To the Editor: No on the sales tax! What the Ontario mayor and council do not understand is accountability! Ontario businesses and citizens must try to live within their budgets – but, it appears that the City of Ontario feels there is a never ending supply of money that[Read More…]
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Lois Marie Bronson (Affeld), James Oliver Burris, Jean Worrell Williams,Lawrence R. Mendiola,Susan Dean
Lois Marie Bronson (Affeld) Dec. 18, 1938~ Apr. 14, 2018 Lois Marie Bronson (Affeld) of Ironside, Oregon passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 14th 2018 in Huntington, Oregon. She was 79. Lois was born Dec. 18, 1938, in Flint, Michigan, to Elmer and Irene Affeld. It was after her 1957[Read More…]
Friends of the Owyhee ink new pact to safeguard Succor Creek area
A new agreement between the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department and the Friends of the Owyhee, a local conservation group, will help spearhead preservation of the Succor Creek State Natural Area. (Enterprise/John L.Braese) ADRIAN – A conservation group that at times has been at odds with ranchers over protection of[Read More…]
The week’s action including Nyssa tennis, Adrian track and field, Ontario track and field, Vale golf, Nyssa softball, Nyssa track and field, Vale baseball and Vale track and field
Nyssa’s Savanna Kesler goes to the back hand return in the first doubles match in the match against the Vale Vikings. The Bulldog team swept the week’s action with three victories. (The Enterprise/John L. Braese) Nyssa Tennis THE MATCHES: The Nyssa tennis team scored a perfect week, taking a win[Read More…]
Future business leaders from Malheur County schools return from state competition with plenty of trophy hardware
Members of Nyssa High School’s Future Business Leaders of America team racked up a number of awards at a state conference in Portland earlier this month. (Submitted photo). PORTLAND – The future tycoons of business are home sporting awards after competing in the Oregon Future Business Leaders of America conference.[Read More…]
They’re hiring – local job openings
The Malheur Enterprise is seeking an enthusiastic, efficient person to join our team as business manager. The job starts at 16 hours a week, flex over 3 to 4 days a week, at $12 an hour. The employee will post expenses and revenue, produce monthly billing statements, track ARs, communicate[Read More…]
Nyssa baseball is finally back home
An Eagle runner beats the throw into Nyssa third baseman Cameron Elguezabal during the opening game of the new Bulldog baseball field. Enterprise/Joseph/Wallowa swept Nyssa in both games. (The Enterprise/John L. Braese) NYSSA – In sports, the idea of a home game is one where local fans can walk down, cheer[Read More…]
Information for you from local governments, private parties
NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING A public meeting of the Budget Committee, of the Vale School District #84, Malheur County, State of Oregon, to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019, will be held at Vale Elementary School Board Room, 403 E Street[Read More…]
Runners blasted with color for Malheur County’s children
Runners were encouraged to dress up in costume for the race. Few went home with clean clothes, but with the chalk made from corn starch, a trip to the washing machine meant runners could wear clean shirts throughout the year showing their support. The race was colorful right from the[Read More…]
Before Montwheeler, Oregon failed to protect the public from a killer found guilty except for insanity
Just east of downtown Portland, Interstate 5 and Interstate 84 overlap near the shore of the Willamette River. Charles Longjaw murdered a man beneath these freeways in 1986. (Bruce Ely / Special to the Malheur Enterprise) In September 2015, Oregon’s Psychiatric Security Review Board faced a decision with potentially momentous[Read More…]