The Voice of Malheur County
Uncategorized Ontario Mayor Riley Hill. (The Enterprise/ANGELINA KATSANIS) ONTARIO – Ontario Mayor Riley Hill has won his case against the city of Ontario and will not have to pay the $500 fine levied on his company for violating city nuisance laws. Eldorado Investments Inc. was fined for the unkempt state of[Read More…]
Uncategorized VALE – The Oregon School Boards Association on Friday warned school board members across the state that any effort to defy state Covid mandates is “unacceptable.” The stern letter to 1,400 school board members and superintendents follows actions in recent weeks by school board considering or acting against mask and[Read More…]
Uncategorized Ontario Middle School principal Lisa Longoria. (The Enterprise/AUSTIN JOHNSON) ONTARIO – When Lisa Longoria was a senior at Ontario High School, she became a teen parent. “It was scary, but my mom taught me strong work ethic,” she said. ““I knew I now have a child, I’m going to have[Read More…]
Uncategorized Adrian High School (The Enterprise/FILE). ADRIAN – Mark Redmond, superintendent of the Malheur Education Service District, has been named interim superintendent of the Adrian School District, which last week fired superintendent Kevin Purnell after he attempted to implement Gov. Kate Brown’s mask mandate. The Adrian School Board made the decision[Read More…]
Kevin Purnell at a school board meeting at Adrian High School for the last time as the Adrian School District Superintendent on Monday, Aug. 30. (AUSTIN JOHNSON/The Enterprise) ADRIAN – The Adrian School District will pay former superintendent Kevin Purnell more than $100,000 as part of the settlement he signed[Read More…]
Four students at Ontario Middle School play basketball during a break on the first day of school for the 2021-2022 school year on Friday, Aug. 20. Students were allowed to take their masks off once outside the building. (The Enterprise/AUSTIN JOHNSON) NOTE: The Enterprise is providing this free to the community[Read More…]
Uncategorized Kevin Purnell gives an emotional farewell to the Adrian community after the Adrian School Board fired him after meeting in executive, or closed, session for about 30 minutes on Monday, Aug. 30. (AUSTIN JOHNSON/The Enterprise) UPDATE: This story was updated to include additional details and photos from the meeting. The[Read More…]
Uncategorized Lynne Gross, partnership specialist in eastern Oregon for the U.S. Census Bureau, gives a presentation at a meeting for the City of Ontario’s Complete Count Committee in 2020. (The Enterprise/Yadira Lopez) ONTARIO – While nearby counties in Idaho surged in population over the past 10 years, Malheur County held steady,[Read More…]
Uncategorized A second-grader in Clarissa Helliwell’s Dual Language Program classroom at Nyssa Elementary School works on her selfie art project on the first day of the school year, Monday, Aug. 23. (The Enterprise/AUSTIN JOHNSON) NOTE: The Enterprise is providing this free to the community as a public service to keep residents informed.[Read More…]
ONTARIO – Mark Clark’s mother was the sole owner of a grain farm in Nampa, Idaho. He grew up working with his brother in the fields that she leased to a local farmer, but eventually abandoned physical labor for a career as an attorney. Now at 73, he’s back to[Read More…]
