The board tasked with stimulating the economy along the border recalled funding for a pair of grants it awarded because projects are facing construction delays.
Business & economy
Malheur County range needs extensive fire repair, and agency says it will be costly
Officials estimate the cost to rehabilitate the charred rangeland from a pair of megafires last summer will cost about $27 million.
Oregon company looking to revive Vale’s mushroom plant to produce alternative leather
An Oregon company wants to reopen Vale’s long-closed mushroom plant to produce alternative leather.
Smith-led business center falls far short of goals, gets shuttered
Newly-released public records show that the Small Business Development Center operated out of Eastern Oregon University was producing few of the new jobs expected. The university was ordered by a district attorney to release documents related to a center managed by Greg Smith, a state legislator.
Vale hosts its annual downtown holiday sale on Friday
Vale’s version of Black Friday, “Moonlight Madness” is set for Friday, Nov. 22.
Pioneer Place threatened with closure over state mandate as board considers needed funding
Malheur County’s lone nursing facility, Pioneer may be forced to close its doors if it doesn’t install a fire sprinkler system by the end of this year.
Malheur County ESD and OSU experiment station awarded grants from border board
More than a dozen businesses and local organizations were awarded more than $240,000 in grant funding by the board responsible for spurring economic development along the Idaho border.
EOU closes business center that was run for 20 years by Greg Smith
Eastern Oregon University first terminated Greg Smith’s contract to run its regional business training center. Now, it has entirely closed the center, sending some work to a similar center at Treasure Valley Community College in Ontario.
Consultant says Union Pacific is key to one plan to salvage Nyssa reload center
TREASURE VALLEY RELOAD CENTER: Consulants caution that there are stiff challenges for Malheur County to shift its unfinished rail yard to a container shipping operation. Malheur County Development Corp. is still deciding what to do with $30 million in public investment in the Nyssa project.
Oregon inks agreement with developers to enter entire state forest into carbon market
The Oregon Department of State Lands signed an agreement Thursday, Oct. 31, with the company Anew Climate to put the first state forest in the West into a carbon market.