The Ontario Oregon Regional Training Facility held its grand opening on Saturday, June 18. The event showed off fire apparatus, a live firefighting demonstration with a prop car, plus freshly grilled burgers and hot dogs. The facility in downtown Ontario was developed by the Ontario Fire Department in partnership with[Read More…]
Local government
Rail board wants to keep Smith, double his compensation for the next year
Greg Smith’s pay would more than double for managing the Nyssa reload project while dropping his duties as Malheur County economic development director under a plan presented to county officials last week. Smith is currently paid $6,000 a month by Malheur County to lead the Treasure Valley Reload Center. That[Read More…]
Got whitetop on your property? Malheur weed inspector offers tips to control it
Spring is finally here, and with the wet cool weather we have been having, the whitetop is growing like crazy. It is making its appearance in a lot of places, requiring all landowners to do their part to combat this noxious weed. Malheur County Weed Department is no longer doing the[Read More…]
County judge says $26 million should be enough for Nyssa rail center
Railroad ties are stocked outside of Nyssa on Tuesday, April 12, to be used on miles of rail track planned for the Treasure Valley Reload Center. One $2.7 million track remains optional, officials say. (The Enterprise/LES ZAITZ) VALE – Malheur County’s top official said $26 million should be enough to[Read More…]
Malheur County blocks Enterprise from news conference on rail center
Dan Joyce, Malheur County judge, wrongly claimed in an interview on June 16 that the Malheur Enterprise took money from George Soros, a figure reviled by conservative forces. (ISAAC WASSERMAN/The Enterprise) VALE – Leaders of the Treasure Valley Reload Center last week conducted a news conference with new information about[Read More…]
Engineering costs for Nyssa project jump with belated contract change
Brad Baird, president of Anderson Perry & Associates, said in an earlier meeting that a change to his company’s contract for work on the reload center was being drafted, and should have been done earlier. (ANGIE SILLONIS/Special to the Enterprise) The board of Malheur County Development Corp., which is managing[Read More…]
Nyssa rail center stopped in its tracks – no money for building
Greg Smith, Malheur County economic development director, speaks on April 12 to the board of the Malheur County Development Corp. (ANGIE SILLONIS/Special to the Enterprise) NYSSA – Construction of the centerpiece building for the long-planned Treasure Valley Reload Center was scuttled this week because there isn’t money to pay for[Read More…]
Geddes resigns from top county environmental post
Malheur County Environmental Health Director Craig Geddes will step down from his post in July. (The Enterprise/FILE) VALE – Craig Geddes, Malheur County’s environmental health director, is resigning from his post in July, capping an 11-year career at the courthouse. Geddes, 43, said he is taking a job with the Oregon[Read More…]
Despite officials’ claims, lottery bonds aren’t sole money source for Nyssa reload project
NYSSA – Treasure Valley Reload Center officials over the past month have claimed – incorrectly – that no taxpayer money will be used to pay for the multimillion-dollar project. They have insisted the project will be funded solely through the state’s sale of Oregon Lottery bonds, which are repaid by[Read More…]
Smith erupts during question-and-answer session at rail center meeting
NYSSA – Greg Smith, the director of the county economic development department, became so agitated during a question-and-answer session at a meeting last week a Malheur County Commissioner felt compelled to step in to end the exchange. Smith erupted as Malheur Enterprise Editor and Publisher Les Zaitz began to ask[Read More…]