Dec 21 2020 thru Dec 27 2020

Donations are needed to help cover the costs of the area's New Year's Eve fireworks show in Vale.

After Covid made it impossible to continue meeting in person, Troop 339 decided to liquidate their cookie money into the community.

Tony Cade, asserts he was wrongfully terminated and his constitutional rights were violated in 2019. Cade took the helm of the Tiger grid squad in June, 2019 but resigned from the position three months later.

Sarah Ray, owner of Sarah's Foster Homes, donated $3,000 in gift cards to the Plaza Inn Restaurant in Ontario to first responders.

A group of parents organizing around the slogan "Get our Adrian kids back in school" hosted a rally and then, a few days later, a "Parent Force Open" in which they dropped their kids off for the length of a full school day, even though the schools were only open for limited in-person instruction.

David Richard DeMayo, Charles Yancey Becker, Duane James “Jim” Chamberlain, Maria Leon Vargas, Alena Apodaca “Helen” Ybanez, Betty Ann Corfield, Patricia Boyenger, Terry DeVier, Harold David Alexander, William Bond, Elizabeth A. Flowers

New measures regarding in-person school instruction will be advisory, not mandatory, and the decisions will be made at the local, not state, level. The goal is to return students to in-person instruction by Feb. 15, 2021.

The Malheur Education Service District board, Ontario City Council, and Vale School Board each sent a message to the governor asking her to reopen county schools.

Positions include English Instructor, Lifeways

Federal Communications Commission, Estate of Glen Allen Schoeneman

The application deadline to fill Vale's top administrative slot is Dec. 31. Katy Lamb has filled the position since July on an interim basis after former city manager Russ Kirkpatrick resigned.

State and local leaders condemned assaults on journalists by protesters attempting to break into the Capitol building on Monday. Police have made arrests and are seeking another individual. Legislative leaders said there is an investigation into a breach at the building.

More than 60 Malheur County companies applied for $1.5 million - double the amount available - in a stark reminder of the impact of the pandemic locally. County officials are expected to decide which businesses will get help within the next two weeks.

Vale was the scene of one of Malheur County's largest holiday events on Saturday, all because one local businessman wanted to give people a break from winter's closures.

Bonfires, hot chocolate, Santa and more were at the informal holiday party put on Saturday, Dec. 19, in downtown Vale. Photographer Amy Eddy chronicled the event.

The independent evaluation for Malheur County's Treasure Valley Reload Center assessed 54 acres set aside for the facility and concluded it was worth $830,000.