The Voice of Malheur County
Uncategorized Police were trying to talk a man in this second-floor apartment into surrendering Friday, Dec. 21. (The Enterprise/Kristine de Leon) UPDATE: After a standoff lasting nearly five hours, Xavier R. Machuca surrendered to police just after 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, according to the Oregon State Police. ONTARIO — A[Read More…]
Anna Klug shows an application for the Toys for Tots Program. The program provides toys and other essentials for needy families across Malheur County. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell) VALE – She’s a longtime Malheur County resident who helps educate children from low-income families. The U.S. Marine Corps is considered one of the[Read More…]
Uncategorized Jessica Bates of Vale filed suit on Wednesday against the State of Oregon, saying the state should not have freed Anthony Montwheeler in December 2016 just weeks before he is accused of killing her husband, David, and a Weiser woman, Annita Harmon. The complaint filed in Malheur County Circuit Court[Read More…]
Uncategorized Marci Morrow, Vale, chats with Santa at Malheur Drug’s ‘Kids Only Shopping Day’ last week. In addition to that special event, the local business works with the Vale School District to host a giving tree program that provides toys and other items for needy families at Christmas. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell).[Read More…]
Uncategorized Vale’s Kade Haueter powers toward the basket during a non-league game against Parma Dec. 15. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). VALE – Parma’s Jared Nelson poured in 24 points – including five three-pointers – to lead the Panther’s past Vale 61-41 Saturday in a non-league boys’ basketball contest. “That’s a very good[Read More…]
Uncategorized To the Editor: Google Oregon’s top attributes and, along with the great outdoors, audacious beer and green living, you’ll find our famous quality of life. One of our best-kept secrets is how the Oregon Cultural Trust protects that quality of life. As uniquely Oregonian as public beaches and the bottle[Read More…]
VALE – Starlite Café Manager Ray Hage said people traveling on Christmas Day who stop to get a bite to eat are always surprised. “You should see the look on their faces. They go to pay and I say ‘It’s free.’ They just stare and say ‘No one does that[Read More…]
Uncategorized The sheriff’s office will pay particular attention to inattentive and drunk drivers during a new traffic safety effort that began last week. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). VALE – The Malheur County Sheriff’s Office is launching a series of roadway stings this month and into next year to get drunk drivers off[Read More…]
John Brown, a minimum-security inmate at SCRI, sang ‘Silent Night’ and other Christmas songs as part of the choir for the event. (The Enterprise/Kristine de Leon) ONTARIO — Gravy churned in a large vat. Steam plumed out. A persistent clatter sounded throughout the kitchen as ladies banged plastic trays. In the[Read More…]
Uncategorized VALE — State Sen. Cliff Bentz (R-Ontario) is scheduled to be the guest speaker at the Vale Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting this Thursday. The session starts at noon at Chabelita’s Restaurant. Bentz last week was selected to serve as deputy Republican leader in the Oregon Legislature. He joins the[Read More…]
