Treasure Valley Community College has announced seven instructors will not return next year. (Enterprise file photo) ONTARIO – Six instructors are being terminated by Treasure Valley Community College and one other is resigning as the college continues to struggle with declining enrollment and budget shortfalls. College President Dana Young announced[Read More…]
Author: Les Zaitz – Malheur Enterprise
Uncategorized Malheur County children shuttled to foster homes instead of relatives as bureaucracy rules
Malheur County Circuit Judge Lung Hung, the presiding judge, wants to clear the hurdles to placing children with relatives in Idaho when they are removed from parents in Malheur County. He conducts regular hearings on the status of foster children. (Malheur Enterprise/Les Zaitz) VALE – The two boys, 3 and[Read More…]
Uncategorized The plight of foster parents in Malheur County
Daniel, 11, is in a foster home in Vale, attending school, doing his homework and sharing with his foster parents news of the day and whether there were any “hard times.” (The Enterprise/Les Zaitz) ONTARIO – The abused 5-year-old was suddenly homeless. His guardian, unwilling to host him any longer,[Read More…]
Behind closed doors, Malheur County citizens insist on the best for foster children
A special citizen committee makes sure that children put into foster care get what they need, including appropriate clothing. (The Enterprise/File) ONTARIO – Behind closed doors, the four citizens asked probing questions about a foster child in state custody. One asked about school. Another asked about how therapy was progressing.[Read More…]
Uncategorized Strapped foster system grapples with epidemic of children at risk in Malheur County
Wendy Hill, district director in Ontario for the state Department of Human Services, has faced a growing number of foster children in state care but a shortage of caseworkers and foster parents. (The Enterprise/Les Zaitz) ONTARIO – The two sisters, so neglected that they had been removed from their home,[Read More…]
Uncategorized Malheur CASA scrambles for volunteers to speak for kids
A foster child sports favorite purple boots at a party held recently for children in the system. (Malheur Enterprise/Les Zaitz) Bettye Ramirez is a feisty grandmother who keeps a close eye on foster children in Malheur County. She’d like some help. Ramirez runs the local program that gives children an[Read More…]
Uncategorized Malheur Enterprise launches new website to deliver more news faster, adds digital subscriptions
Reporter John L. Braese works on a story for the Malheur Enterprise. We have big news of our own this week at the Malheur Enterprise. We’re rolling out a complete makeover of our online service, our website at malheurenterprise.com. New designs for websites often represent little more than moving pieces[Read More…]