🌱 See which Hermiston families are celebrating new arrivals this month

Good morning to you Hermiston! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• See which Hermiston families are celebrating new arrivals this month
• Which big-name stores might be coming to Hermiston next?
• Why Umatilla Electric's communications just won big regional awards.

Also on today's calendar: Project PATH Advisory Board.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny and delightful, with a high of 79 and low of 43 degrees.
• Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 81, low: 46.
• Saturday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 84 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Northeastern Oregon births: Sept. 30, 2026 (eastoregonian.com) — Several Hermiston families are welcoming new babies, with recent births recorded at Good Shepherd Medical Center and parents listed as Hermiston residents. The roundup also includes newborns from nearby towns across Northeastern Oregon, offering neighbors a chance to celebrate growing local families and recognize familiar last names from around the community.
   

2. Several national brands in negotiations to open stores in Hermiston (eastoregonian.com) — Hermiston residents could soon see several new national retailers, including a grocery store, discount shop, coffee chain and soft-goods store, as negotiations advance with the help of consulting firm Retail Strategies. City leaders heard that recent successes like Chipotle and Marshalls are drawing more interest, and even the vacant Rite Aid building on Highway 395 may have a new tenant in the works.
   

3. Umatilla Electric wins 4 NWPPA communications awards (eastoregonian.com) — Hermiston-based Umatilla Electric Cooperative just picked up four communications awards from the Northwest Public Power Association, including top honors for photography, social media and its Ruralite magazine. The recognition highlights the co-op's efforts to keep local members clearly informed about their power service and community programs.
   

4. Medford council, planning commission to discuss data centers (rv-times.com) — A Medford study session on data centers comes as Oregon debates their environmental and infrastructure impacts, including a proposed facility on 100 acres of BLM land near Hermiston. With a statewide pause on data centers on state lands, the Hermiston-area project on federal land highlights how future facilities could affect water, energy, and jobs in Eastern Oregon.
   

5. Understanding Data Centers (northeastoregonnow.com) — Eastern Oregon's growing network of Amazon Web Services data centers is bringing thousands of jobs, major infrastructure investment and new community partnerships, including support for the Hermiston Aquifer water project. The piece explains what data centers do, how they choose locations, and how AWS is addressing concerns about water and power use while working with Umatilla Electric Cooperative.
   

📸 Around Hermiston

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hermiston

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★ Featured events ★

Monday October 5
• Heart Code Heartsaver Class (CPR/AED/First Aid) →
  Good Shepherd Health Care System, 610 Northwest 11th Street, Hermiston
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday October 22
• Project PATH Advisory Board →
  Hermiston City Hall, 180 NE 2nd Street, Hermiston
Friday October 23
• Heart Code Heartsaver Class (CPR/AED/First Aid) →
  610 Northwest 11th Street, Hermiston
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1
• UHS Varsity Girls Soccer vs Stan/Echo
  Umatilla High Umatilla, OR 97882
  6:00 pm
Friday October 2
• Family Movie Night - Encanto →
  Umatilla OR
• UHS JV Volleyball vs Sherman County High School
  Umatilla High Umatilla, OR 97882
  5:00 pm
• UHS Varsity Volleyball vs Sherman County High School
  Umatilla High School
  6:30 pm
Saturday October 3
• Powder Valley at Echo →
  Echo OR
  1:00 pm
• UHS JV Volleyball @ Pendleton High School
  Umatilla High Umatilla, OR 97882
  4:00 pm
Monday October 5
• MS Volleyball Game
  Echo School Echo, OR 97826
  4:30 pm
• UHS JV Boys Soccer vs Mac-Hi
  Columbia Vista Intermediate School
  5:00 pm
• JV Football GAME
  Echo School Echo, OR 97826
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), and the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS), Oregon Commission for the Blind and Oregon Department of Education have organized a webinar series to educate the community about
  disability employment services and celebrate the many workplace successes. Join us on Tuesday, October 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Zoom for … (Nextdoor )

• Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Team Member, Petsense in Hermiston. Apply here.
• Advantage Solutions posted a job opening for SAS in Walmart - Retail Specialist - Seasonal in Hermiston. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hermiston here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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