Career Training (Malheur Enterprise graphic) Editor’s note: This is a continuing series of articles highlighting students exploring vocations through Career and Technical Education classes offered in Malheur County high schools. Meet Jose Fletes Nyssa High School, grade 12 Class: Construction 3 Jose Fletes is learning skills for life in Nyssa[Read More…]

Four Rivers Cultural Center was one of nine organizations receiving a grant to help kids from ages 5-18 with their summer learning. (The Enterprise/Rachel Parsons) ONTARIO – Nine organizations in Malheur County received a total of $318,958 from the Oregon Community Foundation to help kids ages 5-18 learn over the[Read More…]

Kristie “Rae” Cooper, lead investigator with the Malheur County Health Department, works at her desk one day last week in Ontario. (The Enterprise/Liliana Frankel) ONTARIO – Since the school year began in August, rising Covid case counts have created a logistical puzzle for nurses and administrators using careful contact tracing[Read More…]

Treasure Valley Community College. (The Enterprise/File) ONTARIO – Treasure Valley Community College will now offer enrolled students $100 in exchange for showing a filled-out vaccination card, officials said Wednesday.  The gift is meant as an incentive to encourage students to get vaccinated, said Dr. Dana Young, college president.  “As a[Read More…]

Kevin Purnell at a school board meeting at Adrian High School for the last time as the Adrian School District Superintendent on Monday, Aug. 30. (AUSTIN JOHNSON/The Enterprise) ADRIAN – The Adrian School District will pay former superintendent Kevin Purnell more than $100,000 as part of the settlement he signed[Read More…]

Four students at Ontario Middle School play basketball during a break on the first day of school for the 2021-2022 school year on Friday, Aug. 20. Students were allowed to take their masks off once outside the building. (The Enterprise/AUSTIN JOHNSON) NOTE: The Enterprise is providing this free to the community[Read More…]

NOTE: The Enterprise is providing this free to the community as a public service to keep residents informed. Please share and please subscribe to support this reporting. VALE – Just four days into the new school year, 50 employees and students in the Vale School District have gone into quarantine because of the[Read More…]

Vale School District Superintendent Alisha McBride. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). JULY 30, 6:30 PM: This article was updated to include a statement from Alisha McBride and a quote from the Nyssa School District Facebook page. VALE – Vale Superintendent Alisha McBride said Friday that she would “continue to advocate for the[Read More…]

Kamryn Palomo, a student from Deb Ayers’ phlebotomy class at Ontario High School, is one of four students to pass her Certified Phlebotomy Technician exam in May 2021. (Submitted photo) ONTARIO – Normally, blood is not good in the classroom.  But in Deb Ayers’ phlebotomy class at Ontario High School,[Read More…]

Derrick Draper speaking at a board meeting. (The Enterprise/File) ONTARIO – The Ontario School Board for the second time has censured Derrick Draper for his conduct, this time for violating its nondiscrimination clause.  Ontario Middle School Principal Lisa Longoria filed the complaint which triggered the censure vote by the board[Read More…]