CAPS of Ontario manager Garrett Chamberlain talks about his store’s auto parts selection and its STIHL chainsaw dealership. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). ONTARIO – A Vale auto parts business is expanding its footprint in Malheur County with a new store in Ontario. Derek and Claire Chamberlain, owners of Vale’s CAPS Auto[Read More…]
Business & economy
Willowcreek’s landmark cafe is back in business
Todd Gregory preps a chicken sandwich order as one of the new owners of the landmark Willowcreek Store and Café. He says the cafe provides a community hub. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell) WILLOWCREEK – Outside, gray overcast skies promised and soon delivered rain, but inside the Willowcreek Store and Café Wednesday[Read More…]
New coffee shop is open in Nyssa
Plenty of customers keep Kiersten Kramer, the manager of the Cattle Drive Coffee and Grill, busy throughout the week. The new business is at North Sixth Street in Nyssa. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). NYSSA – Kiersten Kramer loves Fridays. That’s because at the end of the week the smiles are a[Read More…]
Vale’s Diamond Back Bar & Grill is open for business
Rusty Bashon, co-owner with his wife Cammie of the Diamond Back Bar & Grill in Vale, explains why he decided to stop driving truck and go into business for himself. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). VALE – Six months ago, Rusty Bashon decided he was tired of driving truck and ready for[Read More…]
Announced with 125 jobs, Nyssa rail center now projected to have 7 full-time jobs
This artist depiction of the $26 million rail reload facility north of Nyssa shows trucks off-loading commodities. A recent report shows the facility will be smaller and employ fewer people than estimated. (Graphic courtesy of Malheur County Economic Development) NYSSA – The rail reload facility planned north of Nyssa will employ[Read More…]
Snake River Produce goes high tech in new Nyssa digs
Snake River Produce manager Kay Riley shows off some of the onions at his packing shed in Nyssa as employee Tiffany Cruickshank and her daughter Violet look on. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell) NYSSA – There is a new onion packing facility on Idaho Street in Nyssa but the workers under its roof[Read More…]
Hemp venture set for Ontario
Hemp is a hybrid cousin to marijuana but with trace amounts (less than 0.3 percent) of THC, the psychoactive ingredient that gets people high. (Photo contributed by Jim Hutchens) ONTARIO – Jim Hutchens is betting $2 million that growing and processing hemp has a strong future in Malheur County. The[Read More…]
Sears brand remains vibrant in Ontario for Harris
John Harris (above) and his wife Trisha recently became the new owners of the Ontario Sears store. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). ONTARIO – Looks, John Harris said, can be deceiving. Especially when it comes to business. The Weiser man took over the Ontario Sears store in March. Business at the store,[Read More…]
East coast nonprofit considers Malheur County for new soup business
VALE – Government officials gathered around the table in March to hear details about one of the biggest industrial projects ever proposed for Vale. Among those attending was Vale Mayor Mike McLaughlin, two officials from the Oregon Employment Department, Dana Young, president of Treasure Valley Community College, and one of[Read More…]
Malheur Federal Credit Union upgrades its Vale branch
By John L. Braese The Enterprise VALE – Once the board of Malheur Federal Credit Union makes a decision, things move. After the board decided to remodel its operation inside Logans Market in Vale, construction crews moved in and in a span of four days, staff were back at their[Read More…]