Jan 6 2020 thru Jan 12 2020

A Christmas Day attack on the state’s iLearn web program has left thousands of state employees unable to access mandatory training.

Democrats intend to roll out a new emissions plan for Oregon that would be easier on industry and rural Oregon. But a key Republican senator walks from the talks.

EDITORIAL: Taxpayers have considerably more at risk on the industrial development. County officials have made only vague, and sometimes misleading, explanations. They suggest that hundreds of jobs would take root in Nyssa when companies snap up ground in a county-run industrial park.

Kinney Bros & Keele True Value Hardware stepped in to help the Ontario Recreation District revamp the city's aquatics center – shuttered in 2013 – by donating $1,000 worth of paint for the project.

In the early hours of New Year's Eve Ty Ingram woke to unusual sounds coming from his neighbor's property. What happened next would lead to gunshots and a wild chase.

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Commissioners voted unanimously to spend nearly $1 million for 290 acres of farmland in Nyssa as part of the county’s proposed industrial development including a rail shipping center. With the money in hand, the county is expected this week to close its $3 million deal for the property.

Emersyn Johnson led Vale with nine points and Baker established jurisdiction early on the way to a 50-28 non-league win over the Vikings.

The Willamette University Chamber Choir and Willamette Singers will perform at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, at Nyssa High School. In other news, the monthly meeting of the Nyssa Senior Center will be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15. New board members will be installed.

The Malheur County Development Corp., the public company tasked with managing the $26 million project, advised the state that it would be delayed by as much as two months in completing initial tasks that were supposed to be done in December.

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The Lady Vikings (2-5) trailed by five points with just 40 seconds to go but managed to claw back in the game and had a chance to tie it at the buzzer but Matyson Siddoway’s three-point attempt missed.

Through her work and volunteering, Sarah Rodriguez, owner of Luzetta's Flowers in Vale, has built a business that's helped the community blossom.

The lawsuit stemmed from last year's Republican walkout in the Oregon Senate and is the latest in the acrimony between GOP Sen. Brian Boquist and the chamber's head.

Justin Fenton of the BLM was deployed yesterday on a 30-day assignment to Australia, his first time on an overseas mission. He was part of a Northwest contingent dispatched by the BLM.

Mackey’s, Rusty's and Kanpai raised a combined $2,800 on sales from a New Year’s Eve fundraiser. An additional $2,100 in donations was also raised.

Joshua B. Christoffersen led a local man and police on a wild chase after a suspected burglary out of Harper, but Christoffersen walked away last week without posting bail. Malheur County District Attorney Dave Goldthorpe said the judge was not given the full picture of Christoffersen's alleged crime at the arraignment.

County commissioners from the state's District 30 convened Monday to select the Vale lawmaker to replace former senator Cliff Bentz. Bentz stepped down earlier this month to focus on his bid for Congress.