The Jim Reed Memorial Rodeo begins at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Vale Rodeo Grounds. The Bulls and Broncs Extravaganza will begin Sunday at 3 p.m. in the same location.

The city of Ontario's code enforcement fined Mayor Riley Hill $500 for having a messy property. Hill sued to get out of the fine, and won't have to pay it, though the judge said he would not rule yet on whether the city should also reimburse Hill's lawyer fees. The suit cost the city more than $8,000 in legal fees.

Four seniors and two juniors are returning starters with the potential to be impact players this year, said Coach Greg Simmons.

The Enterprise took home 12 awards from the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, including the second place award for general excellence.

The Tater Tot festival is on Friday, Sept. 17 ,from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 18, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., and will be in Downtown Historic Ontario, on South Oregon Street and Southwest 2nd Avenue.

EDITORIAL: President George W. Bush, in his 9/11 remembrance speech, noted the slide of American politics into 'a naked appeal to anger, fear and resentment.' Nowhere is that more apparent today than in our divisiveness over how to combat Covid. And amid strident calls for local control, few local leaders are offering their own solutions to protect the community.

The Treasure Valley Children’s Relief Nursery held its 10th annual Relief Run on Saturday, Sept. 11, where runners and volunteers were pelted with colored dye for charity.

Idaho Capital Sun report: Idaho is now in statewide mass-casualty triage mode, due to COVID surge. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare announced the last-resort move on Thursday. NOTE: Most Covid patients from Malheur County are sent to Idaho hospitals for treatment.

Grant Kitamura and Kay Riley fill multiple functions as leaders of their private firms, board members of a local non-profit designed to oversee the construction of the rail facility and top directors of a private onion shipping firm geared to use the center.

The Vale quarterback manufactured a late-game, epic touchdown run to lift the home team over the Hawks last Friday.

On September 7, 2021 we lost our beloved father, grandfather and friend, William (Bill) Cummings Sr. Bill passed away peacefully Tuesday morning in his home in Vale, Oregon. (Submitted Information)

Positions include Grounds and Maintenance Support Staff, District Nurse, Administrative Assistant, feed lot

Elected officials and citizens protest vaccination mandates while Covid cases surge in Malheur County, and Malheur County resident is among a group suing Gov. Kate Brown. “There is more hardship than ever,” said Sarah Poe, director of the Malheur County Health Department. “We have a vaccine. About a third of our community is protected. People who are getting really sick and dying of this disease are not vaccinated.”

Estate of GERALD JAMES LEROY, Estate of FLORENCE M. SHENK, Vale Oregon Irrigation District

The city will use federal Covid relief money to buy the vehicle. The new rig will replace a similar ambulance bought last year that is prone to breakdowns.

The Malheur County Prevention Coalition held two Signs of Hope rallies last week as part of a state-wide initiative during Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and National Recovery Month. It is one of three events this month.

The Malheur County Court held its first required public meeting to discuss how the proposed "Greater Idaho" border change could affect the county. Public commenters considered the impact it would have on business and community relations.

The state association representing school boards was blunt in a letter to board members about the risk of ignoring Covid restrictions. The association leaders wrote that school board members have a duty to obey the law regardless of their views.

The Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association and two local hotel owners challenged the ordinance in court, arguing that Bend broke a state law by using about $350,000 of its lodging tax money to fix roads instead of for tourism promotion. So now, the city has to go back to allocating the full 35.4% to tourism promotion and facilities, said Ian Leitheiser, an attorney with the city.

Ontario Middle School principal Lisa Longoria draws on her own personal experiences as an Ontario School District alumna to effectively serve a diverse student body.

A charity run benefitting the Treasure Valley Children’s Relief Nursery is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 11. The Relief Run Color Blast will start at 10 a.m. at Beck-Kiwanis Park in Ontario. Entry is $30 for individuals and $100 for teams.

The Vikings clinched a 25-0 win over Parma but the Chargers defeated Nyssa/Harper Charter 16-0 last Friday night. Both games were non-league contests. This week Vale is scheduled to host La Pine in another non-league game while Nyssa/Harper Charter travels to Melba.

A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Nolan L. Strauss, 27, of Colorado, to 16 years in prison for a federal hate crime in Ontario in 2019. The victim, Ronnell T. Hughes, appeared in the Eugene courtroom to speak about the attack.

Mark Redmond, the superintendent of the Malheur Education Service District, was named interim superintendent for Adrian School District Wednesday night. Adrian fired their previous superintendent, Kevin Purnell, last week amidst disagreements over the state's mask mandate for schools. Redmond said the mask mandate must be followed.

Adrian welcomes a number of returning starters to a program that has defined 8-man football success in recent years. Head coach Bill Wortman, though, cautioned every game this season will be a tough one.

Covid cases in people under 18 have “increased dramatically” since July, officials say. Malheur County reported 115 pediatric cases in August.

The event, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, will showcase area first responders. Vale Mayor Tom Vialpando pushed for the event and invites the community to attend the event at Wadleigh Park.

How can one sum up the life of a woman who was such a wise matriarch and a never-ending source of encouragement in just a few paragraphs? There are not enough words or pages to do her justice, but we will start from the beginning and tell you a few things about the most amazing woman we have ever known, our mother Mary Pearl Armon Trump. (submitted Information)

Estate of GERALD JAMES LEROY

Positions include feed lot help

Health and medical professionals renewed their call for people to get vaccinated against Covid as the surest way to prevent deaths. “We continue to lose people who didn’t have to die. We continue to comfort families after a death that didn’t have to happen. There is heartache and there is pain,” said Dr. Richard Augustus of West Valley Medical Center.

Kevin Purnell, the superintendent in Adrian who was recently terminated related to the state's mask mandate, agreed not to sue the district. According to the settlement agreement, he will receive a payout two installments while the district searches for a replacement.

Idaho Capital Sun: The state's unprecedented decision on Tuesday means a rationing of emergency care in the northern part of Idaho. This could impact hospitals in the Boise, which treats Covid patients from Malheur County.

Cannabis consumers tend to be younger and college educated, not unemployed drug users, according to a study done by Dutchie, a Bend-based online marketplace platform. The survey showed that the stereotype of a cannabis user is false, said Ross Lipson, Dutchie CEO, in an interview. The survey showed that the baby boomers are the fastest growing demographic for cannabis sales, Lipson said

Poison control operators in Oregon have already seen a third more calls this month for people who intentionally misused veterinary and human forms of ivermectin than they saw in all of the other seven months of the year combined.

More than 400 people have signed on to Malheur County Sheriff Brian Wolfe's letter to Gov. Kate Brown rejecting statewide mandates for masking and vaccinations. Gov. Brown had not asked sheriffs to enforce the mandates, and said that local leaders were playing politics with Oregonians' lives.

The missive signed Wednesday by the Malheur County Court calls for Gov. Kate Brown to discard requirements for vaccinations and to allow residents to make their own choice.

Officials hoped to tie the planned business park to the Nyssa rail center. But the county has put the project on hold, even as taxpayers pay on debt and with a decision not to seek millions from the federal government for now.

Malheur County reported 85 new cases of Covid from Tuesday, Aug. 31, breaking the previous daily record set over a year ago.

The city made the announcement Wednesday. Steve Romero served as the chief of police for a little over two years.