Family and local citizens gathered at the National Guard Armory in Ontario on Monday, Aug. 8, to send off 16 guardsmen for their year-long deployment to Kuwait. A motorcycle escort, plus vehicles from local fire and ambulance departments, led the…
Cables were carried, rides bolted, and lemons squeezed on move-in day at the Malheur County Fairgrounds. Just before the start of the week-long fair on Tuesday, Aug. 2, workers, vendors, and contest entrants flocked to the Desert Sage Event Center…
ONTARIO – Over 500 people gathered on the green field of Ontario Middle School on Thursday evening for Family Fiesta, a celebration of Latinx art, culture, and the end to four weeks of summer school. Students and families endured the…
A busted jaw in a professional boxing match ended a career in the ring for Ontario’s Eddie Melendrez. Now, he pushes to see that young people in Malheur County to get a chance to advance and learn. He serves now…
The Missoula Children’s Theatre made a stop in Ontario for the first time in two years, helping local kids put on a production of The Little Mermaid in a weeklong summer camp at the Four Rivers Cultural Center. Two Missoula…
ONTARIO – An ocean-patterned set stretches across the stage of the Four Rivers Cultural Center. Stuffed fish, tails, and tridents lay in wait as a chant echoes from the darkness: “Rouse! Pillage! Plunder!” This year, 60 local kids participated in…
ONTARIO – Every morning, Tiana Gutierrez-Costante wakes up at home, in a 32-foot travel trailer. She takes her five dogs outside, fills the water tank, and prepares breakfast – pancakes, eggs, a strawberry or banana smoothie. Outside, her children play…
Like any community, River Point RV Park in Ontario is a patchwork of family, identity, and background – though its cast is likely more diverse than what you’d find in a typical neighborhood. Travelers come and go, families take a…
RV parks are cropping up across Malheur County, and they can’t be built fast enough. As housing costs and shortages rise across the nation, residents of Malheur County and beyond have turned to RV living as a means of affordable…
A state grant is adding three seasonal firefighters each to the Vale and Nyssa fire departments. Both agencies received money through the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s 2022 wildfire season staffing grant. It gives local fire departments up to $35,000 for…