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After August, the City of Hermiston will no longer operate the Community Recreation Center.
City councilors Monday approved a lease for the building with the ARC of Umatilla County. The lease will run on a yearly basis for the fee of $1 each year, beginning in August. The organization will pay for all utility and maintenance costs of the structure.
2) With the business sections of Hermiston spreading like wildfire, another motel complex rented its first room Friday.
Best Western Hermiston Inn offers guests an indoor heated pool, plus a continental breakfast served on the premises.
Owned by Choice Realty, Best Western Hermiston Inn opened their 34-room facility one month later than their original March 1 completion date, according to manager Vijay Narain.
Itâs in the bag.
Nalleyâs Canada Limited and the Hermiston Development Corporation announced Monday that Nalleyâs intends to use Lamb Westonâs Hermiston Plant No. 2 to make potato chips in Hermiston.
Hermiston beat out two other sites, one in Pasco, Wash., and the other in Salem, for the plant.
Nalleyâs chairman Patrick Lindenbach told the stateâs economic development department that the company and Lamb Weston have reached an âagreement in principalâ to lease the facility.
Nalleyâs said they hope to begin operations in June.
2) Dennis Doherty, a Hermiston attorney, wants to be Umatilla Countyâs new commissioner.