At the Malheur County Fairgrounds, a jumble of siding, roofing and lumber is evidence of the power of the snow load. Fair supporters are raising money to help rebuild after the collapse of Girvin Hall By Scotta Callister and Pat Caldwell The Enterprise WILLOWCREEK – The ritual of morning coffee[Read More…]

This onion shed on Railroad Avenue outside Ontario collapsed from the weight of snow and ice in the wake of a series of storms. (Malheur Enterprise/Les Zaitz) By Pat Caldwell The Enterprise ONTARIO – One of the most destructive winters storms in recent history has severely disrupted Malheur County’s onion[Read More…]

David and Jessica Bates of Vale. (Family photo) By John L. Braese The Enterprise As family, co-workers and friends prepare to honor David Bates, 38, on Saturday, those who knew him best want the community to know the man, the father, the real David. From attending his children’s sporting events,[Read More…]

Lexie Browning, RN supervisor at Pioneer Place, check on information at the Vale compound. (Malheur Enterprise/Pat Caldwell) By Pat Caldwell The Enterprise The elderly woman was dying. As her last days of life slipped away at a care home in Idaho, she wanted to see her daughter – who wasn’t[Read More…]

Ice jams the Snake River after a series of harsh winter storms swept across Malheur County and the Treasure Valley. (Photo submitted by Michelle Nitta) The Enterprise VALE – The Malheur County Sheriff Brian Wolfe is warning residents to be alert to flooding as a Snake River ice jam pushes[Read More…]

Workers secure the wrecked car for towing at the scene of the crash that killed two people Monday. By John L. Braese The Enterprise ONTARIO – A 49-year-old Idaho man is being held while an investigation continues into a kidnapping and subsequent two-vehicle crash that left two people dead. The[Read More…]

Terry Harris (left) and Danny Petty of the Vale Public Works Department dig out a manhole cover in Vale during a snow squall last week. (Pat Caldwell) By Pat Caldwell The Enterprise VALE – Malheur County is turning to the challenge of digging out from a record-breaking series of storms[Read More…]

Jason Chamberlain explains the computer system now used by the family dairy to automate milking. (Malheur Enterprise/Pat Caldwell) By Pat Caldwell The Enterprise WILLOW CREEK – The sturdy Guernsey milk cows loitered in knots near the back of Warren Chamberlain’s dairy barn, waiting their turn. One at a time, the[Read More…]

By Les Zaitz The Enterprise Vale was a booming town a hundred years ago, judging by the first edition of the Malheur Enterprise. Oil was a big thing. So were sheep. And visiting businessmen were buying up land and more businesses. And in the midst of all this, the Enterprise[Read More…]