaching legislation to a defense-spending bill approved last week in the House and Senate.
Federal contractors burned off the last toxic weapons in October, and crews are dismantling equipment and preparing the facility to be decommissioned.
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UMATILLA -- A pedestrian was killed Wednesday after being hit by a car on Highway 730 in Umatilla, Umatilla police said.
Fritz McEachran, 35, was struck by a westbound vehicle driven by Darcy Tesch, 57, around 6:30 p.m., the East Oregonian reported.
The driver and the victim are from Umatilla.
Food for Thought: Classes at CWU to teach on wine
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If you enjoy wine and want to expand your knowledge, you're in luck. Amy Mumma, World Wine Program coordinator and instructor at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, is holding a series of classes just for consumers.
You will learn about some of the best values in wine, how to pair it with cheese and sip and savor a vertical tasting of a special Washington wine.
Mumma is a popular speaker and well-known in the wine community for her expertise.
Spooky horse show set in Umatilla
Spooky horse show set in Umatilla
UMATILLA -- The Umatilla Sage Riders' Spooktacular horse show begins at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Sage Riders arena, 81907 Highway 395 North in Umatilla.
For more information, contact Bonnie Hamlin at 541-571-6606 or Colette Carson at 541-969-6823 or colette.horizonprojectinc@gmail.com.