The Voice of Malheur County
The March 22 classifieds include ranch and farm jobs, a house for rent, and a request for walnut tree wood.
State officials reported that the Nyssa School District showed a “lack of a consistent understanding” of the region’s migrant education program it has been tasked to oversee for more than 40 years.
State officials reported that the Nyssa School District showed a “lack of a consistent understanding” of the region’s migrant education program it has been tasked to oversee for more than 40 years.
Obituary from the Enterprise, March 29, 2023: Patricia Ackerman
Rep. Mark Owens, R-Crane, and Sen. Lynn Findley, R-Vale, recently sent a letter to the Malheur County Court asking for a financial review of the rail reload project.
In a sudden about-face, the Nyssa School District announced that the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, which is hosting and paying for a fifth-grade field trip in April, would forgo its policy of inviting students to use their gender pronouns when museum staff introduces themselves to the fifth-graders. The district’s announcement comes after a contentious Monday, March 13, Nyssa School Board meeting where the board declined to take any action on parents’ demands, including canceling the field trip and asking OMSI to ditch its policy of inviting students to share gender pronouns.
Malheur County elected leaders recently chose to declare a moratorium regarding distributing any more federal relief funds. The county will make no decisions on funding requests until after it finishes framing its own budget.
The Vale Fire and Rescue hall was full of food, fun and laughter Saturday, March 25, for the annual Vale Community Steak & Crab feed.
A proposal in the Oregon Legislature would enact a gun permit system as Measure 114 is tied up in the courts. The bill sparked debate March 27 in a Senate committee hearing.
The latest results and scores from area high school sports teams from the past week.
A legislative proposal in the Orergon House would require schools to alert parents, guardians and employees of safety threats. The development comes as a school shooting in Tennessee on Monday, March 27, left seven dead.
AT THE CAPITOL: Oregon has lagged other states in using tools that can detect prescription drug abuses. Legislators now propose ways to catch up with audit recommendations made years ago.
