Family and local citizens gathered at the National Guard Armory in Ontario on Monday, Aug. 8, to send off 16 guardsmen for their year-long deployment to Kuwait. A motorcycle escort, plus vehicles from local fire and ambulance departments, led the way out of the armory…
ONTARIO – On a hot July day in 2020, Susan Ragsdale bent down on her hands and knees to pull weeds from the two garden spots in front of her home. She wasn’t idling away the time. She was attempting to comply with the city…
Cotton candy and carousels spun through the air all week at the Malheur County Fair, which spanned Tuesday through Saturday, Aug. 2-6, at the Desert Sage Event Center. Fresh-popped popcorn, cuddly goats, and stomach-dropping carnival rides were just a few of the fair’s offerings. There…
For months, they work with their animals. They feed them, wash them, walk them. And, finally, at the Malheur County Fair those participating in FAA and 4H groups around Malheur County get to show their work. Some will go home with ribbons. All will go…
ONTARIO – From the top of the Freak Out carnival ride, the Desert Sage Event Center and Malheur County Fairgrounds stretches out underfoot. As the quick descent on the ride begins, the smiling faces of those waiting in line for their turn are evident below.…
Cables were carried, rides bolted, and lemons squeezed on move-in day at the Malheur County Fairgrounds. Just before the start of the week-long fair on Tuesday, Aug. 2, workers, vendors, and contest entrants flocked to the Desert Sage Event Center in Ontario to set the…
LONG BEACH, WASHINGTON – Nick Joyce claimed second place overall in the Saddle Bronc competition at the 75th Annual Long Beach Rodeo last weekend. Martin Joyce also competed in the saddle bronc event during the rodeo but was sidelined by an finger injury. Both the…
ADRIAN – Nick Ketterling’s life-changing insight arrived out of the blue at a unique venue.The son and grandson of educators, Ketterling said he wasn’t interested in becoming a teacher as a young man.“I had other aspirations,” he said.Ketterling, who recently became the Adrian School District…
ONTARIO – Every few moments the door opened and a heavy wave of hot air rolled into the New Hope Day Shelter on Second Street in Ontario. It was Thursday, July 28, and David Winters sat at one of the big community-style tables, smiling as…