SPECIAL REPORT PART 2: For years, Malheur County has posted some of the highest rates of children living in poverty of any county in Oregon. A five-part series by the Enterprise examines what’s behind that – and what can be done.
Special Reports
Malheur’s kids in peril as parents, programs struggle with economic, social challenges
SPECIAL REPORT: For years, Malheur County has posted some of the highest rates of children living in poverty of any county in Oregon. A five-part series by the Enterprise examines what’s behind that – and what can be done.
SPECIAL REPORT: Oregon fails to turn page on reading: Using flawed teaching methods
Part 2: Oregon’s 15 educator preparation programs offer vastly different reading instruction methods to future teachers, and some teach flawed methods.
Oregon fails to turn page on reading: $250 million spent in 25 years
SPECIAL REPORT Part 1: Many Oregon kids still struggle to read because they are taught using ineffective methods. Experts explain what should have happened.
‘Finally come home’: Oregon Obon works with Idaho vets, historians to solve WWII mysteries
GOODING – Among a box full of American flags tucked away at the Gooding County Historical Museum, a mystery from World War II is unfolding. The 2-foot-by-2-foot piece of cloth is made of silk. Two small leather attachments with string – perhaps used to secure to a flagpole – are stitched[Read More…]
Confusion and improper spending cloud the Nyssa migrant ed program
State officials reported that the Nyssa School District showed a “lack of a consistent understanding” of the region’s migrant education program it has been tasked to oversee for more than 40 years.
County leaves requests for financial help for organizations and agencies in limbo
Malheur County elected leaders recently chose to declare a moratorium regarding distributing any more federal relief funds. The county will make no decisions on funding requests until after it finishes framing its own budget.
Smith says under oath he had contract for reload project – but ‘no records exist’
Greg Smith repeatedly said under oath that his company had a contract for his work on the Treasure Valley Reload Center. But no such contract exists and Malheur County Development Corp. may have violated state contracting laws in its dealings with Smith.
SPECIAL REPORT: Another state bailout for Nyssa rail project in the works
Construction has been stopped since December on the Treasure Valley Reload Center in Nyssa while project organizers scramble for more money. Now, they will ask legislators for help covering the shortfall, according to public records obtained by the Enterprise.
SPECIAL REPORT: Smith pledges scrutiny of rail project budget, can’t produce one
The public board managing the Treasure Valley Reload Center hasn’t seen budget numbers since October but keeps spending. Greg Smith, project manager, assured the board financial commitments would not be made in excess of available funds – a claim contradicted by recently-disclosed public records.