By Mitchell Willetts The Enterprise VALE — In recent years, fires are burning bigger and hotter in the Treasure Valley than decades past. According to the Vale District of the Bureau of Land Management, more acres have burned in the territory the last six years than in the previous 30.[Read More…]

Update: The Ontario City Council decided to push back the first reading of the sales tax ordinance to Sept. 19. Initially, the council planned to conduct the first reading of the proposed edict Thursday, Sept. 7.   By Pat Caldwell The Enterprise ONTARIO — Dan Lopez said he doesn’t know[Read More…]

The Enterprise VALE — With wildfires burning across Oregon, crews from the Vale District of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management have been deployed to help. BLM officials reported Tuesday that local staff are deployed to blazes in Montana, Washington and Oregon. Seven Snake River Valley firefighting crews are now[Read More…]

In a night of long points and exciting action, the Nampa Christian Trojans downed the Vale squad, 3-2.

The Nyssa Bulldogs start off the season with a 33-6 victory over Baker. (The Enterprise/John L. Braese)

By John L. Braese The Enterprise In the first year of adding David Bates to the name of the annual Vale golf tournament, organizer Tom Snook finally had to cap the number of teams wanting to play. Bates, avid golfer and Vale resident, died in a collision in January on[Read More…]

By Les Zaitz The Enterprise ONTARIO – The seven people who will have a lot to say about Malheur County’s economic future met as a board for the first time Monday, setting in motion steps to erect a new rail shipping center. In its inaugural session, the new Malheur County[Read More…]

By Pat Caldwell The Enterprise ONTARIO – More acres of onions are in the ground this year and the crop appears to be good in terms of quality but yields will be down according to local agriculturists. Across the valley about 22,000 acres of onions are in the ground for[Read More…]