General Manager & Advertising – Bob Carruth Effective April 30, 2008, Western Communications Inc., previous owner of The Hermiston Herald, sold the newspaper to the East Oregonian Publishing Co., of Salem. EOPubCo owns seven other newspapers including the East Oregonian and the Capital Press, a four-state agricultural weekly newspaper published in Salem. "The Herald has a long, celebrated history of serving Hermiston," said Steve Forrester, president and chief executive officer of East Oregonian Publishing Co. "Our newspaper group is pleased and proud to bring it into our publishing family." The company has promoted Jeanne Hoffman, longtime EO advertising representative and Hermiston office manager, to general manager of The Herald. Dean Brickey, the new editor, has been the East Oregonian's assistant editor and bureau chief in Hermiston and previously edited newspapers in Baker City, Redmond and other Oregon communities. Both are graduates of Leadership Hermiston and active in community groups. John S. Perry, EOPubCo's chief operating officer, said the East Oregonian remains the daily newspaper for Pendleton, Hermiston and other northeastern Oregon communities. The Herald, Perry said, will continue providing Hermiston with more distinctively local news, information and advertising. "Jeanne and Dean are veteran newspaper executives who have a deep appreciation for Hermiston and its residents," Perry said. Kathryn B. Brown, associate publisher of the East Oregonian, will be corporate liaison for The Herald, the Blue Mountain Eagle of John Day and the Wallowa County Chieftain of Enterprise, two other EOPubCo newspapers. The East Oregonian's press crew prints The Herald and the other two publications. "I am looking forward to working with Jeanne and Dean as they put their own unique mark on coverage of the Hermiston community," Brown said. "They are already heavily invested in Hermiston. We think it is important that some of our most talented individuals are involved in this new venture." The Hermiston Herald was founded in 1906 by Horace Greeley Newport and William Skinner. Western Communications purchased the paper in 1992 from Jerry Reed who had a history with the newspaper dating back to 1969. He assumed full ownership of the Herald in 1974. When the Herald was celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2006, Reed commented "you'll never find a good newspaper in a bad town or a bad newspaper in a good town and Hermiston is a great town." The East Oregonian Publishing Company also owns the East Oregonian, The Daily Astorian, the Blue Mountain Eagle, Chinook Observer, Capital Press and the Wallowa County Chieftain. It also has several Web products: Seaside-Sun.com, East Oregon Real Estate Guide, FarmSeller.com, Coast Weekend and RecreationProperties.com.
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Managing Editor – Neill Woelk
Digital Media Manager – Crindalyn Lyster
333 E. Main St.
Hermiston, OR 97838
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