Vale High School’s 2018 Homecoming Court. Front row (left to right): Brooklyn Phillips Baylee Tolman, Morgan Harrison, Kyla Wright, Sydnee Thomas and Gracee Jacobs. Back row (left to right): Trevor Romans, Beau Belnap, Clay Siddoway, Luis Diaz, Tanner Hamilton and Japheth Carlson. (Photo submitted by Sarah Trask) VALE – Vale[Read More…]
In the community
Homeless plan – a lifeline for Malheur County families
SALEM – Malheur County and other rural communities around Oregon will soon be getting additional help from the state to target housing accessibility and homelessness. Gov. Kate Brown last week announced a new strategy to increase housing affordability and reduce child homelessness – two issues which have grown across the state[Read More…]
Future in doubt for Ontario refugee center
Madja Osman, a native of Sudan, moved to the U.S. with her family five years ago to flee the crisis in Libya. Her family resettled in Twin Falls and moved to Ontario. Since then, she has been a regular client at the Welcome Center. (The Enterprise/Kristine de Leon) ONTARIO –[Read More…]
Recreation district campaign ready to roll
Youth soccer will be just one of a number of different sporting events that will fall under the umbrella of a recreation district if voters approve the proposal in November. The group behind the effort to create the district will kick off an informational campaign in the coming weeks. (The[Read More…]
Vale graduate claims big-time scholarship
Vale graduate Josh Andersen was one of the 20 students selected for the $40,000 GE Reagan Foundation scholarship. He is now a student at the College Idaho, where he was awarded the Presidential Scholarship. (Photo submitted by Lynette Andersen) VALE – It’s 8 a.m. on a Tuesday in July. Most[Read More…]
Shoppers stoked about Marshalls coming to Ontario
(Screenshot via Google Maps) ONTARIO — A national clothing chain is preparing to open a new store in Ontario, investing $2 million in renovations to its location in east Ontario. Marshalls on its website says that it continuously changes its selection of clothing at a price 20-60 percent less than[Read More…]
Nyssa photographer’s work to be featured in international exhibition
Bob Quick poses with Mary Ann, his wife of nearly 54 years, in one of the two photo setups in the couple’s Nyssa studio for their photography business, Quick’s Foto Designs. (The Enterprise/Carolyn Agrimis) NYSSA – Robert Quick hadn’t entered a photo contest since 1991 but after recently submitting photos[Read More…]
It’s almost stORytime in Malheur County
ONTARIO – Next Tuesday, an assemblage of school buses will pull up at the Four Rivers Cultural Center to unleash a throng of kindergarteners. The youngsters will be there for the fourth annual stORytime, an early literacy campaign focused on making sure kids become proficient readers. StORytime began in 2015[Read More…]
Local student homelessness rate rises
Mark Redmond, superintendent of the Malheur Education Service District, which helps homeless students across Malheur County (The Enterprise/Carolyn Agrimis) VALE – The number of school students in Malheur County considered homeless continues to rise as school officials do what they can to help. State records show that in the 2016-17[Read More…]
New experiment station director wants to ease ag juggling act
Stuart Reitz collects samples from irrigation water to check for E. coli near the Oregon State University Malheur Experiment Station last week. (The Enterprise/Max Egener) ONTARIO — Farmers are the greatest jugglers in the world, according to Stuart Reitz, the new director of the Oregon State University Malheur Experiment Station[Read More…]