Fire crews work on controlling a commercial fire in Huntington on Friday, May 24. (Photo courtesy of Audryonna Langley) UPDATE: Arson arrest made HUNTINGTON – A fire early Friday morning destroyed a block of commercial buildings in downtown Huntington, and social media reports indicate no one was injured. Businesses in[Read More…]

ONTARIO – Authorities found a student with a gun at Ontario Middle School Friday, alerted by a tip anonymously provided by another student, according to a statement Friday afternoon by officials of the Ontario School District. The statement didn’t identify the student, grade level, or what type of weapon was found.[Read More…]

Police investigate the scene of a shooting in downtown Ontario on Idaho Avenue on Thursday, March 14. (The Enterprise/Kristine de Leon) ONTARIO – An Ontario man who led police on a pursuit from Nampa into Ontario Thursday afternoon died after a shooting on East Idaho Avenue, according to Malheur County[Read More…]

A pickup truck stands empty on East Idaho Avenue in Ontario after a police pursuit that reportedly started Thursday evening in Idaho. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell) UPDATE: This story has been updated at 8 p.m. with new information from the scene. ONTARIO – A police pursuit that started in Nampa just[Read More…]

SALEM — The Oregon Legislature will pay $1 million to nine victims of harassment at the Capitol, settling a complaint by state labor officials that has put a cloud over the 2019 session. In a deal announced Tuesday afternoon, legislative leaders also agreed to push harder and by certain deadlines[Read More…]

Jim Farmer, as member of the county’s development board charged with overseeing a rail reload facility planned north of Nyssa, resigned Thursday. NYSSA – Jim Farmer, a Nyssa onion producer, resigned from the board of the county’s development company Thursday. Farmer was one of the initial directors of the Malheur[Read More…]

Anthony Montwheeler sits in a Vale courtroom during proceedings in his criminal case last month. (The Enterprise/file) VALE – More than two years after the crimes, Anthony Montwheeler on Friday pleaded not guilty in Malheur County Circuit Court to aggravated murder, kidnapping and assault charges that left a Weiser woman[Read More…]

The director of the Oregon Transportation Department has concluded Malheur County shouldn’t get state money for a rail shipping center in Nyssa until “significant risks and concerns” about the project are addressed. The director, Matt Garrett, outlined his concerns in a Feb. 11 letter to the Oregon Transportation Commission. The[Read More…]

Cal Kunz, Ontario police chief, resigned last week to take the top law enforcement position in West Wendover, Nev. (Photo courtesy of the city of Ontario). ONTARIO – Ontario Police Chief Cal Kunz recently announced he will step down to take the top slot at the West Wendover Police Department[Read More…]