The National Weather Service has put out a heat advisory for Malheur County as a hot spell settles over the area for several days.
Author: By Les Zaitz - The Enterprise
Governor declares statewide emergency in face of wildfire risks
SALEM – Gov. Kate Brown has declared a state of emergency for the entire state “due to the imminent and ongoing threat of wildfire.” Brown authorized the declaration Saturday night as a wildfire threatened homes in southern Oregon near the community of Galice. The declaration clears state agencies to suspend[Read More…]
After a decade of work, Wyden seizes opening to advance climate change funding
The moment for U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden came after a decade of politics and patience, seasoned with science. The U.S. Senate on a Sunday afternoon in early August passed what has been described as the country’s largest investment in efficient energy. Wyden had nursed along his Clean Energy for America[Read More…]
EDITORIAL: Legislators, please step in and get the reload center finished the right way
EDITORIAL: Half-measures to push along the Treasure Valley Reload Center need to be overcome by state legislators safeguarding the $26 million already going into the project.
State presses investigation into Nyssa’s migrant education program with fraud possible
The Oregon Department of Education is caling for an audit of the Nyssa School District as more problems found in its migrant student program.
Wyden projects drug savings for 20,000 Oregon seniors, braces for industry fight
Prescription help for thousands of Oregonians may be coming soon after an all-night session of the U.S. Senate and consideration of a novel-length piece of legislation. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, bleary-eyed after the marathon session in Washington, D.C., briefed Oregon reporters Monday on the impacts of the Inflation Reduction[Read More…]
Wildfire breaks out near Beulah Reservoir
UPDATE: The fire to the northwest of Juntura was contained by crews early Tuesday morning. “There were no reports of damage to private property or infrastructure caused by the fire, which is burning in grass and brush in Sage-grouse habitat,” said the Vale District Bureau of Land Management in a[Read More…]
Sellers of land to county now seek payment for not growing crops
The owners of Fort Boise Produce asked the county to pay them for not growing beans and corn on land they sold earlier to Malheur County, public records show. County officials in April were presented with a bill for $17,875, representing what the owners, Farmer family, expected to earn in[Read More…]
Buyer of nuisance lot in Ontario pledges to finish cleanup
ONTARIO – An Alameda Drive homesite that has been the location for fires, fights and more in recent years is going to a new owner who has pledged to clean the property within 60 days. David Brown, an Ontario attorney, described the sale in requesting the Malheur County Court to[Read More…]
In Ontario, Melendrez finds his voice as councilor, mentor
Eddie Melendrez, quiet-natured son of migrant farmworkers, is emerging as a leader in Ontario. He has grown more comfortable with public authority, more willing these days to wade into controversial issues from his seat on the Ontario City Council. He didn’t relent when some members of the Ontario School Board[Read More…]