The Voice of Malheur County
Uncategorized Smoke clogs Cow Valley Tuesday afternoon. (The Enterprise/Les Zaitz) VALE – Malheur County has avoided the worst of the smoky conditions that have made life miserable across western states from wild fires this summer. The county has stayed within the “moderate” range of the Air Quality Index used by the[Read More…]
Uncategorized Marijuana Ad Hoc Committee members Alfredo Rodriguez, Andy Peterson, John Kirby and Flora Gibbs on Monday discuss the committee’s recommendations for marijuana legislation in Ontario. (The Enterprise/Max Egener) ONTARIO – A city advisory committee is recommending that the city establish buffers to limit where potential marijuana stores could operate in[Read More…]
The Skyline Fire is burning 400 acres southwest of Ironside. (Photo courtesy of the Vale District Bureau of Land Management) IRONSIDE — A lightning-caused fire southwest of Ironside by Wednesday morning had burned more than 467 acres of grazing range and was threatening livestock and the Beaver Creek Dam Wilderness[Read More…]
The Eagles tribute band The Boys of Summer are set to play at the FRCC on Friday, Aug. 24 at 7 p.m. (Photo courtesy of The Boys of Summer) ONTARIO – They criss-cross the West in a travel van pulling a trailer packed with equipment but The Boys of Summer[Read More…]
An aerial photo of the Coyote Creek fire burning south of Jordan Valley. (Photo courtesy of the BLM) VALE – Five fires are burning across Malheur County after thunderstorms rolled through the region, according to a report released Friday morning by the Vale BLM. Three of those fires are contained[Read More…]
Uncategorized The resiliency of the Malheur County Fair echoes that of the people of the community. Knocked back by the winter of 2017, the fair operation shook off misfortune, dug in, and got back to business. That was plenty evident at this year’s run. In the depths of that winter, many[Read More…]
Uncategorized Farmers payed close attention to crop moisture levels during heat wave. (Pat Caldwell/The Enterprise) ONTARIO – Farmers in the area said that the favorable early growing season has allowed them to stave off losses for most of their crops from recent heat waves. Stuart Reitz with the Oregon State University[Read More…]
Uncategorized Russell Maurice Bond Jan 4, 1929 ~ Aug. 11, 2018 Russell Maurice Bond, 89, of Vale, went home to be with the Lord on Aug. 11, 2018. He was born Jan 4, 1929, in Garibaldi, Oregon. He graduated from Albany High School in 1947 and married his high school sweetheart,[Read More…]
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…]
Uncategorized Honey bees are the most commonly cultivated bee species for pollination. (Max Egener/The Enterprise) VALE – There’s a buzz in Oregon, and most of it is coming from Malheur County. There are more bee colonies in Malheur than in any other county in Oregon, according to the last agricultural census[Read More…]
