Berit Thorson is a local journalist based in Pendleton, Oregon. She writes for several publications, including the East Oregonian, Blue Mountain Eagle, HERMISTON CINCO DE MAYO INC, and The Observer. Berit covers a range of topics, including local news, community events, environmental issues, and social issues impacting the region.
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Berit Thorson's coverage primarily focuses on local news, particularly government and politics, events, agriculture, culture & society, and education in the Pendleton area of Oregon. This indicates a preference for pitches related to local county news, community events, agricultural developments or issues impacting the local community. Berit might be interested in stories concerning water investigations or issues like school bullying that affect residents directly.
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Gus Peterson stands outside his home in Ione on Jan. 15, 2025, after a conversation about his new role as Morrow County commissioner.
BOARDMAN — Gov. Tina Kotek intervened Monday, Jan. 13, letting the Port of Morrow apply wastewater to low-risk fields in the Lower Umatilla Basin during the nongrowing season, when application
By: Isabella Crowley, Berit Thorson
LA GRANDE — The annual tally of people who are homeless has a focus in 2025 on youth.
By: Isabella Crowley, Berit Thorson
LA GRANDE — The annual tally of people who are homeless has a focus in 2025 on youth.
Sharing resources between companies could benefit businesses in Eastern Oregon
By: Berit Thorson
BOARDMAN — Resource sharing between companies in Eastern Oregon has been given a name — industrial symbiosis — in hopes organizations can more effectively and intentionally share excess and limit waste.
Kim and Rodney Burt, owners of OMG! Burgers & Brew, worked with the Blue Mountain Community College Small Business Development Center to launch their restaurant in 2018.
By: Berit Thorson
Elwood Koenig turns on his spigot to test his water for nitrate levels Aug. 23, 2023, at his home in Umatilla. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality on Jan. 22, 2025, released a nitrate trend analysis of data from the past 32 years.
UKIAH — An operation in Umatilla County to rescue motorists stranded in snow led to the arrest of a man on a warrant along with counts for felony assault and kidnapping.
PENDLETON — After a sudden pause on federal grant funding per a memo from the White House, local nonprofit organizations in Eastern Oregon already are feeling the effects.
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