Dec 7 2020 thru Dec 13 2020

Malheur Federal Credit Union will unite with the Medford-based Rogue Credit Union after a recent vote by local members. Malheur Federal Credit Union opened in Nyssa in 1957 and now counts about 14,000 members.

The effort to construct new taxiways and expand hangar lots at the Ontario Municipal Airport will be complete in the spring when paving is finished. Meanwhile, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management may expand its footprint at the facility.

Usually this time of year the Elks Lodge in Ontario opens its doors for the area's foster children to enjoy a holiday meal and to receive gifts. Covid scuttled that traditional event but donors can still help by picking up a Christmas Wish List at the Oregon Department of Human Services in Ontario.

Grant Kitamura, the general manager and part owner of the onion packing facility Baker & Murakami Produce Co., resigned from his position on the Oregon Board of Agriculture because he is moving to Idaho.

The state announced it will receive 147,000 doses of the two Covid vaccines – one created by Pfizer and the other by Moderna – in the coming weeks. Plans now call for the serum to be administered to health care workers first.

The bazaar with 40 vendors will run Friday and Saturday. The fair is requiring masks and is regularly sanitizing the Commercial Building where the event is being held.

Glenda Mitchell, Darla Mikkelsen Neilson,MaryEtta L. Hemenway, Reverend Wesley Glenn Jones, Richard A. Lanier, Richard “Rick “ Byron Olsen, Michael Barry Leavitt, Nancy Sitz, Samuel A. Denney, Stormie Cummings Couch

Layoffs and reduced hours have become the norm throughout the restaurant industry as Covid restrictions limit indoor dining.

Positions include City Manager, English Instructor, lifeways

E911 Rate Change, Estate of Robert Dale Haney, Malheur ESD

COMMENTARY: In our view, it's time to get the experts to look into how the county's money is being spent by its contract economic development director, Greg Smith and his company. A case in point: The poorly drafted – and recently rejected – application for federal money to build an industrial park.

Treasure Valley Community College won a $55,000 state grant to expand its services to students of color, who make up 31% of the student body.

With the program, the county plans to use $768,183 in state funds to dole out grants to area businesses hit hard by the pandemic. The program, which began just last week, is already proving to be a popular one with county merchants.

Why do many people seem to relax their guard and dismiss concerns in the face of a clearly exponential spread of Covid? University of Oregon professors examine the psychological research to offer some explanations.

Covid scrambled plans for a traditional parade but Nyssa city officials and residents decided to do things a little bit different for Christmas 2020. Instead of a parade, decorated floats were parked on each side of Main Street for a drive-by event that drew a big crowd.

Local leaders in the Bend area cite 'learning loss' in pressing Gov. Kate Brown to relax restrictions to get young students back in school.

The Oregon School Activities Association on Monday decided to revise 2020-2021 sports schedule. The decision is the latest twist for local high school teams that have so far been unable to practice or compete.

The newly inaugurated Fort McDermitt Tribe EMS Rescue is ready and able to provide advanced life support to anyone, native and non-native, in the Jordan Valley.

With the pandemic continuing to spread unabated in the local community, St. Luke's and Saint Alphonsus health systems are preparing for an unwanted shift to crisis care in the new year. This comes as health workers are increasingly overwhelmed by the virus and the patient loads it is causing.