Notice to subscribers: This week’s print edition of the Malheur Enterprise will be delivered one day late due to the Postal Service closure on Wednesday. The federal government this week declared Wednesday as a national day of mourning for former President George H.W. Bush, who died last Friday at the[Read More…]
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Uncategorized Jordan Valley returns its starters as High Desert basketball play begins
Harper senior players (from left) Alexis Wilson, Kylee Jager and Kassie Jordan will spearhead the Hornet attack this season. (Photo courtesy of Harper Charter School) JORDAN VALLEY – The hoops season tipped off last week in the High Desert League, and once again several Malheur County girls teams are expected to[Read More…]
Uncategorized Malheur County group narrows priority list for lawmakers
Creating more housing opportunities locally while easing regulations between Oregon and Idaho are two crucial goals for a local economic development board. (The Enterprise/File). ONTARIO – The numbers tell a bleak story for Ontario real estate agent Larry Wilson. In 2014, Wilson said, 52 new homes went up in Payette[Read More…]
Uncategorized Ontario forum turns spotlight on system for criminally insane
From left: ProPublica Editor-in-Chief Stephen Engelberg, Enterprise Publisher Les Zaitz and Reporter Jayme Fraser answer questions about Oregon’s criminal insanity system. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell) ONTARIO – Local residents and government officials agreed at a community forum last week: Oregon does not adequately help people with serious mental illness, particularly those[Read More…]
Uncategorized They’re hiring – local job openings
VALE CITY LIBRARY IS NOW HIRING PART TIME/FILL IN LIBRARY ASSISTANT UP TO 10 HOURS A WEEK. $10.50 AN HOUR. MUST BE ABLE TO WORK A FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE. NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED. PICK UP AN APPLICATION AT CITY HALL OR FILL ONE OUT ON THE WEBSITE CITYOFVALE.COM POSITION OPEN UNTIL FILLED. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Help[Read More…]
Uncategorized Publications from local governments, private parties
IRONSIDE RURAL ROAD DISTRICT MEETING The Ironside Rural Road District #5 has regular monthly meetings the second Tuesday of every month at the road shop building starting at 5 p.m. Publish date: December 5, 2018 ______________________________________________________________________________________Notice to Interested Persons In the County Court of the State of Oregon for the[Read More…]
Uncategorized Christmas season kicks off with Ontario’s Winter Wonderland Parade
Horses, floats, and plenty of fun marked the 2018 edition of the Winter Wonderland Parade in Ontario Dec. 1. Santa Clause braved the rain to make an appearance during the Winter Wonderland Parade in Ontario. Plenty of local residents showed to watch the annual Ontario parade, many dressed in festive,[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…]
Uncategorized Nampa man involved in Ontario standoff dies
ONTARIO – The 19-year-old man who held police at bay for hours last week in Ontario died in a Boise hospital Monday. Authorities said Heriberto “Eddie” Ortega, 19, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound that ended the siege last Thursday in southeast Ontario. Ortega was the passenger in a car[Read More…]
Uncategorized Police standoff in Ontario leads to shooting, suspect in critical condition.
ONTARIO – A Nampa man is on life-support at a Boise hospital after a traffic stop by police sparked a 3 ½-hour standoff in Ontario early Friday morning. Malheur County District Attorney Dave Goldthorpe said the incident began Thursday night about 9:30 p.m. when a Malheur County sheriff’s deputy pulled[Read More…]