Like any community, River Point RV Park in Ontario is a patchwork of family, identity, and background – though its cast is likely more diverse than what you’d find in a typical neighborhood. Travelers come and go, families take a respite from an increasingly unaffordable housing market, and others are[Read More…]
Business & economy
Home, sweet RV home: RV living new solution to rising costs, tight housing market
RV parks are cropping up across Malheur County, and they can’t be built fast enough. As housing costs and shortages rise across the nation, residents of Malheur County and beyond have turned to RV living as a means of affordable housing. New RV parks are currently slated for Nyssa, Vale,[Read More…]
DA orders county to release key budget document for rail reload center
VALE – Malheur County has been ordered to release public records regarding the construction budget for the Treasure Valley Reload Center.Dave Goldthorpe, Malheur County district attorney, issued the order June 27 to the Malheur County Economic Development Department and its director, Greg Smith.He granted the petition of the Malheur Enterprise,[Read More…]
Interns join Enterprise staff with community journalism goals
VALE – Three journalists have joined the news team at the Malheur Enterprise for 10-week internships. Mac Larsen recently earned his master’s degree in journalism from the University of Oregon and will report on housing, local government and range conditions. Cynthia Liu, who will be a senior at the University[Read More…]
Ontario contractor finds building affordable housing is not mission impossible
ONTARIO – A local contractor is determined to help people get on their feet with affordable housing and is methodically sprucing up a section of Ontario to make that hope a reality. “My whole thing is to help people advance because I didn’t have anyone to help me,” said James[Read More…]
Work nearly complete on new Nyssa RV park
In the early morning heat, park manager David Sparks digs trenches for electrical pedestals at Nyssa’s newest RV park on Friday, June 24. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU) NYSSA – David Sparks can still remember when contractors dug the sewer line for the mobile home park just at the edge of Nyssa[Read More…]
UPDATE: Greg Smith resigns from top county economic development position
Greg Smith, Malheur County economic development director, discusses the Treasure Valley Reload Center at a Nyssa meeting on May 17. Beside him is his aide, Ryan Bailey. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL) UPDATE Wednesday, June 29: Malheur County Commissioner Ron Jacobs said Wednesday that Greg Smith was leaving only his economic development[Read More…]
New owner take over at Red Apple Marketplace
ONTARIO – Janice Peters, the new owner of Red Apple Marketplace in Ontario, wants her message to customers to be clear. “Our customers will be able to count on the same great customer service and family feel they have been used to at the Red Apple,” said Peters. Peters closed[Read More…]
Oregon Eastern RR expanding reload operations at Vale
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…]
Nyssa project can’t tap state program cited as one source for emergency $9.8 million
The troubled Treasure Valley Reload Center doesn’t qualify for state funding that project officials said could provide up to $9.8 million needed to finish the Nyssa project. And other options also have obstacles that make it doubtful the money could be in hand soon enough to keep contractors going. Failure[Read More…]