By Pat Caldwell The Enterprise ONTARIO – It is five o’clock on Friday afternoon and Lou Schneider is on the phone trying to find help. As Schneider, an area foster care coordinator for the Oregon Department of Human Services, works the phones, she finds herself in a familiar position: searching[Read More…]
Month: January 2017
EDITORIAL: Sex trafficking not just a big city issue
Perhaps no one was more surprised by recent sex trafficking arrests than the police themselves. The operation is revealing about the seamy side of life here. But it also reveals that local police aren’t content to just respond to accidents and take theft reports. The eye-opening news came shortly before[Read More…]
Arctic sends Malheur County unusually cold weather
Snow and ice flock branches outside a Vale office building. Colder than normal weather has been covering Malheur County. (Malheur Enterprise/John Braese) By Pat Caldwell The Enterprise VALE – A peculiar blend of weather this season has shut down roads, delivered more snow, and wrapped the area in colder than[Read More…]