A hallway leads to patient bedrooms for the medically managed withdrawal program at Bridgeway, where patients can detox from drugs and alcohol, on Thursday, Jan. 28. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Oregon is poised to dramatically expand an addiction treatment system that already consumes millions of dollars each year with no clear[Read More…]
Special Reports
SPECIAL REPORT Domestic violence is a familiar and persistent crime in Malheur County
Jacqueline Cuevas, a victim’s advocate for the Malheur County District Attorney’s Office, said there isn’t an easy answer to domestic violence. Cuevas said the district attorney’s office handles four to six domestic violence cases a week. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell) VALE – At night when their dad began to beat their[Read More…]
SOLUTIONS: As Malheur County struggles with pandemic, other rural counties provide clues to control
Bear Lake Memorial Hospital in Montpelier, Idaho, serves an Idaho county that has recorded only 15 cases of Covid. The county is situated in southeast Idaho. (Bear Lake County News-Examiner photo) [ EDITOR’S NOTE: This project was produced in partnership with the Solutions Journalism Network as part of the Enterprise’s[Read More…]
BREAKING THE SILENCE: Rural areas have higher suicide rates
Oregon’s suicide rate has been higher than the national average for the past three decades. More than 800 people killed themselves last year in Oregon. The problem affects everyone. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people, but 90 percent of Oregon’s suicides are by people older[Read More…]
Ontario’s night of police, gunshots, and a siege
Police tried to coax a Nampa man into surrendering after he invaded this second-floor apartment on Ontario’s Southeast Sixth Avenue on Thursday, Nov. 29. (The Enterprise/Kristine de Leon) ONTARIO – A chaotic night in Ontario last week left one man mortally wounded, police hunting his accomplice, and a neighborhood disrupted[Read More…]
Dental hygiene tied to poverty for Malheur County children
Brayden Gregory, 15, gets his teeth cleaned by Christi Phillips, a registered dental hygienist, and dentist Dr. Jacob Atkinson at Atkinson Dental in Vale. Gregory, who plays on the Vale High School football team, will be a sophomore this fall. (The Enterprise/Carolyn Agrimis) VALE – As kids across Malheur County[Read More…]
In Malheur County, chasing Oregon’s biggest pot of gold
VALE – The dead hot springs lured the two Montana prospectors to Malheur County, but it was minerals resting inside chunks of rock that confirmed a hunch there was money under the sagebrush south of Vale. Richard Sherry and Skip Yates arrived at Grassy Mountain during a wet and windy[Read More…]