The Voice of Malheur County
Uncategorized Jill Humble, the executive director of nursing and allied health at Treasure Valley Community College. (The Enterprise/LILIANA FRANKEL) ONTARIO – Nurses in training at Treasure Valley Community College have an intense schedule with 720 hours of clinicals, or on-site training, over the course of two years in addition to their[Read More…]
Uncategorized Four Rivers Cultural Center in Ontario received one of the largest summer learning grants in Malheur County. (AUSTIN JOHNSON/The Enterprise) ONTARIO – Nine organizations in Malheur County received a total of $318,958 from the Oregon Community Foundation to help kids ages 5-18 learn over the summer. The foundation also awarded[Read More…]
Uncategorized A nurse tends to a patient in intensive care in Saint Alphonsus Medical Center in Ontario on Thursday, Sept. 30. (Malheur Enterprise/LILIANA FRANKEL) ONTARIO – Signs of the pandemic are everywhere at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center in Ontario. Carts filled with personal protective equipment are stationed at places throughout the[Read More…]
Uncategorized Ontario’s newest and largest mural. (Submitted photo) ONTARIO – In the midst of the leisurely crowds of potato lovers at last weekend’s Tater Tot Festival was a group with focus. Forest Wolf Kell, Bose One, Joshe Parke, Dreyfus Art, Bobby Gayton, and Evarett Carvajal are painters from Portland and Boise,[Read More…]
Uncategorized Vale’s new fire danger sign indicated a ‘HIGH’ rating on June 9, 2021 as temperatures rose and fields dried out. But since then, the danger has been reduced. (The Enterprise/Angelina Katsanis) ONTARIO – Get out your fire rings and your burn barrels – the summer’s burn ban will be lifted[Read More…]
Uncategorized LaRena Lewis teaches as a substitute at Aiken Elementary School in Ontario. (Submitted photo) VALE – The Malheur Education Service District’s list of available substitute teachers for local schools has shrunk by about half since the beginning of the pandemic, and districts are feeling the pinch. “We’re seeing in some[Read More…]
Uncategorized From left: Lynn McKinney, Sherri Hironaka, and Kelly Poe stand amongst the books and T-shirts soon to be given out to kindergarteners all around the county as part of the seventh annual StORytime event. (The Enterprise/Liliana Frankel) VALE – Covid worries meant that the Malheur Education Service District’s StORytime event,[Read More…]
Uncategorized From left: Paula Olvera, Ron Van Ausdal, and Judi Trask, part of the team at Lifeways which puts on Hands Around the Park. (LILIANA FRANKEL/The Enterprise) ONTARIO – Ontario’s Laxson Park bumped with family-friendly songs, the happy cries of children, and the periodic splashes of the dunk tank last week[Read More…]
Uncategorized Ontario City Hall. (The Enterprise/file) ONTARIO – Susann Mills, an Ontario property manager, has been appointed to the Ontario City Council, filling a seat left empty with the recall in June of Freddy Rodriguez. James Grissett, an engineer and the only person of color up for consideration, had been endorsed[Read More…]
Uncategorized Mary Fullmer digs into a breakfast tot biscuit made by Margaret Keithley, which won the Tater Tot cooking contest. (The Enterprise/Liliana Frankel) ONTARIO – The first annual Tater Tot Festival held by Revitalize Ontario was a success, organizers say, despite its challenges. Chief among these was Covid, which delayed the[Read More…]