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Rap Show at Convention Center a Success

PENDLETON, Ore. – Moonlight Events and Jake Sierra Music put on a concert at the Pendleton Convention Center on August 31, 2017. The lineup consisted of Jake Sierra Music and DJ DropKid with special guests and headliner Dizzy Wright. Local producer Jake Sierra stated in an interview that the concert was the first local show […]

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Arson Suspect Charged With Manslaughter

PENDLETON, Ore. – On July 16, 2017 a fire destroyed a home in Pilot Rock and killed 72 year-old Larry Castro and Angela Marie Fix was arrested later in the morning for first degree arson. On July 17, Fix was arraigned in courtroom number three at the Umatilla County Courthouse and Intermountain Public Defender was […]

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2017 Pendleton Bike Week

PENDLETON, Ore. – Flags provided by Fred Bradbury of the VFW flew high as Pendleton Mayor John Turner addressed the riders gathered at Til Taylor Park on SE Dorion Ave., saying that “Til Taylor would think [that] having a bike week in Pendleton is the greatest thing since sliced bread.” Pendleton Bike Week organizer Eric […]

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MacKenzie Group Awarded Design & Engineering Contract

PENDLETON, Ore. – In October 2014, the City of Pendleton issued a Request for Proposal to replace the Pendleton Fire Station at 911 SW Court Ave. In May 2017, Pendleton voters approved a bond that will replace the aging station with a new fire station located on the western third of the old St. Anthony’s […]

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Pendleton Whisky Music Fest Brings 16,500

PENDLETON, Ore. – Maroon 5 was the headliner of the Pendleton Whisky Music Festival which was held at the Round-Up Stadium on July 15, 2017 in Pendleton, Oregon. According to staff at the ticket booth the event was sold-out and said that over 16,500 tickets had been sold. A group of women said that they […]