The Voice of Malheur County
Uncategorized Kamrie Johnson and Taylor Stepleton paint window trim at the Stone House Museum in Vale on Saturday, April 30. They were participating in Serve Day. (The Enterprise/LES ZAITZ) For the ninth year, volunteers stepped forward to help with projects to improve the community as part of Serve Day. On Saturday,[Read More…]
Uncategorized Construction crews work on creating beds for rail tracks at the Treasure Valley Reload Center north of Nyssa on Tuesday, April 12. (LES ZAITZ/The Enterprise) Greg Smith is giving up on building a “Cadillac” of a rail shipping center, stripping what he called “unnecessary expenditures” in a drive to get[Read More…]
Uncategorized Railroad ties are stocked outside of Nyssa on Tuesday, April 12, to be used on miles of rail track planned for the Treasure Valley Reload Center. One $2.7 million track remains optional as costs rise for the project, officials say. (The Enterprise/LES ZAITZ) VALE – Malheur County has been ordered[Read More…]
Uncategorized The Malheur County Courthouse in Vale, and sites in Ontario, Nyssa and Jordan Valley serve as collection points for ballots. (The Enterprise/FILE) More than 17,000 voters in Malheur County are getting ballots this week for the 2022 Primary Election that could change the face of county government. Ballots go out[Read More…]
Uncategorized The Rinehart Stone House Museum will open up again with a spring cleanup project Saturday, April 30, 2022. Volunteers are welcome to bring garden tools and paint brushes to help. (The Enterprise/SCOTTA CALLISTER) VALE – The Rinehart Stone House Museum stirs back to life this weekend and volunteers are needed[Read More…]
Uncategorized Grant Kitamura, left, and Corey Maag listen to a briefing on the Treasure Valley Reload Center on April 12. Kitamura is president of Malheur County Development Corp. and Maag is a director. (ANGIE SILLONIS/Special to the Enterprise) The board of Malheur County Development Corp. in a recent statement compared its[Read More…]
Uncategorized Railroad ties are stocked outside of Nyssa on Tuesday, April 12, to be used on miles of rail track planned for the Treasure Valley Reload Center. One $2.7 million track remains optional, officials say. (The Enterprise/LES ZAITZ) NYSSA – As officials discuss the fate of the Treasure Valley Reload Center,[Read More…]
VALE – Rail cars loaded with lumber will be rumbling into Vale after Oregon Eastern Railroad finished expansion of its operations in Vale and is anticipating more rail business. Meantime, the railroad is in line for a $1 million state grant to upgrade track and one bridge. “We want to[Read More…]
Uncategorized Construction crews work on creating beds for rail tracks at the Treasure Valley Reload Center north of Nyssa on Tuesday, April 12. (LES ZAITZ/The Enterprise) NYSSA – A rural roadway north of Nyssa is taking a pounding from construction truck traffic, requiring a small taxpayer-supported road district to continually make[Read More…]
Uncategorized VALE – As was routine, John Harrison and a co-worker at Vale Oregon Irrigation District checked out their trucks before start the day’s chores. For three weeks, the two had been hauling concrete chunks and other material along to shore up banks of a canal running north and west of[Read More…]
